Strategy Portfolio Manager

Overview:

If you're looking for the stability of a profitable, growing company with the entrepreneurial spirit of a startup, we’re hiring. SageSure, a leader in catastrophe-exposed property insurance, is seeking a Strategy Portfolio Manager. This exciting role will be pivotal in helping senior leadership achieve our multi-year strategy plan and effectively grow the organization.

We seek a highly motivated candidate skilled in strategic ideation and design, project execution, process improvement, and change management. This position offers exposure to executive and senior leadership, providing consultative services to effectively deliver strategic priorities and collectively drive success. If you’re results-driven, have a growth mindset, and are passionate about collaborating across the organization to drive business outcomes, we’d love for you to apply.

What you’d be doing:

Strategic Capability Execution

• Lead execution capabilities that will enable effective delivery of top strategic priorities across the organization

• Lead and optimize execution of Quarterly Planning Meeting framework to ensure leaders have a forum to regularly discuss their strategic priorities, any material changes from prior quarter, and what support they need to achieve results

• Lead and optimize execution of Leadership Committee meetings to ensure executive leaders connect, collaborate, problem solve, align on evolving priorities, and proactively identify and address cross-functional opportunities or concerns

Strategic Leadership Consulting

• Provide dedicated support to senior leadership, ensuring consistency across teams in how we articulate our strategic priorities, where additional investment is needed, and where cross-functional support is critical

• Partner with senior leaders as they strengthen their team’s strategic muscles in efforts to effectively and sustainably grow as a company

We’re looking for someone who has:

• At least 5-year track record of successful implementations of cross-functional projects

• Strong strategic ideation and design skillset with ability to translate ideas into tangible action

• Desire to challenge status quo and understand the “why”

• Exceptional problem-solving skills

• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills

• Strong ability to execute, adapt, and drive change in a results-driven environment

• Adept at building and leveraging relationships across an organization to achieve objectives

• Ability to influence and gain buy-in from senior leadership

• Experience leading operational improvement initiatives with large corporations

• Detail-oriented and well-organized, yet effectively able to overcome ambiguity and operate in an entrepreneurial organization

Highly preferred candidates also have:

• At least 5 years of P&C insurance experience

• Leadership consulting experience

• Experience developing and launching change management initiatives

• Experience with corporate strategic development initiatives

• Experience leading operational improvement initiatives with small companies

• Experience engaging with C-suite executives

About SageSure:

Named among the Best Places to Work in Insurance by Business Insurance for four years in a row (2020-2023), SageSure is one of the largest managing general underwriters (MGU) focused on catastrophe-exposed markets in the US. Since its founding in 2009, SageSure has experienced exceptional growth while generating underwriting profits for carrier partners through hurricanes, wildfires, and hail. Available in 16 states, SageSure offers more than 50 competitively priced home, flood, earthquake, and commercial products on behalf of its highly rated carrier partners. Today, SageSure manages more than $1.9 billion of inforce premium and helps protect 640,000 policyholders.

SageSure has more than 1000 employees working remotely or in-office across nine offices: Cheshire, Connecticut; Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Jersey City, New Jersey; Mountain View, California; Marlton, New Jersey; Tallahassee, Florida; and Seattle, Washington.

SageSure offers generous health benefits and perks, including tuition reimbursement, wellness allowance, paid volunteer time off, a matching 401K plan, and more.

SageSure is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a workforce that reflects the spectrum of perspectives, experiences, and abilities of the world we live in. We recognize that our differences make us strong, and we actively seek out diverse candidates through partnerships with organizations, institutions and communities that represent various backgrounds. We champion belonging and inclusion for all identities, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, ability status, gender, and country of origin, striving to create a culture where all individuals feel valued, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.

Our nimble, highly responsive culture nurtures critical thinkers who run toward problems and engineer solutions. We relentlessly pursue better outcomes by investing in the technology, talent, and tools that position us to succeed in demanding markets. Come join our team! Visit sagesure.com/careers to find a position for you.