Associate Director / Senior Manager, Product Development

The customer is the focus of everything we do and millions of end users rely on our products and services daily. We believe in the value of empowering our Associate Director / Senior Manager Product Development with the resources to enhance and achieve our business performance objectives for the future of our business which is why we need you.

• Lead new product development and product maintenance of life insurance products based on customer needs and economic environment to achieve business objective.

• Lead the end-to-end product development process from initial product design to launch of products as well as the product maintenances.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of new product initiatives and product enhancement projects for life insurance products. Oversee and manage launch schedule of new products and projects.

• Collaborate with business partners and internal parties in product planning design and product development process to ensure product initiatives and related supports are delivered effectively and efficiently.

• Participate in the proposition development from product perspective by building up sales stories based on customer needs and collaborating with internal stakeholders on the customer communications and sales support.

• Manage both internal and external stakeholders to ensure technology infrastructure and operational processes are able to support timely and successful launch of projects according to agreed plan.

• Support on-going product initiatives such as regular product reviews and actions and sales and customer campaigns.

• Support the implementation of regulatory changes from product line perspective.

• Participate in the formulation of product strategies and prioritization of product initiatives.

• Lead motivate and develop team members and collaborate with other teams on joint initiatives.

• Proactively monitor market development and conduct insurance market intelligence study for product update in market.

• Prepare and review product related literatures.

• Manage and communicate to key stakeholders including distribution and management on all key issues related to business lines in an effective manner.

• Support ad-hoc projects and other duties as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Required Personal Qualities/Skills/Competencies that are Critical to the Job.

• University degree in any discipline.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in insurance industry with at least 3 years at supervisory level.

• Experience in life insurance product development.

• Willingness to offer expertise to create new projects or solutions.

• Ability to leverage key relationships and build networks to work effectively and deliver results.

• Strong project management and organizational skills exceptional communication skills considers diverse perspectives and uses tact to build support of own ideas.

• Team player passionate mature and independent in driving and handling counterparts. Ability to facilitate attainment of mutual agreement by communicating with diplomacy and tact and gain commitment to decisions made.

• Strong communication presentation and problem-solving skills.

• Efficient MS application and Chinese input.

• Fluent in written and spoken English.

• Maintains commitment to goals measures own work to track progress while identifying and resolving challenges.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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