Sr Director, Market Planner

Location: Hybrid position requiring in-person work at an assigned hirify.global office at least two days per week; locations include Chicago, New York, Reston, and Boca Raton, United States.

Salary: $187,500–$312,500 annually, with potential bonus and long-term incentive eligibility.

Company

hirify.global provides data, analytics, and technology solutions, including capabilities for the insurance industry.

What you will do

• Develop and execute a market-informed growth strategy for the Life Insurance business, including priorities, dependencies, and measurable objectives.
• Connect Life Insurance trends and customer needs with hirify.global solutions to shape growth playbooks and go-to-market strategies.
• Collaborate with Global and Insurance Solutions, Market Development, Data Science and Analytics, Sales, and senior leadership to execute initiatives.
• Apply Life Insurance expertise to evaluate concepts, validate market demand, incorporate customer insights, and reposition solutions for stronger adoption.
• Partner with Sales on strategic customer engagements and present strategies, recommendations, and complex industry concepts to senior and external stakeholders.
• Define thought-leadership priorities, research, messaging, and value propositions while aligning stakeholders and advancing initiatives from concept through execution.

Requirements

• Approximately 10 or more years of Life Insurance industry experience, including significant and recent Life Insurance experience; candidates with 7–10 years may be considered based on depth and relevance.
• Direct experience in Life Insurance underwriting, actuarial, product development, or closely related business operations.
• Experience developing and executing market, business, or go-to-market strategies in a complex, highly matrixed organization.
• Strong understanding of Life Insurance market dynamics, customer needs, competitive trends, and the use of consumer data for underwriting, marketing, pricing, and risk assessment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience demonstrating the required business, industry, and strategic knowledge.
• Ability to analyze market trends, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and business opportunities to develop actionable growth strategies.
• Working knowledge of consumer data, analytics, and risk-assessment applications in Life Insurance.
• Ability to translate technical, actuarial, underwriting, or data-driven concepts into clear recommendations and executive-level messaging.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, stakeholder-management, influencing, and cross-functional alignment skills, including presentations to senior internal and external audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting digital transformation initiatives in Life Insurance.
• Exposure to predictive analytics, third-party data partnerships, or data-enabled insurance solutions.
• Experience conducting market research, creating thought-leadership content, or representing an organization’s market perspective.
• Experience validating new solution concepts or repositioning products and capabilities to improve market adoption.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with regular virtual and in-person collaboration.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, legal, pet insurance, and travel accident coverage.
• Paid parental leave, caregiver support, adoption and fertility assistance, and dependent-care benefits.
• 401(k) with employer match, ESPP, tuition reimbursement, career coaching, and financial wellness resources.
• Flexible time off for exempt employees or paid time off for nonexempt employees, up to 12 paid holidays, commuter benefits, and paid volunteer time.
• Well-being support, therapy, coaching, meditation resources, and an inclusive equal-opportunity workplace.