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Aegon · 22 hours ago

Product Manager (Employee Benefits)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

$80K/yr - $95K/yr

2+ years exp

Aegon is a company focused on life and health insurance products. They are seeking a Product Manager to drive long-term strategy by researching and designing products for individual and group markets, managing existing portfolios, and ensuring profitable sales.

Asset ManagementAuto InsuranceFinanceHealth InsuranceInsuranceLife InsuranceRetirement

Responsibilities

Analyze market trends and competitive landscape to discern product opportunities and translate market conditions into valid value positions

Research potential market opportunities; build the business case for product innovations by gathering distribution and consumer feedback, reviewing industry sales trends, and understanding demographic shifts/consumer preferences

Make recommendations to the product leader and team on product features, competitiveness, profitability, sales goals and launch date

Conduct feasibility studies, research and development, and participate in labs to evaluate ideas. Collaborate with sales and margin analytics team and other business groups to conduct hypothesis testing and opportunity sizing; develop capabilities based assessments (CBA) and execution approach

Partner with distributors, Marketing, Finance, IT and other key stakeholders to recommend product features, competitiveness, profitability, sales goals and launch dates

Negotiate needs and bring consensus/closure to issues, and facilitate decisions on new business portfolio issues

Develop product specification documents, product guides and other product documentation

Serve as a subject matter expert to functional areas on product information required during the product development process

Qualification

Product development experienceInsurance product knowledgeMarket analysis skillsSalesMarketing techniquesAnalytical skillsMS Office proficiencyCommunication skillsDecision making skillsStrategic thinking

Required

Bachelor's degree in a business related field or equivalent experience

Two years of product development experience in the life or health insurance industry

Understanding of insurance product features and riders

Understanding of insurance sales and marketing techniques

Analytical skills and attention to detail to perform market analysis, customer research, opportunity sizing, profitability assessments, and risk/legal/compliance assessments

Communication and interpersonal skills to educate audience and advocate recommendations with team members and stakeholders at all levels of the organization

Decision making skills to create scope and content for consumer market research, and use insights to develop product design and features

Strategic thinker and facilitation skills

Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)