Head of Life & Annuity Product Illustrations

Head of Life & Annuity Product Illustrations

Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in the individual life insurance and annuity space
• Strong project management skills (10+ years previous experience)
• Comprehensive understanding of the life insurance industry and individual life products, including Whole Life, UL, VUL, Term, and Annuities
• Experience collaborating with technical business partners, including actuaries and software engineers
• Strong people management skills (10+ years previous experience)
• Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to communicate complex material in a clear & concise manner
• High level of competency working with Microsoft Office 365
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or equivalent related business experience

Responsibilities

• Act as a primary contact between Life Product Development, Product Support, Life Actuarial, IT, Compliance, the Advanced Planning department, Life Operations, and our software vendor, iPipeline (WELIS)
• Play a lead role in developing and managing the implementation of new life & annuity products, features, and user enhancements in a vendor developed, web-based and disconnected desktop illustration system
• Provide the expertise to strategize & prioritize multiple project & product implementation deadline driven deliverables to ensure products/projects are designed to meet the needs of our customers
• Be responsible for ensuring that all ongoing system and product maintenance needs (e.g., rate updates; compliance mandates; etc.) are identified, scheduled, and performed as necessary
• Provide leadership and project management expertise to cross-functional teams implementing new products, in force policy support, and interfaces between the illustration system software and various 3rd-party applications (e-App, e-Issue, e-Delivery, Living Balance Sheet (LBS), SmartOffice, etc.)
• Develop and sustain strong relationships with all business, IT, and software vendor colleagues
• Establish and communicate project priorities and schedules to the illustration software vendor on a weekly, quarterly, and annual basis, while holding them accountable for the quality and timeliness of the requested deliverables
• Use your prior experience and information at hand, to independently make thoughtful & impactful decisions
• Direct a team of business systems analysts and quality assurance testers to ensure the timely and quality delivery of all illustration system projects, by leading, supporting, and participating in the following: Project intake, recommendation, prioritization, and scheduling; Cost/benefit analysis (user perspective); Workflow and system navigation design; Business & software analysis; Project implementation planning; Resource allocation planning; Weekly team and software vendor status meetings; Monitoring and continuously improving testing processes; Post-project assessment; Monitoring and enhancing system usage metrics; Production support/end-user support

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.