Business Process Consultant Lead

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.

Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.

We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
 
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.

The Standard has completed the acquisition of the Employer[AM1] Voluntary Benefits business from Allstate. This deal enhances our competitive position in the market with a comprehensive offering of workplace benefits products and capabilities.

Job Summary:

This position is responsible for aiding in or leading the development and implementation of complex consulting projects. Represents the business area in strategic planning activities and provides recommendations based on best practice benchmarking, data analysis, and forecasting. Consults with clients to identify current and future business needs of large-scale complex end-to-end processes. Provides oversight for research, design, build, testing, deployment, analysis, administering, and maintaining environments.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead or participate in strategic planning and process optimization initiatives to enhance efficiency and profitability.

• Gather, analyze, and interpret business and stakeholder requirements to develop and recommend best practices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including service engineers, technology, and vendors, to ensure seamless implementation of process improvements and technology solutions.

• Oversee and support business transformation projects, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and anticipating future process adaptations.

• Represent the business area in senior-level strategic discussions, applying industry insights and business acumen to drive decision-making.

Skills and Background You’ll Need

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, or a related field (preferred). In lieu of the education requirement, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in business process consulting or a related field.

• Strong knowledge of continual improvement processes, data compilation, strategic planning, strategic thinking, and trend analysis.

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

• Improvement Mindset: Seeks new ways to apply digital and non-digital solutions to drive innovation, efficiency, effectiveness, and transformation to create business/customer value.

• Adaptability: Recognizes and is open to changing circumstances and alters behavior as necessary.

• Driving Success: Takes action, initiates activity, pursues ambitious goals with persistence, and shows resilience in the face of obstacles and setbacks.

Why Join the Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• An annual incentive bonus plan 

• Generous paid time off

• A supportive and responsive management approach

• Opportunities for career growth and advancement  

• Paid time off to volunteer 

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

• Much more!

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Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range:

Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.