Strategy Manager

Company Description

Welcome to This Australian Life. 

From the millions of Australians we protect, to those that make it happen every day at TAL, people really are what we’re all about. We want to grow with you. Achieve with you. And support you to do your best work. That's why we're focused on developing leadership, promoting diversity, rewarding excellence and retaining great talent.

We're always looking for people who want to go further with us. People who do what’s right, aim high, and work smart. Why not see where we can go?

Job Description

Your Impact 

As a Strategy Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping strategic direction of the largest and fastest growing life insurer in Australia. As a key member of the TAL Strategy team, you will work alongside ex-consultants and with Executives and senior leadership to identify strategic opportunities, mitigate strategic risks and drive strategic initiatives. You will help bring to life our purpose of helping Australians when they need us most.

Your Responsibilities: 

• Corporate Strategy: Co-develop and refine the corporate strategy, ensuring alignment with TAL’s long-term goals and market dynamics. 
• Strategic Planning: Develop comprehensive strategic plans aligned with TAL’s vision and strategy. Play a key role in driving the annual strategic planning process, including strategy offsites for the Executive team and the Board. 
• Market Analysis: Conduct in-depth market analysis, competitor benchmarking and industry trend assessment to identify emerging trends and opportunities and to support the development and implementation of TAL’s corporate strategy. 
• Strategic Analysis and Insights: Build and own complex models to support strategic projects and extract insights from large data sets. 
• Stakeholder Management and cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with key stakeholders, including Executives, Senior Leaders, Business Managers and external partners on strategy topics. 
• Corporate Development: Evaluate M&A opportunities to enhance TAL’s position and work on execution and integration. 
• Venture Capital and Innovation: Evaluate opportunities to invest in startups and ventures that align with TAL’s long-term strategy. Identify opportunities to innovate, harness technology and develop customer centric propositions. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in business, commerce, engineering or a related field, including an MBA 
• Experience in strategy roles across consulting, corporate and tech environments, with a minimum of 3 years in strategy consulting, preferably from a top-tier firm
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distil complex data into key messages for senior audiences (including experience in developing strategy materials for Boards) 
• Strong analytical and Excel skills, with ability to translate complex data into actionable insights 
• Passion for problem-solving and a drive to achieve results 
• Experience in life insurance, superannuation, financial services and tech domains will be highly regarded
• M&A experience is a plus

Additional Information

Our Benefits:

The benefits of working at TAL goes well beyond your remuneration package. Flexible working arrangements, development opportunities and wellbeing programs are just part of what we offer. 

Insurance: A generous insurance plan for our people. We’re proud of our products at TAL, which is why we provide them for our people too. TAL permanent employees receive company paid income protection insurance, not to mention life and total + permanent disability insurance. Cover commences after 6 months service. Family and friends receive a discount on our insurance too. 

Health and wellbeing programs: Our commitment to a healthy workplace includes facilities as well as policies that support our people. Just some of the ways we live this commitment include free parking for expectant mums in the final trimester, free flu shots and flexible working arrangements that suit you.

Leave options: Life outside work is important, so when you’ve worked with us for 12 months, you can purchase additional leave. And once you’ve been with us for 3 years, you’ll get an additional 2 days personal leave each year. 

Gym facilities: TAL employees have access to gym and fitness facilities in the office at no cost. 

Our Spirit: 

Together, we achieve so much more than we ever could alone. At TAL we understand the value of teamwork and that’s why Our Spirit focuses on the way we work with our customers, partners, communities and each other.

Aiming higher. We love punching above our weight to succeed. We work together to find bold new ways to solve problems and make a meaningful difference. 

Doing the right thing. The easy way out doesn’t work for us. We believe in fairness, and being accountable for our actions. We show we care by taking our responsibilities seriously. 

Being straightforward. We say what we mean and mean what we say. We respect each other, our customers and our partners, on a mission to cut out confusion and complexity whenever we encounter it. 

Getting it done. We never give up. We’ll go further than anyone else to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and partners.

Our Community Contribution: 

We’ve been protecting Australians for 150 years, and we believe in the power of community. So we’re always looking to give back in other ways through our Community Foundation.

The TAL Community Foundation launched in 2015 to better coordinate and amplify the help we provide to the community. Since then, the Foundation has made a real difference through monetary donations and skills-based volunteering in three focus areas: 

• helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds, 
• supporting Indigenous communities, and 
• promoting positive mental health.

Beyond our dollar matching programs for donations, we also support community days where our people dedicate their time to support a charity of their choosing. Last year our people contributed nearly 250 days of community volunteering. 

Apply Today to Make a Difference! 

At TAL we value diversity in all its forms and are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable culture for all our people. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, individuals from all backgrounds, including those with caring responsibilities, people living with disability, and individuals from the CALD and LGBTQI+ communities to apply. Even if you don’t check every box in the criteria above, we encourage you to apply today or get in touch with us here.

To provide you with the best experience, we can accommodate you at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team at any time.

TAL is recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice. We are proud to be a member of Diversity Council Australia and the Australian Network on Disability. For information on our reconciliation journey, please read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. 

Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately.