Responsibilities:
- Qualified/Associated actuary with at least 10+ years relevant experience
- Strong business acumen with proven experience in stakeholder management, particularly across executive levels and external parties;
- Solid financial and business acumen to analyze and evaluate the impact of product development activities on company financially and operationally;
- Solid knowledge of project management discipline, project management tools and analysis;
- Positively engages with various stakeholders and supports, advocates, communicates and implements change;
- Excellent leadership to motivate and lead the team as they work through tight deadlines and challenges;
- Collaborative mindset with good and strong negotiation and influencing skills;
- Excellent presentation and communication skills;
- Self-motivated, independent and with excellent interpersonal skills;
- Effectively communicate with and influence stakeholders at all levels;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Required qualifications:
- Lead all product development initiatives to deliver the product roadmap according to agreed timeline for all key distribution channels;
- Manage product mix to optimize the portfolio in terms of risks and returns;
- Lead and manage Product Day-2 implementation;
- Review and approve compensation schemes and all sales incentives contest for all distribution channels to ensure effectiveness of the schemes and all key risks are properly assessed and mitigated;
- Partner with distribution channels to obtain regional approval of compensation scheme where necessary;
- •Partner with key stakeholders and bank partners to develop annual product plan across all distribution channels;
- Lead the production of New Business Plan financial metrics including APE, NBV and Product Mix for all channels;
- Lead the development of product performance analysis i.e. new product sales, product mix, rider attachment, case size and other appropriate measures to provide timely and valuable insights to management through monthly Product Steering Committee meeting;
- Establish and maintain working relationship with Ministry of Finance. Arrange regular visits to the bank partners and branches to strengthen relationship;
- Manage the Investment Committee preparation and discussion to ensure proper oversight into ILP business.
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