Insurance Strategist, VP , State Street Investment Management

Overview

In this role, you will shape the insurance client strategy across Europe and beyond, deepening relationships and identifying opportunities to position investment solutions. You’ll collaborate with global client coverage, investment teams, and product specialists to translate insurance challenges into actionable insights. You will develop insurance-focused investment solutions and support business development, client engagement, and thought leadership. This is an opportunity to grow expertise building cross-functional, market-facing solutions for insurers.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible work-life support
• paid volunteer days
• vibrant employee networks
• inclusive development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Support development and execution of the insurance strategy across Europe and international markets, identifying business opportunities and driving growth.
• Understand insurance client needs, regulatory developments, and investment considerations to translate insights into opportunities.
• Contribute to investment solution and portfolio structure development, incorporating regulatory, capital, accounting, and investment factors.
• Support RFIs, RFPs, and other business development efforts with insurance market expertise and content to position capabilities.
• Collaborate with portfolio management, product, and investment teams to maintain knowledge of capabilities, acting as SME for internal stakeholders.
• Provide market and competitive intelligence to leadership and client teams on insurance trends, ETFs, and competitors.
• Develop insurance-focused thought leadership, market insights, and client materials to strengthen the firm’s profile in insurance.
• Monitor regulatory, market, and industry developments and support regulatory advocacy when appropriate.

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree and/or professional qualifications (CFA, FIA, FRM, or equivalent) are advantageous.
• Approximately 5-10 years of experience in asset management, insurance asset management, investment consulting, or related financial services.
• Strong understanding of insurance regulatory, capital, accounting, and investment frameworks and their implications for portfolio construction.
• Experience engaging with insurance companies, consultants, or institutional investors on investment strategy and asset allocation.
• Knowledge of insurance investment portfolios and insurer-specific use cases for investment solutions (fixed income, ETFs, portfolio solutions, alternatives).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and quantitative capabilities combined with commercial awareness and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Based in London with occasional travel within Europe and internationally; additional language skills (German or French) are a plus.

• Strong communication and presentation abilities
• Relationship-building across teams
• Solutions-oriented mindset
• Knowledge of ETFs and other investment solutions
• Fixed income, ETFs, portfolio solutions
• Asset allocation and portfolio construction

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