Overview
A career with us means you’ll work alongside exceptional people and be empowered to reach your professional and personal goals. Our employees are at the foundation of what enables MassMutual to deliver on our purpose to help people secure their futures and protect the ones they love.
We embrace the idea that we all are stronger and better through our support for one another. We strive to create a culture where employees feel valued and are celebrated for who they are.
Job Description
Strategy Lead, Business Strategy
MassMutual is a Fortune 100 financial services company with scaled businesses across insurance, wealth management, and asset management.
Within the Corporate Strategy team, the Business Strategy team helps MassMutual leaders define priorities, evaluate growth opportunities, and make higher-quality strategic decisions in a changing financial services landscape.
As a Strategy Lead, you will partner with executives and senior leadership teams to turn complex business questions into fact-based insights, actionable recommendations, and measurable business impact.
This role offers many of the best elements of top-tier strategy consulting or similar work:
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Exposure to senior executives and highly consequential business decisions
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Opportunities to tackle the organization's most important strategic questions
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A wide variety of business challenges across multiple parts of the enterprise
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Significant responsibility and leadership opportunities early in your tenure
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Coaching, mentorship, and ongoing professional development
While avoiding many of the traditional downsides:
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Limited travel
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The opportunity to see recommendations translated into action
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Deep business context and long-term relationships with stakeholders
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Direct visibility into the outcomes and impact of your work
The Team
The Business Strategy team serves as an internal strategy function for MassMutual’s business, with a focus on our revenue-generating areas of the enterprise. We work directly with executives and senior leadership teams on questions such as:
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How should MassMutual evolve its affiliated distribution model to win in a rapidly changing advice landscape?
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Where should we invest to drive long-term growth across insurance, wealth management, and institutional solutions?
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What competitive threats and opportunities should inform our strategic priorities?
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How can emerging trends create meaningful differentiation?
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What choices will have the greatest impact on advisor, customer, and business outcomes?
The team focuses on four core areas:
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Supporting Executive and Senior Leadership Team decision-making through high-impact strategy engagements
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Advancing MassMutual's affiliated distribution and wealth management strategy toward holistic financial advice and sustainable growth
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Providing thought leadership and strategic direction on third party distribution, product, marketing, and business model evolution
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Managing the firm-wide Strategic Partnerships program, inclusive of building this function out further
The team brings backgrounds in strategy consulting, insurance, wealth management, and corporate strategy, with a shared focus on practical impact.
The Impact
As a Strategy Lead, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and help shape the strategic direction of critical parts of the business.
Your efforts will focus on:
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Leading complex strategic projects that influence executive decision-making across affiliated distribution, wealth management, product, brand, marketing, institutional solutions, and third party distribution:
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Structuring ambiguous business challenges into clear hypotheses, analytical workplans, and actionable recommendations
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Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative insights into compelling executive-level communications
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Driving stakeholder engagement across a broad range of business partners and leadership teams
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Partnering with analysts to conduct research, develop analyses, and deliver high-quality strategic recommendations
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Helping shape the strategic trajectory of our businesses through both formal strategy projects and ongoing thought leadership
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Developing perspectives on industry trends, competitive dynamics, regulatory developments, emerging technologies, and evolving customer expectations
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Developing and collaborating with partners across the enterprise on Board strategy deliverables including macro analysis of the external and competitive environment
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Managing enterprise wide relationships with Strategic Partner firms, driving alignment and identification of additional partnership opportunities
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Coaching and mentoring analysts while contributing to the development of the broader Business Strategy function
The strongest Strategy Leads combine rigorous problem solving with excellent judgment, communication, and relationship-building capabilities.
Successful team members demonstrate:
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Insatiable intellectual curiosity and a genuine desire to learn
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The ability to quickly understand complex business issues and identify the questions that matter most
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Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders
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Exceptional analytical skills paired with practical business judgment
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A collaborative, low-ego approach to working across organizational boundaries
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A strong nose for value, helping leaders prioritize the opportunities that will drive the greatest impact
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A commitment to developing others through coaching, mentorship, and active feedback
We believe strategy is ultimately about influence. The best recommendations create value only when they are understood, embraced, and acted upon by the organization.
Minimum Qualifications
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3+ years of strategy consulting, corporate strategy, business strategy, or equivalent experience with a strong record of performance, inclusive of leading strategy projects from end-to-end
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5+ years of total professional experience
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Demonstrated experience independently leading substantial portions of strategy projects
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Bachelor's degree from a leading college or university
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Proven ability to structure complex problems and prioritize analysis
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Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative information and generate meaningful insights
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Strong executive communication and presentation skills
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Experience creating concise, compelling, and data-driven materials for senior leaders
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Track record of coaching, mentoring, and developing junior team members
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Ability to build trusted, high-impact relationships across a broad range of stakeholders
Preferred Qualifications
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Strategy consulting experience at a top-tier management consulting firm
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Graduate degree from a leading university or business school
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Experience in insurance, wealth management, asset management, retirement, or broader financial services
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Familiarity with distribution strategy, advisor business models, product strategy, marketing strategy, or customer growth initiatives
What to Expect as Part of MassMutual
MassMutual offers the opportunity to do meaningful work within a purpose-driven organization that values long-term impact over short-term outcomes. In this role, you can expect:
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Clear areas of ownership and accountability, with work that connects directly to company and customer outcomes
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A collaborative environment where perspectives are welcomed
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Access to learning, development, and internal networks that support continuous growth and skill-building over time
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Employee-led communities and forums that foster connection, learning, and inclusion across the organization
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A culture grounded in integrity, responsibility, and stewardship—supported by a company with a strong legacy and a future-focused mindset
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MassMutual is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome all persons to apply.
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need.
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MassMutual will accept applications on an ongoing basis until such time as a candidate has been offered employment. The job description includes the main duties of this position, which may evolve over time. You may be required to perform other duties not listed.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Salary Range: $167,800-$220,200
Award-Winning Culture
MassMutual is guided by a single purpose: We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company operated for the benefit of our members and participating policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to provide financial well-being for all Americans. It’s more than our company structure — it’s our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources and rely on each other when it counts.
We strive to build a thriving community where everyone is valued, included, and feels that they belong.
At MassMutual, we Live Mutual.
How We Work
MassMutual’s flexible workplace approach combines the importance of connecting in person and the flexibility of working remotely. Our hybrid model puts collaboration first with employees coming in at least three days per week to our spectacular campus settings and also enjoying the flexibility of remote Fridays, company-wide remote weeks, and a bank of flexible remote weeks to use throughout the year.
Benefits for the whole you (and your loved ones)
There’s more to your life than your job and there’s more to your aspirations than a paycheck. We take a holistic view of compensation and benefits that provides the flexibility to create a healthy balance in your life for work, family, and community. We offer the benefits you’d expect, like medical, dental, 401(k), and generous vacation time, but we also offer ones you might not expect, like three paid days for volunteering, a $1,250 annual Well-Being Wallet, and up to 320 hours of caregiver leave.
Explore some of our offerings below.
Paid Time Off
- In addition to generous vacation time, paid holidays, and flexible holidays, MassMutual offers 'take care' time to care for yourself or someone you love—whether for physical illness or mental health.
Health & Well-Being
In addition to top-line medical and dental coverage, personalized mental health solutions, on-site and virtual health coaching, and much more, MassMutual reimburses employees up to $1,250 per year for eligible expenses supporting mental, physical, and financial well-being.
Financial Well-Being
In addition to competitive salaries and bonuses, educational assistance programs, and much more, MassMutual offers up to a 10% total 401(k) benefit, consisting of a 5% company match and a 5% annual contribution.
Taking Care
MassMutual offers generous maternity and parental leaves, as well as bereavement leave to mourn the loss of a loved one (and the employee defines 'loved one'). In addition, we offer up to 320 hours of caregiver leave to help employees support loved ones in times of need.
Giving Back
MassMutual offers three paid days for employees to volunteer with eligible nonprofits of their choice, and the MassMutual Foundation matches employee donation dollars to eligible nonprofit organizations up to $5,000 annually.
Commuter Benefits
MassMutual offers a Qualified Commuter Program through which eligible employees can pay qualified workplace commuting expenses with before-tax dollars, as well as a commuter wallet option for employees based at Boston and NYC campuses.