Director, Insurance Advisory - Remote

You are strategic, resilient, engaging with people and a natural self-starter. You have a passion for solving complex problems. If this sounds like you, this could be the perfect opportunity to join EPAM as a Director, Insurance Advisory.

In this role, you will engage with insurance clients in a leadership role to drive enterprise transformation programs forward (P&C or Life practices). This includes aligning client’s organizational strategy to a proposed program of work, orchestrating client and EPAM teams to ensure client success, and contributing to EPAM’s growth by supporting EPAM’s world-class engineering teams to make the transformation ‘real’. You will also serve as a key leader in the expansion and growth of our Insurance Strategy & Transformation advisory team and will work closely across the organization with a set of broader integrated offerings across EPAM.

Expectations include defining transformation strategies and related programs, articulating KPIs for program success, supporting governance and change management efforts, communicating, and earning trust with client leadership and executive sponsors, working closely with key EPAM delivery leads on optimizing proposed project workstreams, and creating reporting structures to monitor successful value realization over time. In addition to client service and delivery, the Director, Insurance Advisory is expected to make significant contributions in both business and practice development.

Enablement of our offerings will be critical in taking those to market and to our clients, with an ability to articulate the framework, the process and impact to clients. We want to not only be market relevant but in addition to that provide significant benefits and insights – be one step ahead of the clients.

A critical component of this role is to collaborate and partner with EPAM’s Practices including Marketing, Product Development / Engineering, Digital Engagement, Design and Software Delivery to successfully engage, create a plan and execute to address our clients’ business challenges.

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WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead strategic engagements bringing our GTM offerings and solutions to our clients with a value to impact approach
• Lead business development and demand generation activities. Build deep client relationships across a diverse network and use a flexible influencing style to gain buy-in and drive impact thereby generating new and pull through opportunities
• Lead engagement planning and budgeting; mobilize and manage engagement teams; define deliverable structure and content; facilitate buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client; direct on-time, quality delivery of work products; manage engagement economics; manage engagement risk
• Demonstrate superior presentation, organization, project leadership, and meeting facilitation skills
• Lead, model and support the continued evolution of differentiated transformation and program management methods, tools, and approaches
• Help to define EPAM’s go to market value proposition for solutions. This includes interfacing with other senior leadership with EPAM to craft other related offerings
• Support sales and pre-sales activities by assessing opportunities, designing solutions, developing proposals, and establishing relationships with clients and prospective clients, and helping to close new deals
• Actively monitor competitor activity to identify opportunities to improve EPAM’s competitive advantage
• Lead and contribute to development of innovative methods and tools that increase the impact of our service offerings
• Lead development of assets and accelerators which will enable EPAM in speedier and nimble engagement delivery
• Create opportunities to drive impact; anticipate client needs and deliver superior results by leveraging each person’s strengths to build high performing teams

REQUIREMENTS

• Prior consulting experience with core consulting skills in an advisory capacity required
• Deep insurance industry knowledge (Claims, UW, Distribution Sales & Service or Finance Transformation) – P&C or Life
• Understanding of Key Trends and ability to articulate a POV
• Ability to develop thought leadership in an area of expertise (whether published or not)
• More than fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in an established consulting firm environment. A blend of consulting and industry is also acceptable. Recent experience must include leading digital and transformative programs, communications strategies, and cross-discipline problem solving
• Minimum of five years of recent work experience in actuarial science (reserving or pricing experience preferred)
• Certification as an Associate or Fellow (FSA or FCA)
• Experience with financial reporting, modeling, and leveraging analytics and developing solutions
• Proven ability to operate independently at client locations. We are lean and rapidly growing-we need experienced consulting leaders who can take charge and assist in production activities
• Strong leadership, communication, and influencer skills
• Skilled at analyzing complex business issues with the ability to effectively communicate these issues to clients
• Able to anticipate and identify risks and drive action to mitigate and resolve issues as they occur
• Ability to lead and mentor junior resources
• Executive level communication skills are required
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven record of building effective teams-recruiting and retention is critical
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree. Additional education is appreciated
• Ability to work in an ever-changing high growth, fast paced environment
• High EQ and self-awareness
• Able to translate broader strategy into a compelling team vision and goals; align the team and set priorities to achieve objectives

BENEFITS

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)
• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

ABOUT EPAM

• EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential

ADDITIONAL

• A COVID-19 vaccination may be necessary and when applicable, specific details will be discussed during the interview process which may include providing proof of vaccination. For candidates with exceptional circumstances that prevent them from getting the COVID-19 vaccine, we will offer alternative reasonable accommodation, where possible, which should be coordinated by your recruiter and discussed directly with an HR Representative
• This position operates in a remote capacity, but you must live within driving distance to an EPAM office. Your recruiter will discuss specific details about work location during the initial interview process
• This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $128k - $205k In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position