Product Director, Life/AD&D

Dir Product Management - EM06AE
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Life and AD&D are important growth areas for The Hartford and key products for the Employee Benefits organization. At over $2B in premium the product portfolio includes Life, AD&D and SAADD. The Product Director is responsible for strategy development, value proposition, product offering, financial performance, and the end-to-end customer experience for employers and participants. This role reports to the VP, Group Life, Voluntary and Specialty, leads a team of four product managers, and can be based in Hartford, CT, Lake Mary, FL or Alpharetta, GA. Remote arrangements will also be considered.

Responsibilities:

Sets Life and AD&D strategy, in collaboration with the Employee Benefits Senior Leadership Team:

• Responsible for The Hartford's Product Roadmap
• Identifies and addresses long-term business opportunities to impact growth and profitability
• Identifies and evaluates new product opportunities to expand The Hartford's portfolio
• Proactively leverages competitive intelligence to ensure a competitive market position
• Leads key initiatives across the broader Group Benefits organization, including:

• New product development and upgrades and updates to existing products
• Enrollment strategies to increase product participation
• Operating upgrades needed to succeed in the marketplace (e.g., IT investments, product investments, customer experience changes)

• 5+ years' experience in Employee Benefits working directly with Life and AD&D products, including deep expertise in life insurance products.
• Proven strategic leader who can identify and capture potential market opportunities, while balancing operational and financial constraints.
• Proven track record of effective people leadership and delivering results through a cross-functional team.
• Financially astute; has an excellent command of product economics and financial concepts, and how they tie to operational initiatives.
• Strong relationship and influencing skills, effective ambassador for this product suite internally and in the external market.
• Understands distribution, employer and customer dynamics.
• Experience with Employee Benefits insurance product development process.
• Creative problem solver with track record of solving customer problems and a positive, "can-do" outlook.
• Exceptional communication, influencing and partnership skills; works effectively in a matrix environment to drive outcomes through others.
• Understands the business end-to-end, from product development through sales, servicing and claim; experience working in an Agile environment helpful.
• Proactively engages with new and emerging technologies, including AI, to maximize the effectiveness and growth of our products.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.