Job Title                               Head – Products

Experience                           5 – 10years

Department/Group             Products

Qualification                        Graduation / MBA

Location                               Dubai

Position Type                       Full Time

Key Skills:

•          Have the ability to organise everything concerned with the product's development

•          Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

•          Have good leadership skills to supervise those involved with each stage in the process

•          Understand Life Insurance products and services.

•          Be energetic and passionate about product

•          Be able to work under pressure

•          Should have dealt with Life insurance product

Role and Responsibilities

•          Manage a team of Investment Counsellors.

•          Interviewing, hiring and training of investment counsellors.

•          Product lifecycle management from concept to phasing out of the product(s) across all products/product lines.

•          Management of existing product lines, increasing profitability and setting of Profit and Loss goals for each                           product / product line.

•          Establish metrics to measure effectiveness and drive improvements.

•          Creation of product strategy, product roadmaps and specification of product requirements.

•          On-going development of the product vision and strategy. Synthesize ideas on strategy, planning and execution of                next generation of products. Building consensus and driving execution.

•          Maintain product and market knowledge. Analyses and keep abreast of market trends.

•          Aggressively identify opportunities for improvement and incorporate new product features on an on-going basis.                 Define market opportunities and develop product briefs.

•          Lead cross-functional teams to realize product concepts and bring them to market. Work with customers and                       internally to define and refine product requirements.

•          Best practice research and benchmarking. Conduct competitive analysis and develop a strong understanding of                   stakeholders to drive development decisions.

•          Ability to train people on Life insurance products.

•          Act as product evangelist both internally and externally.

•          Develop and manage relationships with customers.

•          Function as the technical contact point.

•          Addressing complaints and resolving problems.