Insurance Product Manager Life & Health

About the Role

The Insurance Product Management L&H team consists of 10 colleagues based across 6 locations in Europe. As an Insurance Product Manager for life and health business, based in Paris, you will contribute to the end-to-end protection product lifecycle, from initial concept to development/design and implementation of the product and any related services, followed by regular reviews of – and enhancements to – existing products. In the Paris office, which has 11 people, you will support the Distribution team and the Senior Insurance Product Manager for France to co-create propositions with prospective clients and enhance products for existing clients, as well as play a key role in business performance steering. Client management skills are a prerequisite for the role, where you will be required to build and maintain relationships with distribution partners in France.

Working with our tight-knit cross functional teams you will liaise with various functional experts including Pricing, Underwriting, Claims, Finance, Compliance, Legal, Operations, Valuations and Risk Management. 

Your main responsibilities will be to:

•    Support product design and development with a strong focus on innovation, customer value and risk management
•    Produce deliverables such as detailed product specifications, customer suitability document and risk assessments for protection products in line with IDD and other regulatory requirements
•    Conduct product testing, where this includes initial validation of the product concept through customer research as well as pre-implementation product testing
•    Support the development and maintenance of customer-orientated product literature in line with operational processes, system functionality and regulatory requirements
•    Support the product development and approval process to source subject matter experts' input from the cross-functional team, and ensure the required approvals are obtained in line with the product governance framework
•    Conduct regular in-force product reviews with a focus on balancing commercial and customer value

About You
 
We expect you to be:
•    An actuary and/or a protection product expert, with 3-5 years' experience in the L&H protection market in France. 
•    Knowledgeable about protection insurance and experienced in the technical implementation of solutions and products
•    Knowledge about Credit Protection Insurance products is a plus
•    Client centric with experience working with external clients/distributors
•    Fluent in English and French
•    Proficient in MS Excel
•    A team player who is passionate about the success of the business
•    Comfortable in a dynamic, fast-moving, and international environment

You are:

•    Able to show integrity and consumer awareness
•    Willing to contribute to discussions with partners about products
•    You are comfortable managing multiple deliverables, in project management and in cross-functional teams
•    You are willing to challenge the status quo and bring innovative thinking to create new propositions for clients
•    Enthusiastic about working with international colleagues in a multi-cultural environment
•    Collaborative, engaging and positive
•    A fast learner
•    Willing to actively engage in discussions and voice opinions

This role is available full time. Flexible working is a key part of the iptiQ culture.
 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.
 
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