Manager Strategic Research

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 500 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

The Manager Strategic Research is responsible for conducting research on complex insurance-related topics and providing insightful analysis to inform strategic decision making and business plan development, support regional offices to improve client relations, operational efficiencies and enhance competitive performance. This position efficiently communicates findings throughout the organization in a variety of formats to meet the needs of the business. The position seeks to leverage research findings to create thought-leadership content, professional reports and presentations which build brand awareness, introduce research capabilities, support commercialization opportunities and exemplify RGA’s expertise.

This role is hybrid to any North America RGA office.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities-essential Functions

• Works independently to lead cross-functional research for emerging strategic research initiatives including business model development, partner evaluations, market assessments and competitor profiling, including the communication of results to senior management.
• Masters a portfolio of third-party research services to maximize business value from these engagements to provide in-depth research support to local, regional, and global stakeholders on a variety of topics, in a timely manner.
• Proactively tracks third-party research on topics of strategic importance to RGA to efficiently share intelligence to the organization. This requires both a detailed understanding of the sources of knowledge but also an awareness of the needs of the key stakeholders in the organization.
• This position works independently to prepare reports and forecasts of market and competitor trends drawing relevant conclusions and making recommendations.
• Develop research summaries of third-party research to produce easily consumable findings that inform RGA strategy, competitive landscape, and client communications. Uses in-depth knowledge of, both, the insurance/reinsurance industry, and competitive intelligence best practices, to produce the insights.
• Leads research projects to facilitate decision making, including, but not limited to, market assessments, competitor profiling, company briefings, intelligence briefings, newsletters, research summaries, and white papers.
• Leads the development of research that ensures senior management and key stakeholders priority intelligence needs are met and updated, and that they are communicated appropriately and in a timely manner within the company.
• Summarize and synthesize material from a variety of sources on behalf of all areas of RGA.
• Collaborate with other Research and Development-sponsored initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  

Education And Experience

Required

• Master’s degree in business
• 7+ years’ experience in research and analysis and content development or equivalent work experience
  
  

Preferred

• 5+ years Financial Services with reinsurance experience
• Appropriate accreditation or progress towards industry accreditation
• Project Management capabilities
  
  

Skills And Abilities

• Advanced oral and written business communication skills demonstrating ability to share and impart knowledge.
• Self-motivated creative and collaborative capabilities
• Ability to ‘translate’ insurance concepts and business needs into viable solutions to people from diverse backgrounds and experience
• Ability to quickly adapt to new methods, work under tight deadlines and collaborate with others
• Advanced investigative and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects or teams and set applicable goals
• Advanced interpersonal skills, demonstrating the ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional, and technical disciplines
• Project management skills. Demonstrates an ability to evaluate project objectives and effectively communicate progress to a broad set of stakeholders.
• Effective ability to organize and share research findings with a large variety of audiences using internal collaboration tools such as SharePoint.
• Ability to lead small teams; collaborate with research area associates; contribute to group project outcomes; and benefit from constructive feedback.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Contribute to a productive spirit of cooperation and project coordination among global offices on research related topics
• Ability to foster teamwork and a customer service focused environment.
  
  

What you can expect from RGA

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.
  
  

Compensation Range

$97,450.00 - $121,800.00 Annual

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.