Strategy & Transformation Senior Manager (Insurance)

Location: United States; remote work is available in Illinois, with office locations in Chicago, Illinois.

Salary: $146,400–$288,900 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a global advisory, tax, and assurance firm; its Digital Consulting practice helps insurers navigate business and digital transformations.

What you will do

• Lead insurance client engagements from discovery and business case development through roadmap, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and adoption.
• Advise property and casualty, life and annuity, health insurance, broker, MGA, and insurance services clients on operating models, distribution channels, and regulatory considerations.
• Manage transformation programs across underwriting, policy administration, claims, billing, customer and agent experience, finance, and distribution.
• Translate business priorities into roadmaps, requirements, delivery plans, budgets, governance structures, milestones, and measurable performance indicators.
• Guide core system modernization, platform integration, process redesign, cloud and digital enablement, data and analytics, intelligent automation, and responsible AI use cases.
• Lead workshops and cross-functional hirify.global, client, and vendor teams while managing risks, dependencies, quality, executive reporting, client relationships, proposals, and consultant development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, finance, insurance, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in management consulting, insurance industry transformation, enterprise program delivery, or related roles; substantial experience serving or working within insurance organizations is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of insurance business processes and technology ecosystems, with depth in underwriting, policy administration, claims, billing, distribution, or customer experience.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional business and technology transformation engagements involving multiple workstreams, budgets, vendors, and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to connect insurance strategy with technology decisions, operating model changes, process improvements, and quantifiable outcomes.
• Experience eliciting requirements, developing business cases and roadmaps, leading workshops, and overseeing implementation and change management.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, analytical, relationship management, team leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with full-lifecycle technology implementations, integrations, and testing; familiarity with Agile delivery practices and Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to travel as needed and work outside standard business hours when client engagements require it.

Nice to have

• Experience with Guidewire, Duck Creek, Majesco, or comparable insurance platforms and ecosystems.
• Experience applying advanced analytics, AI, or automation to insurance operations with appropriate governance and risk considerations.
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, or comparable project or program management certification.
• Prior consulting experience supporting business development, proposal development, and account expansion.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial and collaborative consulting environment focused on client service and measurable outcomes.
• Opportunity to build insurance transformation capabilities and reusable delivery assets.
• Coaching and development responsibilities within an inclusive team culture.
• Compensation and benefits package available to eligible employees.
• Travel and work outside standard business hours may be required for client engagements.