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Product And Process Management

Identify and support Sales' needs, identifies business requirements, assists with problem resolution, collects product or process specific expertise for Sales and applicable support divisions. Assist functional areas with client communications and product education, participates in projects identified as a need or as assigned by Product Strategy leadership to support growth of assigned client base.

Product Strategy

Partners with cross-divisional departments, Sales leadership, and training to Assist with Corporate initiatives designed to support profitable, controlled sales growth and customer retention through product development, roll out and maintenance. Functional understanding of group and individual product offerings, market appetite, competitive pressures, and regulatory environment within assigned territory. Functional understanding of activities that contribute to successful product roll out and continued monitoring and maintenance.

Underwriting

Demonstrate technical proficiency in risk selection; consult with other analysts or Product Strategy Leadership on complex issues as needed or due to authority limit requirements. Grow full understanding of the underwriting mechanics and pricing for all types of group and individual product risks. Demonstrate understanding of business analytics, business intelligence, and pricing tools as needed. Observe Product Strategy Analyst II or Supervisor to gain experience operating as a subject matter expert, representing department as a lead for communication, business requirements, testing, etc.

Analyze and interpret the performance of blocks of business through the use of dashboards and other tools to assure divisional targets for ROE and unit value are met, and if not, develop, negotiate, deliver, and implement a timely recommendation. Manage communication and documentation of these changes. Drive business value by providing actionable insight through comprehensive exploratory, interactive, and predictive modeling as well as data manipulation.

Assist with product development, maintenance and implementation.

Utilize leadership skills to participate in teams and interact effectively with sales personnel, brokers, other departments, management and other parties to implement revisions to existing cases. Evaluate and approve exceptions (up to authority limits) on a timely basis to ensure the clients' needs are being met.

Partner with sales staff and marketing department to create competitive, profitable proposals for prospective customers. Analyze customer needs to determine appropriate product mix, services offered, etc. Be aware of any legislative changes that could impact how our products perform; communicate to and educate others on any potential adjustments required due to legislative changes.

Analyze competitive information. Understand the competition by assisting with research and competitive analysis on Life, Supplemental Health, Disability, and Annuity products on an ongoing basis.

Special projects as assigned by Director of Product Strategy.