Lead Product Manager, Retirement
Transamerica
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Baltimore • Colorado • Iowa • United States
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Salary
💰 $101,000 - $114,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Drive collaboration across all functional areas as needed.
- Conduct feasibility studies, research and development (R&D), and participate in labs to evaluate ideas.
- Partner with distributors, Marketing, Finance, IT and other key stakeholders to recommend product features, competitiveness, profitability, sales goals and launch dates.
- Negotiate needs and bring consensus/closure to issues, and facilitate decisions on new business portfolio issues.
- Ensure customer centric product ideas are efficiently sourced and prioritized.
- Work with margin analytics, marketing, sales and operations teams to build a strong pipeline for future product enhancements.
- Develop and deliver presentations to communicate research outcomes; provide R&D results to senior management and peers to highlight strategic recommendations for new products and enhancements.
- Provide mentorship to peers regarding the product process, product development and product ideation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a business related field or equivalent experience.
- Six years of product development experience in the retirement industry.
- In-depth knowledge of retirement product features and riders.
- In-depth knowledge of retirement sales and marketing techniques.
- Understanding of profitability metrics.
- Analytical skills and attention to detail to perform market analysis, customer research, opportunity sizing, profitability assessments, and risk/legal/compliance assessments.
- Communication and interpersonal skills to educate audience and advocate recommendations with team members and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Decision making skills to create scope and content for consumer market research, and use insights to develop product design and features.
- Strategic thinker and facilitation skills.
- Leadership and coaching skills to mentor peers and guide team members.
- Presentation skills to provide research data and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- Willingness to pursue and complete higher education/professional designations.
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Bonus for Eligible Employees
- Benefits Package
- Pension Plan
- 401k Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Disability Insurance
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Employee Discounts
- Career Training & Development Opportunities
- Health and Work/Life Balance Benefits
- Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
- Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
- Be Well Company holistic wellness program, which includes Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
- Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Back-Up Care Program
- PTO for Volunteer Hours
- Employee Matching Gifts Program
- Employee Resource Groups
- Inclusion and Diversity Programs
- Employee Recognition Program
- Referral Bonus Programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product developmentmarket analysiscustomer researchopportunity sizingprofitability assessmentsrisk assessmentslegal compliance assessmentsretirement product featuresretirement sales techniquesretirement marketing techniques
Soft Skills
collaborationnegotiationdecision makingstrategic thinkingfacilitationleadershipcoachingcommunicationinterpersonal skillsattention to detail