Senior Director Innovation Strategy
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE - Milwaukee, WI
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JOB REQUIREMENTS: As the Senior Director, Innovation Strategy &Planning, you'll sit at the center of Workforce Innovation & Insights,a team charged with shaping how work works. We're tackling bigquestions: how emerging technologies like GenAI reshape capabilitymodels, how design and data accelerate better decisions, how digitalexperience empowers employees to achieve their full potential, and howwe turn strategic intent into operational reality. This role is theconnective force behind that ambition. In this role, you'll partnerdirectly with the VP leading this work. The role blends strategicthought partnership, operational coordination, and cross-functionalrelationship management. Some days you'll help craft the storylinebehind a major initiative. Other days, you'll coordinate across teams,ensure execution stays on track, or represent the team in forums wherecontext and follow-through matter more than hierarchy. It's a dynamicrole designed for someone who thrives in complexity and brings a steadyhand to fast-moving environments.What You'll DoStrategy & StorytellingHelp shape and translate priorities into clear, compelling strategyartifacts ranging from decision support materials to vision frameworksand operating plans. Act as a connective thread across initiatives,ensuring consistency in story, insight, and implication.Planning &Execution Support Track objectives, confirm alignment, and translateideas into structured plans. Distill outcomes, anticipate follow-ups,and shape next steps with calm clarity. Filter the noise from thesignal, surfacing only the decisions that truly need escalation.TeamOperations Manage one or more project managers/operations specialists,with potential for broader portfolio operations oversight. Build simplesystems that support effective execution without bureaucracy: meetingrhythms, action tracking, light-touch planning frameworks. Removefriction where possible, and elevate only what truly needs executiveattention.Cross-Functional Navigation Partner across the function andthe business to support alignment, momentum, and shared context. Buildtrust with peers and partners, earning a reputation for clarity,reliability, and follow-through.Who You Are A strategist and anoperator, equally comfortable in concept and execution. Adept attranslating ideas into narratives, questions into plans, and momentuminto results Trusted by senior leaders because you think three stepsahead and tell the truth with grace. Obsessed with context. You don'tjust execute, you connect the dots others don't see yet. Deeplycollaborative, with a bias toward preparation, follow-through, andshared success. Trusted for your judgment. Known for your reliability.Valued for the way you work.Why This Role Matters This role is a forcemultiplier. Not just for the VP you support, but for the systems, teams,and... For full info follow application link. EEO/AAEmployer/Vets/Disability APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: ApplyOnline: ipc.us/t/950EEA114BAF4A4F Qualified females, minorities, andspecial disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.
Created: 2025-12-03