AVP, Strategic Initiatives

About the role

Everest is seeking a high-impact AVP, Strategic Initiatives to help shape and accelerate the future of our Casualty business. In this highly visible role, you will partner with senior leadership to drive transformational initiatives, optimize operations, and deliver innovative solutions that enhance performance across the portfolio. This is a unique opportunity to operate at the intersection of strategy, technology, and operations, influencing enterprise priorities and delivering measurable results in a fast-paced, evolving environment. This is a hybrid position in either Warren, NJ or New York City working 3 days in office, 2 remote.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation efforts: Evaluate and redesign operational processes and organizational models to unlock efficiency and scalability.
• Execute strategic priorities: Drive and deliver key initiatives across the Casualty portfolio, translating strategy into clear, actionable roadmaps.
• Own complex programs: Lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives-including technology implementations-across underwriting, product, actuarial, finance, operations, and IT.
• Deliver measurable impact: Manage initiatives end-to-end, ensuring on-time, on-budget execution with strong governance, transparency, and accountability.
• Harness data to drive decisions: Use analytics and KPIs to track performance, inform decision-making, and communicate progress to executive stakeholders.
• Advance innovation and AI adoption: Partner with AI Engineering and Technology teams to identify and scale high-value use cases across Casualty.

Requirements

• An engineering mindset with an ability to solve business problems through thoughtful process improvements and system designs
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to build trust and influence cross-functional teams and leaders.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills tailored for a fast-paced environment.
• A strong commitment to meeting deadlines, delivering high-quality work products, and honoring commitments, even when encountering obstacles
• Insurance subject matter acumen; Casualty expertise preferred
• 7+ years of financial services consulting, operations, or analytics experience, or equivalent, required.
• Bachelor's degree
• #LI-KG1
• #LI-Hybrid
• Our Culture
• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution.

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Additional Information

Title: AVP, Strategic Initiatives Company: Everest Reinsurance Company Job Category: Operations Job Description: About Everest: Everest is a global leader in risk management, rooted in a rich, 50+ year heritage of enabling businesses to survive and thrive, and economies to function and flourish. We are underwriters of risk, growth, progress and opportunity. We are a global team focused on disciplined capital allocation and long-term value creation for all stakeholders, who care deeply about our impact on communities and the wider world.

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