Manager, Product Strategy - Life Insurance

Key Responsibilities

1. Architect Strategy: Own the product strategy and portfolio positioning; translate high-level company objectives into a high-impact, time-bound roadmap.
2. Identify Growth: Define target segments and value propositions, aggressively seeking "whitespace" opportunities within digital ecosystems and new partnerships.
3. Drive Insight-Led Innovation: Institutionalize competitor benchmarking and customer discovery. Convert market trends into actionable product theses and robust business cases.
4. Lead the Innovation Lifecycle: Frame complex problems and lead concept design through to proposition shaping, ensuring a seamless customer journey across all functions.
5. Commercial Partnership: Serve as a strategic partner to Pricing to align commercial targets and guide Product Development on feature design, regulatory paths, and GTM execution.
6. Ecosystem Development: Scout and assess opportunities with reinsurers, insurtechs, and wellness platforms; lead pilot designs and provide scale-up recommendations.
7. Performance Optimization: Define success metrics for new launches; monitor post-launch performance to identify enhancement or retirement opportunities.
8. Build Talent: Cultivate a high-performing strategy bench, fostering a culture of cross-functional collaboration to eliminate silos.

Key Requirements

1. Proven Expertise: 5+ years in Life Insurance product strategy, management, consulting, or an actuarial/pricing role with a heavy strategic remit.
2. Technical Literacy: A strong grasp of actuarial concepts and financial levers (e.g., RBC, IFRS17) with the unique ability to translate technical constraints into market-ready propositions.
3. Change Leadership: A documented track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and designing end-to-end customer journeys.
4. Stakeholder Influence: Exceptional ability to manage and influence diverse stakeholders, from distribution channels and reinsurers to Ops, IT, and Compliance.