Product Director

Role Overview

• Ability to work on complex problems / projects where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.
• Works with staff to develop and delivers critical analytical insights; research, conduct high-quality analyses, reports, and communicate key product performance metrics.
• Manages teams research on key business data using statistical analysis and data mining to understand historical patterns that can be utilized to improve business performance.
• Along with staff and IT develop the programming of scalable and flexible data reporting and analysis solutions to fulfill the needs of the team.
• Oversee team that monitors product performance/results in coordination with actuarial, loss analytic and performance analytics.
• Oversee the development, recommendations, communications, and execution of product strategies to improve profitability and market share of programs.
• Monitor the marketplace for emerging opportunities and identify competitor and industrial changes impacting the effectiveness of the current product offers and pricing position.
• Work with business stakeholders to provide technical, analytical and strategic leadership, controlling aspects of the development of project deliverables including cross-functional program management, data gathering and manipulation, analysis and modelling, and communication of insights and recommendations.
• Manages team in providing data mining, pattern and root cause analyses to understand areas of untapped opportunity. Leads team in finding areas of weakness and opportunity based on book performance. Formulates an analytic data-driven approach to address business questions around product, pricing, processes and/or underwriting rules to take advantage of opportunities and strengthen weaknesses.
• Oversees Product managers in working directly with actuaries in developing and filing class, rate and / or form filings.
• Provide leadership in creating and developing automated technical solutions to complex manually intensive processes via Microsoft tools.
• Provide guidance, collaboration, and execution of advanced data analysis and product development. Enhance/maintain departmental data/databases.
• Oversees and makes team available to participate in testing and QA work of various inputs to and outputs from the data warehouse and Business Intelligence application(s).
• Monitor regulatory environment to ensure product compliance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Product Management experience including managing product managers and/or analysts and performing roles and responsibilities listed above
• Advanced/solid understanding of personal insurance business. This includes understanding of products, coverage’s, claim, underwriting, distribution channels, and business/sale centers.
• Experience launching new states/programs preferred
• Leadership, innovation and initiating skills.
• Critical thinking, problem solving, negotiation and data analysis skills
• Must have excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills
• Must be team oriented and have excellent collaboration and team management and development skills
• Advanced proficiency with MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access and SQL
• Experience in Property Casualty insurance including working directly with departments of insurance
• Experience in business process and/or data analysis and data profiling;
• Ability to set priorities and perform multiple tasks;
• Ability to solve practical problems; deal with concrete variables in situations; and to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form;
• Ability to adapt to a paperless environment.

Tech Stack

• SQL

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• HSA*
• PTO
• 401k
• Company observed Holidays