Manager, Product Development & Management | Kuala Lumpur, MY

Manager, Product Development & Management

Manager, Product Development & Management

Prudential's purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

The key responsibility of the incumbent is to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the product program implementation process by assisting in managing the cross functional project teams to achieve company's desired objective. This person is expected to support for the assigned tasks, assist to drive and manage the execution of functional business' deliverables which contributes to the implementation of product delivery. Assist to introduce process improvement for greater efficiency is expected to ensure all stakeholders' interest are safeguarded. Life product knowledge and project management is advantage but not compulsory, assist to draw connections between different process to ensure overall objectives are achieved.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist to drive and manage the end-to-end delivery of the assigned product and/or project implementation, within the agreed parameters pre-determined by superior.
• Initiate and engage key stakeholders to plan, formulize and execute collectively agreed strategies for product/project implementation.
• Assist to introduce process improvement between relevant departments involved at different stages of product/project implementation process.
• Assist to plan, chair and drive Product Implementation Committee (PIC) to manage the end-to-end product implementation cycles, capacity planning, communication and launch plan for all distribution channel with the objective of successful implementation of assigned project/product within the targeted launch timeline.
• Assist to initiate issues-resolution arising from the assigned project to expedite the entire implementation cycle.
• Assist to manage, communicates and collate collectively agreed product related issues/decisions for the upwards escalation to superior as and when required and/or Product Steering Committee for endorsement, if applicable.
• Identify risks to deliverables; develop and implement mitigation actions and/or plans.
• Performs any ad-hoc assignment/projects as assigned by superior.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree from a recognized University preferably in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Insurance Studies, Actuarial Science, etc.
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years working experience
• Experience in Life Insurance Industry with basic operational knowledge in Life Administration, Insurance Products, Agency Administration & Finance would be an added advantage.
• Strong drive, people oriented and the ability to influence others
• Detailed and task-oriented, organized, systematic, analytical thinking and the ability to connect the dots with the end-to-end picture in mind
• Persuasive, strong in communication and able to interacts with all levels.
• Must be self-motivated with the ability to work with minimum supervision
• A self-starter, responsible and good team player
• Strong product knowledge with operational background and result-oriented
• Good business acumen and able to appreciate business perspective
• Those with business planning and project management background would be an added advantage.
• Excellent communication, writing, presentation, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Microsoft excel and Power Point skills are crucial in performing this job well.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.

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