VP, Corporate Strategy

Job Classification:

Project Mgmt, Transformation & Strategy - Project Mgmt, Transformation & Strategy

The Corporate Strategy team partners directly with the CEO, Executive Leadership Team members, and Business Presidents to help solve the most important and complex questions and challenges facing Prudential. The team focuses on enterprise-level issues, including strategy, business development, resource allocation, and growth initiatives.

The individual in this role will report directly to the Head of Corporate Strategy – Domestic and will partner with Business Leaders, BU Strategists, Finance, Treasury, and Corporate Development and the broader Corporate Strategy team to support various projects and initiatives.

This role will Support ELT decision-making by leading development and analysis of the company’s most important strategic choices. Leveraging their internal and external experience  and network, the individual in this role will be encouraged to bring new ideas, make connections, and create relevance with our current and potential partners.  This individual will be expected to invest in the development of strategy skills for individuals within the Corporate Strategy team as well as an informal network of individuals more broadly across the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

Support the annual ELT and Board strategy-setting process

• Lead interviews with stakeholders to understand trends, priorities, and issues to be addressed
• Help develop topics and agenda for the ELT to pursue
• Support business and functional leaders in replying to ELT requests
• Synthesize and evaluate business and function strategies and analyze the enterprise level impact

Lead specific strategic initiatives

• Drive execution of specific projects, typically at the direction of the ELT or an ELT member
• Interface with senior leaders across the enterprise
• Lead teams of Strategy team members and business and functional experts

Be a thought leader for the Strategy Group and Enterprise

• Identify enterprise-level issues and opportunities
• Bring in new ideas from your internal and external network
• Help bring an enterprise view to business and functional initiatives
• Develop cross-functional relationships across the enterprise
• Build strong partnerships with business leaders and strategists across the enterprise

Manage development of junior team members

Skills/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or CFA preferred.
• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of relevant experience with requisite competencies in corporate finance, business development, capital management, marketing, or technology
• General strategy acumen with specific expertise in corporate finance, business development, capital management, marketing or technology.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills for both internal and external audiences.
• Exceptional collaboration, inter-personal, and influencing skills.
• Project-oriented and able to quickly adapt to changing priorities and responsibilities.
• Creative and strategic thinking that inspires action by identifying and connecting opportunities, seeing gaps, and finding points of connectivity across the enterprise.
• Demonstrates courage to act as a disruptor, challenge and push thinking toward better outcomes
• Strong external focus.
• Success developing talent, building teams, and bringing people together to enable business outcomes and create alignment.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $170,000.00 to $230,000.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

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