Apogem Capital · 1 week 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 expApogem Capital is focused on delivering comprehensive insurance and absence management solutions for mid-sized and large companies. The Head of GBS Product is responsible for the development of the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmaps for the GBS Product organization, leading a team and managing key business decisions to ensure an effective service experience.
Financial Services
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
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
Apogem Capital
Apogem Capital is an alternatives investor, with decades of experience investing in the middle market.
201-500 employees
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