Product Manager - Connected

at  QBE Insurance

PRIMARY DETAILS

Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Senior Product role
Permanent, full time role
Auckland based, but for the right person, will consider other locations

The opportunity

• Create and lead our strategy for our connected and non-negotiated business.
• Fantastic opportunity to provide thought leadership and direction in this very crucial & visible part of our long-term strategy.
• This is a unique, greenfield role, which will allow you to intersect your 2 passions of technology and underwriting commercial lines of business.
• Engage with new ways of working (agile) alongside our technology and other teams, so that we move faster and are accountable for continuous delivery. Whilst the preference is for the role to be Auckland based, for the right person, we would consider other locations.
• Happy to talk flexible working.

Reporting to the General Manager of Product & Underwriting, you will be part of a tenured and highly experienced team of National Product Managers and Product Specialists. Key aspects of your role include:

• Working closely with your peers and stakeholders of the business, to streamline our underwriting rules, & determine efficiency gains, leading to a simpler and streamlined process for our Underwriters and broker partners
• Communicate the Product plans and ensure all Underwriters are aware of risk appetite and understand the Underwriting Rules.
• Monitoring portfolio results and individual product performance, identifying trends and opportunities, and taking corrective action as necessary. High level of portfolio oversight and attention to lead indicators
• Ensuring adequate pricing, underwriting standards and appropriate risk acceptance including ownership of all pricing models relating to the relevant product

More information and the full job profile can be shared with applicants during the interview process. this process will include a phone screen with our Talent Acquisition team, 2 interviews (either face to face or online via Teams) and background checks.

About you

• An experienced Underwriter or Product Manager with experience in portfolio management in commercial insurance
• Strategic thinker with ability to use initiative to create new & better ways of working.
• Excellent at building relationships and influencing at a senior level within the insurance industry.
• Interest in technology and ways in which it can improve our customer experience and processes for the business.