AVP - Product Senior Lead, Financial Lines

About the position

The purpose of this role is to provide a market-leading and coordinated approach to product development across our Financial Lines business. Contribute to sustainable and profitable organizational growth through continuous improvement and innovation of QBE North America's product library. This role is hybrid, where you will be expected to be in the office 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the product library of approved QBE North America policy forms and ensure it is current, contemporary, compliant and competitive for assigned business units
• Contribute to market-leading product development in consultation with senior level management for assigned business units
• Research and make recommendations to capitalize on strengths and market opportunities and to counter competitive threats
• Support continuous improvement strategies to position QBE North America as a technical leader on the underwriting domain
• Develop and help deliver high-quality internal and external communications regarding product development and new initiatives for assigned business units
• Build and maintain collaborative, mutually beneficial partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain up to date industry knowledge and leverage client relationships to provide distinctive solutions in the market
• Manage budgeted resources by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility

Requirements

• Juris Doctor

Nice-to-haves

• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Negotiate skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups to settle differences with minimum noise
• Build and establish constructive and cooperative working relationships and open lines of communication
• Anticipate obstacles and challenges, identify root cause and strategize plans to address
• Establish and maintain effective, trusting and respectful relationships with customers in a matrix environment
• Effectively and efficiently present logic, reasoning and analysis to others
• Understand the needs and goals of a customer and actively look for ways to meet them
• Creativity and alternative, open thinking to generate and support new or better ways of doing things
• Communicate information in a clear, well-organized, and professional manner
• Establish a high degree of trust and credibility with others
• Build long-term collaborative working relationships with senior managers
• Adapt and be flexible in a complex changing environment
• Utilize personal credibility to influence others

Benefits

• Hybrid Working - a mix of working from home and in the office
• 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender-equal basis
• Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%
• Well-being program including holistic wellbeing coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• Tuition Reimbursement for professional certifications, and continuing education
• Employee Network and Community - QBE actively supports six Employee Networks, and many ways to give back to your community