Strategic Partnerships, AVP

About Kuvare

Kuvare is on a mission to serve hardworking consumers overwhelmed by the complexities of retirement and is built from the ground up to do so. Our unified financial hub protects the retirement of everyday Americans and the distributors, carriers and investors that serve them. We create life insurance and annuity products that protect consumers’ retirements, and are simplified for distributor partners and financial professionals to sell and service. Kuvare family of companies: Retail Annuity and Life Insurance Solutions: – United Life Insurance Company – Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company – Lincoln Benefit Life Institutional Insurance: – Kuvare Life Re Bespoke Insurance Solutions: – Ignite Partners

About the role

The AVP, Strategic Partnerships, is a senior-level role responsible for managing and enhancing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, specifically Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) to support Kuvare's organizational goals. The role focuses on strategic planning, collaboration, and operational efficiency.

What you'll do

• Establish and sustain strong relationships as well as influence with Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) at all levels of the TPA organization.
• Develop and sustain strong relationships with internal business partners (e.g. IT, legal, compliance, operations, PMO) at all levels of the organization.
• Establish and maintain governance structure with TPAs.
• Facilitate Executive level meetings with Kuvare and TPAs.
• Escalate issues as necessary and in a timely manner through appropriate channels both at Kuvare and at TPAs.
• Develop and execute strategic plans with existing partners and identify new opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure appropriate TPA, business and IT resource allocation and support for approved projects.
• Ensure TPAs align to Kuvare program/project vision and strategy.
• Support the management of the scope, requirements, and timelines of complex programs and projects.
• Escalate with TPA as appropriate.
• Facilitate meetings with 3rd party providers and internal groups or functional areas as requested.
• Proactively engage other members of the organization with specific subject knowledge to resolve issues or provide assistance.
• Establish effective communication channels and documents in partnership with the TPAs.
• Establish and track annual TPA budget for Kuvare.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business, IT or relevant program.
• Minimum of ten years of program/project management experience preferred.
• Two to five years of Life Insurance Industry experience.
• Experience working with 3rd party onshore and offshore vendors.
• Experience with Smartsheet, Office 365.
• Proven ability to think independently and navigate.

Skills/Competencies

• Proven Project Management Skills.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Strong communication both verbal and written.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to collaborate with key partners and business leaders.
• Proven track record of transformation and innovation.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results under pressure in a tight timeframe.
• Demonstrates confidence in decision‑making and the ability to uphold positions with clarity and professionalism.
• Highly resourceful.
• Ability to think independently and proactively identify solutions.

Physical Demands

Normal office working environment. Occasional evening and weekend hours to meet deadlines. Some travel is required. Ability to sit for extended periods of time. Ability to read from a computer screen and paper reports. Express ideas and otherwise communicate with the spoken word.

Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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