Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development

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.

Position Summary:

The VP Strategy & Corporate Development serves as a senior advisor and execution leader supporting the Head of the Office of the CEO. This role will drive enterprisewide strategic initiatives assess acquisitions and other strategic investment opportunities ensure crossfunctional alignment of key group-wide priorities and enhance the Head of Office of the CEOs ability to operate at scale. The VP will lead initiatives and act as a strategic integrator orchestrating information flow governance routines and decisionsupport processes across the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and broader organization.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Drive endtoend execution of highpriority CEOlevel strategic initiatives ensuring milestones risks and dependencies are actively managed.

• Partner with the Head of the Office of the CEO to prioritize issues synthesize insights and prepare recommendations for CEO decisionmaking.

• Support preparation for GEM ELT and Board meetings; ensure materials are analytically strong strategic and actionable.

Corporate Development & Strategic Analysis

• Support Head of Office of the CEO in evaluating acquisition/divestiture opportunities; oversee preparation of strategic analyses and executive materials.

• Oversee analytical workstreams supporting strategic planning competitive landscape assessments and long-term corporate strategy development

Enterprise Alignment & Cross-Functional Orchestration

• Coordinate with business and functional leaders to track followup actions from CEO and Board; ensure accountability and timely completion.

• Lead enterpriselevel governance routines including strategic planning cadences quarterly business reviews and CEO/ELT operating rhythms.

Executive Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with Marketing and Communications and Investor Relations to align CEO messaging with corporate strategy.

• Support creation of CEO briefing dossiers and stakeholder preparation materials for key CEO internal and external engagements.

• Provide daytoday leadership to Office of the CEO staff fostering clarity precision agility and cohesive team delivery.

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrated success operating in a senior strategic enterpriselevel role ideally within consulting investment banking corporate strategy corporate development or a highperformance advisory environment.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and structured problemsolving abilities with the capacity to translate ambiguity into clear frameworks recommendations and executiveready insights.

• Advanced analytical acumen with an understanding of valuation and insurance-related financials the ability to oversee and challenge complex financial workstreams synthesize input from multiple sources and guide datadriven decisionmaking at the CEO/ELT level.

• Team leadership and project management strengths with experience in leading teams to define workstreams and deliver outcomes working collaboratively across functional areas.

• Deep understanding of the Commercial Property & Casualty insurance industry including operating models financial drivers and competitive landscape or proven ability to rapidly build domain expertise in a similarly complex sector.

• Superior executive communication skills including the ability to craft compelling narratives influence senior stakeholders and deliver CEO/Boardquality materials with clarity and precision.

• Highly effective crossfunctional operator with a track record of driving enterprise alignment coordinating across senior leaders and ensuring delivery against highstakes commitments.

• Organized disciplined and deadlinedriven with the ability to manage multiple simultaneous CEOlevel priorities in a fastmoving environment.

• Selfdirected proactive and intellectually curious with strong judgment high integrity and the ability to anticipate needs before they surface.

• Leadership presence with the ability to guide mentor and elevate team members while upholding a culture of excellence agility and accountability.

Preferred Profile

• Experience in a toptier management consulting firm or investment bank.

• Prior work within internal corporate strategy corporate development or enterprise transformation roles with a history of measurable impact.

• Direct experience within a Commercial P&C insurer with strong familiarity with industry operating models KPIs and financial frameworks

• MBA a plus