SVP, Strategy Execution

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 500 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

OVERVIEW

A dynamic and visionary leader accountable for driving enterprise-wide transformation through strategic execution, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration. This role is responsible for translating corporate strategy into actionable programs, overseeing a multi-year transformation portfolio, and embedding performance and change management practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, orchestrating delivery across business units, aligning talent and resources to strategic priorities, and ensuring measurable value realization. Success in this role requires a blend of strategic acumen, program leadership, and the ability to foster enterprise-wide alignment and accountability.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

1) Strategic Leadership 

• Translate enterprise strategy into a clear, multi-tier framework for execution and governance. 

• Synthesize strategic inputs into prioritized initiatives, investment cases, and a living strategy that is continuously updated to reflect market, regulatory, and business realities. 

• Act as a trusted advisor and consultant to the executive leadership team, shaping strategic options, scenario plans, and decision-ready recommendations. 

• Design and deliver multi-channel communications to create awareness, alignment, and visibility of the transformation strategy across the organization. 

2) Program and Portfolio Management 

• Lead the design, sequencing, and delivery of a comprehensive, multi-year transformation program spanning regions and business units. 

• Own the enterprise transformation portfolio including project prioritization, consolidated roadmaps, dependency management, and resource allocation. 

• Define and embed consistent program management standards, tooling, governance, and best practices to ensure predictable delivery and benefits realization. 

3) Process Optimization and Performance Management 

• Oversee the development, monitoring, and reporting of operational goals and core business processes. 

• Design and maintain performance accountability frameworks including KPIs, dashboards, and balanced scorecards that translate performance into strategic insight. 

• Produce executive-level communications that convert technical and functional concepts into business-relevant language for senior leaders and the Board. 

4) Resource Planning & Delivery Orchestration

• Coordinate cross-functional resource planning, capture required skills and capacity, and work with resource managers to secure assignments.

• Define and enforce program management standards, templates, tooling, and best practices to ensure consistent delivery and transparent reporting.

• Act as the primary liaison for portfolio sponsors, PMO teams, and central functions to align expectations and remove systemic impediments.

5) Change Leadership and Organizational Readiness 

• Integrate change management practices across strategic initiatives, partnering with Organizational Change Management to design engagement, training, and adoption plans. 

• Own development and distribution of strategy-related communications for internal and external stakeholders to drive adoption, momentum, and transparency. 

• Build networks of transformation champions and embed mechanisms for continuous feedback and iterative improvement. 

6) Cross-Functional Partnership and Talent Alignment 

• Collaborate with Technology, Human Resources, Risk, Operations, and business unit leaders to align technology investments, talent programs, and operating models with strategic objectives. 

• Influence enterprise hiring, upskilling, and role design efforts to ensure the organization has the capabilities required for the future state. 

• Promote a culture of cross-functional accountability and shared ownership for transformation outcomes. 

7) Outcome Measurement and Continuous Value Realization 

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