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New York Life Insurance Company · 1 day ago

Corporate Vice President, Head of New York Life Group Benefit Solutions (NYL GBS) Product

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$185K/yr - $215K/yr

8+ years exp

New York Life Insurance Company is a leader in providing comprehensive insurance and absence management solutions. The Head of GBS Product is responsible for developing the vision and strategy for the GBS Product organization, leading a team to ensure competitive products and an excellent service experience.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Owns the development of the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmaps for the GBS Product organization including Absence, Disability, Life, AD&D, Voluntary Benefits, Value Adds, and NYL Cross-Channel Product teams as well as Filing and Compliance functions

Responsible for ensuring products are competitive in the group benefits industry while providing an effective end-to-end service excellence experience from quoting through claim

Accountable to deeply understand broker, client, customer, and beneficiary needs, and keep up with industry/competitor trends; incorporates findings into strategy and roadmap

Leads and mentors a team of both direct and indirect reports of 20-25 team members as well as matrix partners in the design, development, and delivery of new products and new features as well as maintenance of existing products

Collaborates effectively internally sharing vision and incorporating feedback and needs for a holistic strategy

Drives recommendations and provides user stories/requirements to matrix partners to deliver best in class solutions in the market, including connectivity, digital, operational processes, etc

Responsible for making business cases, seeking organizational buy-in and securing funding for key initiatives; prioritizes investments based on value, stakeholder need, and capacity

Owns the execution of roadmap deliverables; ensures are delivered on time and budget; drives key business decisions regarding execution and roll out plans engaging key leaders and SME’s as needed

Accountable for Product budget, inclusive of internal and vendor spend; evaluates spend for value and adjusts as needed

Qualification

Product Strategy DevelopmentChange ManagementTeam LeadershipAnalytical SkillsBusiness AcumenClient Journey MappingInnovative ThinkingMarketplace KnowledgeRelationship BuildingProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree and at least 8-10 years of broad product experience

Demonstrated strong relationship building and team integration skills; experience driving change management in large, matrix organization

Future mindset but willingness to jump in, own work, and make meaningful short-term progress

Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to be innovative

Proven ability to drive results in uncertain and/or ambiguous environments

Strong business acumen, with proven ability to leverage knowledge base to quickly come up to speed in new business areas

Proven experiences mapping out the client and customer journey, identifying gaps in the experience, and delivering initiatives to improve on the current state

Established ability to leverage marketplace knowledge and experience to consult, make prioritization, and trade off decisions, and make recommendations to senior leadership

Benefits

Leave programs

Adoption assistance

Student loan repayment programs

Company

New York Life Insurance Company

For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime.

Founded in 1845

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.newyorklife.com/

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