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Old Mutual Limited

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1147 Days Ago

Vacancy title:
East Africa Product Executive

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Insurance , Category: Business Operations ]

Jobs at:

Old Mutual Kenya

Deadline of this Job:
30 April 2022

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, April 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities:
Strategy development and execution
• Developing the predominately retail and corporate Life Product strategy for the region/countries, in support of the region/country’s business strategy.
• Responsibility for innovative new product development and the management of the existing book of products ensuring the business meets both customer and shareholder expectations
• Where relevant, assist with the design, development and implementation of customer Rewards schemes and product development and management supporting Integrated Financial Services aspirations and implementation.
• Ensuring robust governance of all Life Product development, enhancement and management.
• Track performance and take up of new or revamped products.
• Assisting regions/countries develop business cases supporting new products and sign off.
• Implementing new products or product amendments by clarifying business requirements to ensure IT implementations
• Potentially owning multiple high-priority product developments simultaneously.
• Determine country integrated product set profitability, taking into account entire value chain and propose initiatives to improve
• The role needs to ensure that product experience is continuously reviewed compared to assumptions and perform rate reviews where required.
• Needs to ensure product remains relevant and robust in terms of product features, underwriting and claims practices.
• Need a clear understanding of product profitability and the various profit levers to advise exco on business decisions.
• Drive the product thinking behind integration of products (INCL NON-LIFE) wrt Integrated Financial Services strategy
Stakeholder Management
• Being the “design authority” (in conjunction with the value chain partners - Service, IT, Customer, Digital, Distribution and Marketing) of the end to end life product solution.
• Working with all stakeholders to determine the country-by-country life product roll-out plan.
• Engage regularly with RoA Life Business Partner and RoA Life Lob Executive
• Engaging where required with industry bodies, regulators and the media
• Present product performance report to Regional/country Exco at least quarterly.
Best practice
• Global and local market research regarding all in country product propositions and technical detail
• Continually reviewing, identifying and promoting best practices and opportunities for improvement to the processes and organisation based on observation and lessons learned.
• Spend sufficient time in Region if not bases in Region in order to stay abreast of local nuances and product uptake behaviour.
People Management
• Managing and leading life product resources across geographies.
• Operating in a multi-located team environment and development of a community of life product resources, across geographies.
• Developing skills and competencies of life product resources.
• Working with centers of excellence in South African-based Customer Solutions in terms of support and development of skills and competencies.

Requirements:
• Qualified actuary.
• 10+ years’ product development/management or related experience in the insurance industry.
• Experience in operating with multiple project teams.
• Experience in owning the development and management of complex, multi-disciplined projects
• Broad insurance and financial product knowledge is essential.
• Commercial business experience will be advantageous
• Strong working knowledge of systems, applications, business processes and operations of products will be an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management with strong influencing skills.
• Analytical problem solver.
• Travel, as required, across the region and to and from South Africa

Skills
• Business Decisions
• Business Processes
• Product Development
• Product Strategies
• Profitability
• Strategy Development
• Taking Initiative

Education
• Fellow Of The Institute Of Actuaries: Actuarial Science (Required)

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply.
https://oldmutual.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Old_Mutual_Careers/job/Offshore-Kenya/East-Africa--Product-Executive_JR-15530

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Job Info

Job Category: Corporate / Organisation Officer jobs in Kenya

Job Type: Full-time

Deadline of this Job: 30 April 2022

Duty Station: Kenya

Posted: 07-04-2022

No of Jobs: 1

Start Publishing: 07-04-2022

Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 07-04-2065

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