Product management:

• Ensure effective management of all modern insurance products issued by AIA and Sovereign.
• Lead the scoping of the life insurance market to identify commercial opportunities. This will involve leading: research into customer need, research and reporting on market trends, competitor analysis, analysis of the government policy.
• Ensure that the product development and management frameworks are consistently applied.
• Lead the development of appropriate risk insurance product sets having regard to the customer value proposition, performance objectives, product strategy, competitor products, and distribution channels.
• Lead post implementation reviews of product development and management projects to identify possible product / distribution / operational issues and work to develop solutions.
• Lead enhancements and rationalisation to the features of products to address customer value, profitability, distribution and risk considerations.

Strategy:

• Lead the end-to-end implementation of product initiatives.
• Provide subject matter expertise to support market activity.
• Lead the preparation and implementation of the product strategy and roadmap.
• Lead the division’s planning process in line with wider strategy and planning requirements.

Engagement:

• Lead product-related customer and distributor engagement initiatives.

Risk:

• Work with Senior Manager Risk to lead the development and implementation of robust product lifecycle processes.

• Degree or a professional qualification in Marketing, Economics
• Previous experience in Product Development/Product implementation
• 6 years of experience in a similar capacity
• 2 years of team management
• Knowledge of optimising customer journeys
• Insurance product knowledge is a plus
• Ability to make sound decisions based on analysis and evaluation of data
• Interpersonal skills e.g. managing cross-functional teams
• Communication skills (diplomatic, strategic) – verbal, written (e.g. reports), presentations (developing and presenting)
• Negotiation skills – Inter-organizational, Third Parties
• Technological savviness