The Group Strategy unit supports the definition, update, and execution of the Group's strategic directions, ensuring alignment across the Group and supporting top management and Board decision-making by:
- Defining and updating the Group strategic plan and strategy blueprint, reflecting financial, macroeconomic, and competitive developments.
- Analyzing sector trends and business opportunities, also through the construction of proprietary internal assets, to identify strategic priorities and key enablers.
- Conducting strategy and portfolio reviews to balance profitability, growth, and sustainability.
- Driving strategic alignment across the Group, acting as a partner to Insurance and Asset Management leadership.
- Communicating the Group strategy internally and externally with Investor Relations, Group Communication, and HR.
- Assessing strategic inorganic opportunities, including M&A, partnerships, and joint ventures.
The position requires:
- Take end-to-end ownership of complex strategic workstreams, from problem framing to executive-ready delivery.
- Operate with structured autonomy, translating ambiguity into clear analytical frameworks and recommendations.
- Build reusable tools, frameworks, and knowledge assets that strengthen the team’s strategic intelligence over time.
- Work effectively across Finance, Investor Relations, local strategy leaders, and Group functions, ensuring alignment and quality under demanding timelines.
- Use AI and emerging technologies proactively to improve analytical depth, speed, and team effectiveness.
- Communicate with clarity and confidence across seniority levels, from technical discussions to Board- and investor-level synthesis.
Key Responsibilities of the role will include:
- Contribute to and own specific workstreams within the annual strategy planning process, from initial framing to final documentation.
- Develop benchmarking, scenario, and ad-hoc analyses on strategically relevant topics, leveraging external data sources and proprietary Group assets.
- Perform periodic strategic reviews and assessments of existing Business Units' strategies and market positioning.
- Own the preparation of Board-level and investor-facing strategy materials, including Strategy Day, Investor Day, and quarterly Board updates.
- Lead the industrial KPI monitoring cycle: track delivery of plan commitments, synthesize findings, and brief senior stakeholders on progress.
Our ideal candidate will meet the following requirements:
- MSc or equivalent academic background, ideally in economics, finance, engineering, management, or related disciplines.
- Minimum 5-7 years’ experience, preferably in insurance, financial services, strategy consulting, corporate strategy, corporate finance, or related areas.
- Structured problem-solving and hypothesis-driven analysis, with the ability to break down complex strategic topics into clear workplans, analyses, and recommendations.
- Strong quantitative and financial modelling skills, including scenario analysis, KPI frameworks, value driver trees, benchmarking, and business case development.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI or similar tools considered a plus.
- Solid understanding of insurance and financial services business models, market dynamics and profitability drivers
- Ability to prepare clear, well-structured executive materials for senior management, Board, and investor-facing contexts.
- Practical familiarity with AI tools and digital productivity solutions in analytical workflows.
Soft skills:
- Analytical rigor and attention to detail, with the ability to ensure consistency, accuracy, and output reliability under tight deadlines.
- Strategic judgement, with the ability to distinguish signals from noise, translating analysis into implications for decision-makers.
- Organizational discipline, to manage multiple priorities and coordinate complex deliverables across stakeholders.
- Intellectual curiosity and sustained interest in macroeconomic, competitive, regulatory, and industry dynamics.
- Effective collaboration in cross-functional and multicultural environments, with the ability to build trust and engage constructively across the Group
What we offer
We offer employment at the Manager level with the relevant salary, in accordance with the CCNL ANIA for non-executive employees and the Generali Group Company Agreement.
Gross annual salary ranging between 56.000,00€ and 71.000,00€. The final offer will be aligned with the candidate’s professional experience, technical and soft skills relevant to the role, and may include an individual variable component.
We also offer:
- Smart working and flexible hours
- Corporate welfare system
- Meal vouchers
- Supplementary health insurance and discounted insurance policies
- Well-being initiatives
- Training and development
- Structured continuous learning paths (technical and managerial)
- Career development programs within the Group
- Access to learning platforms and internal mobility opportunities, including international
Why Join Generali
Joining Generali means becoming part of an international Group with a strong heritage and a forward-looking vision, where people are at the center of our sustainable growth strategy.
We foster a responsible, inclusive, and innovation-driven work environment, where everyone can contribute to creating value for customers, society, and the communities in which we operate. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion are essential to building a stronger culture and driving sustainable growth.
At Generali, you will find opportunities to grow through continuous learning, career development paths, and internal mobility across the Group. We recognize talent and merit, and support flexibility as a key enabler of well-being and a sustainable work-life balance.
Working with us means sharing strong values and taking on meaningful challenges together to build a safer and more sustainable future every day.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Generali evaluates all applications based exclusively on objective and gender-neutral criteria, including skills, experience and potential, ensuring fairness and transparency throughout the selection process.