Property & Casualty Product Manager

Assurant is a leading global business services company that supports, protects, and connects major consumer purchases. As the Property & Casualty Product Manager, you will drive the success of an assigned product portfolio by collaborating cross-functionally, defining innovative solutions, and managing product vision and marketing efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Complete proactive analysis of assigned states/responsibilities to ensure integrity of existing products by serving as team member on channel-driven product enhancement projects
• Research business ideas and market opportunities or trends that lead to new product ideas
• Develop comprehensive analysis of financial potential of new product ideas
• Utilize knowledge of rate making and product costs (direct and indirect) in determining future actions at a state level and rate making exercises
• Research, select and define and develop new product features, and market positioning based upon customer need and competitive environment
• Develop quality standards, administration, policy language and pricing for new products
• Develop and present business plans and justification for new business opportunities/new products with potential financial impacts
• Manage and direct internal resources and external vendors for effective implementation of new products
• Analyze testing of new products and existing products enhancements to ensure product maintains positioning and profitability
• Develop relationships with outside companies for potential strategic alliances and/or vendor administrators
• Keep up on latest industry and consumer trends by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, Internet research, establishing personal networks, and/or participating in professional societies
• Help ensure implementation/testing of new and existing products through internal training and selling of new product ideas to sales force and client contact teams
• Assist the client teams by attending client presentations as new product expert when necessary
• Provide new thought direction and expertise to channels and client teams by attending brainstorming sessions for marketing, product enhancements or new product ideas
• Support geographic-level reporting and analysis
• Prepare maps, visual summaries, heat-charts, exposure analysis and other similar reports and analysis to understand product exposures and risk management at a granular geographic level

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years' experience in product analysis or product management within Property & Casualty insurance, preferably HO3 (Homeowners) and HO6 (Condominium)
• Must have experience with regulatory language and interpretation of Forms
• Proven analytical and conceptual thinking skills and a high attention to detail
• Experienced performing effectively when changes in priorities, direction and resources occur
• Advanced Excel skills required; general proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Bachelor's degree in preferred in Insurance, Finance, Business Administration, Marketing, Mathematics or related field
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment
• Strong relationship building skills, including an ability to influence internal & external stakeholders
• Ability to prioritize own work to meet tight deadlines with high sense of urgency
• Inquisitive nature and ability to seek out information
• Strong organizational skills