Analytics & Insights Consultant

The Opportunity As an Analytics & Insights Consultant, you will operate as a strategic thought partner to Operations executives, shaping decisions that materially impact performance across New Business, Policyholder Services, Claims, and the Call Center. A key responsibility of this position is to effectively translate operational performance into enterprise-level implications-including financial results, pricing factors, and advisor experience-enabling leadership to comprehend both current events and their significance. This role includes both responding to business driven analytical requests and proactively shaping insight for complex operational domains. You will partner with leaders to define the right optimal analytical questions and develop practical, forward-looking insights and frameworks that enable support timely, well informed decisions. In parallel, you are expected to continuously scan the operational environment and relevant industry trends to identify emerging opportunities, risks, and unanswered questions that merit analytic focus. The Team The Analytics & Insights team sits within Business Intelligence and partners deeply with Operations and those who rely on Operations data across the entire enterprise. This role is expected to contribute to and reinforce strong insight practices across the team-modeling how to combine data, business context, and strategic reasoning to support high quality decision-making. As a player-coach, you will provide expertise, mentor colleagues, and contribute to the ongoing development of collective capabilities, while promoting analytics as an integral decision-making capability rather than solely a reporting function. The Impact This position involves ongoing influence without formal authority. You will regularly engage senior leaders, challenge assumptions with confidence and credibility, and translate complex system dynamics into clear choices. While this role does not include formal people leadership, it carries accountability for insight quality, narrative rigor, and downstream impacts. In this role, you will: * Own strategic insight domains by developing a deep, end to end understanding of operational systems, demand drivers, cost structures, and constraints, and by continuously refining the questions analytics should answer to support leadership priorities. * Translate operational insights into decision ready implications, synthesizing performance, risk, and tradeoffs so leaders can balance service, cost, growth, and experience when making operational and strategic choices. * Lead critical strategic analyses such as workforce and capacity planning, scenario modeling, and performance diagnostics, integrating uncertainty and judgment into clear options for senior leaders. * Apply systems thinking at scale, identifying early signals and articulating how changes in volume, mix, policy, or process design create both opportunities and risks across Operations, experience, and cost structures. * Influence executive decisions through clear, structured narratives that integrate data, context, and judgment, including when insights challenge entrenched perspectives or preferred outcomes. * Elevate team capability and partnership effectiveness by mentoring others on problem framing, insight storytelling, and executive communication, and by serving as a trusted advisor to Operations leaders and Internal Business Partners. The Minimum Qualifications * 8+ years of experience in analytics, consulting, or business analytics roles supporting operational or strategic decision‑making. * 8+ years of experience within the insurance or financial services industry, with demonstrated exposure to Operations and experience connecting operational performance to broader business outcomes. * 5+ years experience in SQL and experience using analytics and visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Python, R, or comparable technologies to explore, analyze, and communicate data. * 5+ years experience translating complex analyses into clear implications and recommendations for senior, non‑technical stakeholders. * Bachelor's degree is required The Ideal Qualifications * Demonstrated ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments, framing problems and determining analytical approaches without predefined direction. * Demonstrated mastery in one or more operational domains, with experience extrapolating insights into financial, pricing, or advisor‑related implications. * Experience leading high‑impact, ambiguous initiatives where outcomes depended on judgment, prioritization, and influence rather than technical execution alone. * Strong systems thinking, with the ability to explain how changes in one part of Operations create downstream impacts across people, process, technology, and demand. * Demonstrates strong executive presence and a proven ability to influence senior leaders by delivering clear recommendations, framing scenarios effectively, and communicating through concise storytelling. * Experience designing and evolving forecasting, staffing, or scenario‑planning frameworks that support ongoing decision‑making rather than one‑time analyses. * Proven record of enhancing team performance through informal leadership, mentoring peers, and promoting shared standards for analysis and storytelling. Salary Range: $128,000-$168,000 At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair equitable pay, by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. Why Join Us. We've been around since 1851. During our history, we've learned a few things about making sure our customers are our top priority. In order to meet and exceed their expectations, we must have the best people providing the best thinking, products and services. To accomplish this, we celebrate an inclusive, vibrant and diverse culture that encourages growth, openness and opportunities for everyone. A career with MassMutual means you will be part of a strong, stable and ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits. And your voice will always be heard. We help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. As a company owned by our policyowners, we are defined by mutuality and our vision to put customers first. It's more than our company structure - it's our way of life. We are a company of people protecting people. Our company exists because people are willing to share risk and resources, and rely on each other when it counts. At MassMutual, we Live Mutual. MassMutual is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome all persons to apply. If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us and share the specifics of the assistance you need. At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair, equitable pay by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. For more information about our extensive benefits offerings please check out our Total Rewards at a Glance.