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At Wawanesa, we're proud to offer a flexible hybrid work environment where our employees may have the flexibility to work from the office, hybrid or remote. You may work from any of the following locations: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Yukon.
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, founded in 1896, is one of Canada's largest mutual insurers, with over $4 billion in annual revenue and assets of $12 billion. Wawanesa Mutual, with executive offices in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa General, which offers property and casualty insurance in California and Oregon; Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada; and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than two million members in Canada and the United States. Wawanesa actively gives back to organizations that strengthen communities where it operates, donating well above internationally recognized benchmarks for excellence in corporate philanthropy. Learn more at wawanesa.com.
We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
The Director, Strategic Planning is responsible for leading the design and implementation of enterprise Strategic Planning and prioritization across the organization, including assessing valuation and business impacts of strategic initiatives to keep financial investments aligned with strategic and business value while considering organizational change.
Working with senior management, and other stakeholders, the Director, Strategic Planning ensures the appropriate positioning of the organization for both the present and the future and oversees the collection of strategic insights and market analysis to inform, define, develop, and deliver on strategic plans. This role will define a strategic execution roadmap of complex and cross-functional business transformations, playing a key leadership role in the successful delivery of Wawanesa's strategy.
Job Responsibilities
- Design and lead the enterprise Strategic Planning process across all lines of business and shared service functions to deliver against and achieve corporate goals and strategies.
- Collaborate with cross functional leadership team to identify and evaluate key strategic actions to support enterprise strategic priorities, assessing strategic value and defining KPIs and measures of success.
- Develop and enhance the governance, measurement, and reporting framework for enterprise strategic activities, including clearly communicating progress on strategic initiatives, risks, and opportunities, understanding organizational capacity for execution, and identifying dependencies and sequencing of strategic activities for the enterprise.
- Responsible to establish a roadmap of all strategic initiatives and monitor and report on achievement of key deliverables, including achievement metrics. Ensure the organization has core monitoring processes and measures in place so it can effectively deliver on its strategic and operational priorities and achieve the desired outcomes.
- Lead the development of strategic market and competitor insights, ensuring research is appropriately embedded through all phases of the Strategic Planning process and insights are communicated to key stakeholders.
- Support enterprise budgeting and planning activities though leading and facilitating the prioritization of available spend for strategic initiatives aligned to strategic priorities and business case outcomes.
- Partner with enterprise project management center of excellence and FP&A to integrate the portfolio of change initiatives (projects, programs, and products) into the broader Strategic Planning governance process.
- Develop strong partnerships and relationships across the organization to gain cross-functional strategic perspectives and develop business line/function knowledge.
- Stay abreast of industry, regulatory and company changes or strategic trends as they relate to the insurance industry.
- Provide leadership to attract and retain high quality talent, maximizing employee potential.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum five years of leadership experience in Strategic Planning or related strategy development role, and 10 years of business experience in insurance, financial services, or equivalent business environment
- Post-secondary degree in Business or related discipline; MBA considered an asset.
- A certificate in Project Management is required with Agile delivery experience as an asset.
- Experience with strategic management/planning, strategy development, business planning or performance management.
- Excellent business and financial acumen, with a demonstrated aptitude for broad and analytical thinking and the ability to deliver influential recommendations and initiatives.
- Strong influencing, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills - able to convince and obtain commitment when dealing with multiple stakeholders and potentially opposing positions.
- Strong focus on implementing practices that meet organizational needs and promote efficiency and value creation.
- Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills with the ability to effectively convey ideas in a persuasive, simple and eloquent manner.
- Ability to make excellent and well justified decisions in complex and high-pressure situations.
- Proven experience leading programs/projects and delivering against commitments and timelines.
- Knowledge of PMO, PMO governance and/or investment planning.
- Strong MS Office skills and experience with financial modeling.
- Completion of CIP designation considered an asset.
- Ability and willingness to travel as requested.
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Wawanesa provides its employees with a respectful, challenging and rewarding environment where they can maximize their potential while contributing to the company's goals. Our full-time permanent employees are provided with highly competitive compensation packages (salaries, generous vacation allowance, leave top up, annual bonus plan, premium free benefits and a pension plan). Wawanesa provides a stable environment for its employees in today's challenging markets.
Wawanesa is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is equitable and inclusive for all. Wawanesa provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual's protected status: race/ethnicity, colour, religion, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected status. Accommodations are available upon request throughout all aspects of the selection process. Candidates requiring accommodations may contact, in confidence, jobs@wawanesa.com.
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