Manager, Strategy

Americo is hiring a full time Manager, Strategy to join our expanding team!

Overview

The Manager of Strategy will be responsible for supporting Americo in the articulation, evaluation, and execution of Americo’s business strategy. This role will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and leaders to identify strategic opportunities, analyze customer, market, and business trends, develop data-driven recommendations, and monitor the performance of strategic initiatives.

The Manager of Strategy will also partner with key business areas to build and update department strategies, maintain strategic initiative roadmaps, and drive critical, strategic, organizational initiatives that drive organizational growth, operational effectiveness, and long-term value creation.

This role will be instrumental in translating analysis of opportunities into actionable initiatives in support of Americo’s business strategy, and will serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business leaders to develop and document corporate and departmental strategies.
• Lead strategic initiative planning efforts across departments.
• Partner with business leaders to conduct feasibility analyses on future opportunities.
• Support business case development and financial modeling for strategic initiatives.
• Lead execution and delivery of strategic initiatives, including product evaluations, platform implementations, and operational/process improvements.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to shape and execute strategic efforts
• Support ongoing tracking of benefits realization of executed strategic initiatives
• Gather and validate internal operational data to support prioritization of strategic opportunities.
• Prepare executive-level reports outlining progress against strategic priorities.
• Competitor research and insights
• Analysis of customer and market trends (market sizing, customer segmentation, etc.)
• Ongoing review of innovation and technology trends

Required Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in consulting, accounting, finance, or corporate strategy.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and business case development.
• Experience working with analytics or business intelligence tools.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze, synthesize, and present large volumes of data.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the life insurance or annuity industry.

Work Model

• Americo maintains an in-office work environment designed to support collaboration, training effectiveness, team cohesion, and operational excellence. Americo's standard business hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM.

About Us

Americo: We’re in this for life!

The roots of the Americo family of companies date back more than 100 years. Americo is a life insurance and annuity company providing innovative products to our customers. At Americo, it’s the people who make things work, so we hope you join us!

Compensation

What You’ll Love About Working at Americo

Our competitive pay and robust bonus program, offered to all associates, will make you feel valued.

Learning and development

We prepare you for success with a comprehensive, paid training program. Additionally, our Talent Development team creates various development opportunities for associates at every stage of their careers.

Work-life balance

We value work-life balance with our generous paid time off; you begin accruing hours every month, and they increase with tenure. All new hires earn over three weeks of paid time off annually, plus 11 paid company holidays! We also support new parents with a maternity and parental leave program, along with paid STD and LTD.

Health and well-being

We are committed to your health and are pleased to offer flexible benefits designed to support you and your family, with high quality coverage and meaningful company contributions.

Benefits include PPO and HDHP medical plan options with HSA and FSA eligibility, along with dental and vision coverage. Additionally, we provide company paid life insurance, disability coverage, a confidential EAP, a wellness program, comprehensive health resources, corporate fitness discounts, and a 401(k) plan with employer matching.

Future planning

Americo offers a 401(k) with a company match. We also have tuition reimbursement programs to further your education.

Giving back

We support several local organizations, such as Ronald McDonald House, Hope Lodge, the American Red Cross, Harvesters, and many more.

The fun stuff

Americo participates in the Kansas City Corporate Challenge and hosts various company events throughout the year.

Bustling environment

Our newly renovated offices are conveniently located in downtown Kansas City, within walking distance of your favorite restaurants and attractions. Plus, you’ll receive complimentary paid parking near our Americo offices – downtown parking is a premium, but we’ve got you covered.