Lead Associate, Life Product Management

Summary

Join Protective as a Life Product Manager and contribute to our mission of protecting millions. You will be instrumental in executing the Protection Division's product strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving the development and launch of new and enhanced products. This role demands a deep understanding of the life insurance industry and a passion for customer-centric solutions. You will lead projects to optimize product growth, conduct market analysis, and ensure products maximize value for the company, distribution channels, and customers. The position involves defining and tracking KPIs, providing support to other departments, and partnering with Marketing to create cohesive product narratives. You will also interpret business challenges, recommend product changes, and ensure effective coordination among stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; relevant advanced degrees, executive education, and industry designations or licenses are preferred
• 10+ years of experience in the Life insurance industry or related function
• Sophisticated analytical thinking and ability to exercise judgement by connecting disparate information sources to identify innovative solutions
• Demonstrated ability to lead others to solve complex problems
• Proven ability to collaborate across business functions and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view
• Results-focused, high degree of accountability to execute work impacting organizational objectives
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to communicate difficult concepts across all levels of the organization and be comfortable providing training and presentations
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship skills
• Highly motivated, extremely organized, and able to independently manage multiple complex projects

Responsibilities

• Research, identify and lead projects that optimize the growth of new and existing life products
• Drive cross-departmental initiatives, ensuring seamless execution of product launches and updates
• Serve as a key liaison between internal stakeholders and external partners
• Conduct ongoing analysis of market trends, competitor products, and customer needs to inform product strategy and recommend opportunities for differentiation
• Ensure across the product portfolio that products maximize value, to the company, to distribution and to the customer
• In accordance with the division’s growth objectives and growth strategy, work to ensure that innovative products will be developed with an eye toward truly meeting the needs of the customer while delivering results that have a favorable impact on earnings of the division
• Help define and track KPIs to evaluate product performance
• Use data-driven insights to develop recommendations for improvement
• Provide support and research to other departments including sales, marketing, training, and operations on products under consideration as well as existing products
• Partner with Marketing to fully reflect a cohesive product narrative that enables sales across all platforms and channel delivery methods
• Interpret internal or external business challenges and recommend product changes or new product development
• Ensure effective coordination and communication among stakeholders to build consensus on solutions, and lead others to drive towards key decisions when needed
• Work with other members of the Product Management team to assess the market competitive landscape, build business cases, execute product offering launches, and monitor product performance, while implementing a communication process to share findings, progress, and results across the organization including senior management

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
• Mental health benefits and an employee assistance program
• A variety of paid time away benefits ( e.g. , paid time off, paid parental leave, short-term disability, and a cultural observance day)
• Contributions to healthcare accounts
• A pension plan
• A 401(k) plan with Company matching
• ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards
• $97,500 - $140,000 a year
• This position also offers additional incentive opportunities through an annual incentive based on individual and Company performance