Bancassurance Produtc Manager Full-Time

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

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Job Summary

Responsible for product development, relationship management and regulatory compliance

Job Description

• Builds insurance banking products strategies;
• Develops and implements marketing plans to drive business growth and meet business target;
• As insurance banking product manager conducts regular review on market trend and studies competitor activities to identify opportunities;
• Initiates product ideas and ongoing features/benefits tailored for each target segment;
• Participate in the review and recommendation of insurance operations systems and procedures affecting assigned units, co-ordinating system conversions from an operations perspective;
• Understand the market landscape, show curiosity by seeking out market and customer insights, and seek to translate these into product opportunities;
• Develop strong differentiating CVP for credit card products, informed by business intelligence;
• Drive end-to-end product management lifecycle;
• Perform analysis and provide data-informed input into the product road map, develop product features, write clear, concise and comprehensive functional requirements, and coordinate project management and implementation activities;
• Drive analysis, modeling and make recommendations for product pricing;
• Contribute product expertise and collaborate effectively with other Managers as well as key stakeholders in Business, Technology, Operations, Marketing, and Sales;
• Keep Head of products and other stakeholders well-informed of project progress, issues, risks, and product performance;
• Consistently drive towards achieving key performance indicators and targets.

Education

Bachelor’s and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Compulsory).