Lead, Strategic Business Initiatives

Job Description

EZlynx is seeking a highly qualified Strategic Business Initiatives Lead to join our team.

In this role you will take the lead in collaborating with senior leadership to define the businesses strategic objectives, identifying potential business opportunities, and ownership of preparing content for strategic meetings.

As the Strategic Business Initiatives Lead you will have direct influence through evaluating the effectiveness of business strategies, recommending improvements, and proactively identifying key business trends and potential risks.

The successful candidate will act as a lead, coordinating with business units or departments involved in strategic initiatives. We are invested in continuous improvement and innovation, and we are seeking someone who can foster a culture that embodies these principles.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for assisting EZLynx President in running the operating cadence, including building reports and presentations for monthly/quarterly operating reviews, townhalls, and compiling supporting analysis for business leaders as needed
• Collaborate with senior leadership to codify the business’ strategic objectives and identify milestones and key metrics to evaluate progress towards those objectives
• Partner with EZLynx President to identify and evaluate strategic initiatives to accelerate growth of EZLynx business. Examples include evaluating EZLynx’s pricing strategy, identifying opportunities to improve customer retention, or segmenting customers to help accelerate sales
• Partner with EZLynx President and EZLynx product development team to evaluate long-term product innovation opportunities by sizing marketing and gauging customer feedback
• Assist in defining strategy for EZLynx’s enterprise customers, as well as preparing content for executive-level meeting
• Ensure that all business initiatives are in compliance with company policies and regulatory guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned by immediate manager or management team.
  
  

What You’ll Need To Succeed

We’re looking for someone who:

• Prior experience in consulting or investment banking preferred
• Exceptional leadership, project management, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  
  

Additionally you may have:

• Education: A diploma or degree in business
• Experience: 1-3 years directly related experience preferably in consulting or investment banking
• Technical / Functional Skills: Microsoft Office Suite
• Travel: The ideal candidate will be located in Chicago or Dallas and be prepared to travel to Dallas or Chicago :4-5 days per month, as well as one-off trips to customers
  
  

What You’ll Gain

Benefits from Day One

• Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
• Wellness incentives
• 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match
  
  

Work-Life Balance

• Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
• Personal/sick time
• Paid holidays
• Flex Time
• Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
• Volunteer time off
  
  

Empowering Career Growth and Success – We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.

What We Value

We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfil the promise of insurance – safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people’s lives. And there is no more important job than that.

Our focus on the workforce, workplace and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and military status.

Who We Are

For more than 35 years, Applied Systems has created innovative technology for the global insurance industry. Today, we are a rapidly growing software leader that is revolutionizing the way agencies and brokerages succeed.

We are smart and curious people in a tech-first environment that champions bold and powerful thinking. We are transforming a complex industry through digitization, automation, and innovative new partnerships. Together we are driving the industry fearlessly forward.

It’s an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what’s possible.

EEO Statement

Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don’t discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.