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Director of Product Management

Job Location: Santa Ana, CA

Description

Assurant Specialty Property is a leading provider of insurance services in partnership with financial institutions, mortgage lenders, manufactured home sellers, auto finance companies, property managers and their customers. Services include insurance tracking and management, lender-placed homeowners insurance, and property and personal coverage such as renters, farm and flood insurance. With more than 5,000 employees in 11 locations, Assurant Specialty Property serves clients and customers in all 50 states.

Assurant Specialty Property is part of Assurant, a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and select worldwide markets. The four key businesses -- Assurant Solutions, Assurant Specialty Property, Assurant Health, and Assurant Employee Benefits -- partner with clients who are leaders in their industries and have built leadership positions in a number of specialty insurance market segments in the U.S. and select worldwide markets.

Assurant, a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500, is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ. Assurant has approximately $27 billion in assets and $8 billion in annual revenue. Assurant has approximately 14,000 employees worldwide and is headquartered in New York's financial district. http://www.assurant.com/.

The Director of Product Management will assist the VP of Product Line in meeting the strategic goals of the Business Unit from planning, organizing, leading, controlling and coordinating the provisions of services in the area of product line management.

Key Responsibilities:

Consult with managers and peers as appropriate to develop short and long-term goals.
Develops, secures approval and administers an operating budget and revenue based on goals and approved plans.
Responsible for the Profits and Losses of the product line.
Responsible for the provision of services in the area of product administration.
Primary business liaison for the product business for Operations, Sales and IT.
Responsible for the coordination, including development, implementation, documentation, and monitoring, of product services with operations and information technology areas.
Coordinates resolution of issues regarding product administration. These issues may be related to internal operations, IT, clients and prospective clients.
Serves as liaison with other organizational components; establishes and maintains the working rapport necessary to develop cooperation and effectively integrate area services into the company's overall business fulfillment system.
Remains abreast of industry developments in the field of mortgage, lending, insurance, servicing and origination by pursuing a program of self development, participating in professional organizations, interacting with peers, reviewing pertinent literature, and so forth. Incorporates advancements when feasible and cost effective.
Directs the preparation or prepares records as well as recurring and special reports and analyses for area of responsibility ensuring that they are complete, accurate and prepared on time. Reviews and interprets these in order to ascertain the extent to which goals are being attained and takes corrective action as necessary.
Ensures compliance with regulatory agency guidelines and standards.
Speaks at and represents Assurant on boards, panels and other related events with various specific trade conferences and organizations promoting best practices and Assurant products and services.

Qualifications

Required skills/experience

MBA degree plus 4plus years within a business function role, for example, finance, consulting, product development or product management.
Excellent oral and communication skills.
Requires proficient knowledge of Excel, Word, Access and PowerPoint.
Analytical skills to evaluate product and customer profitability.
Strategic skills to evaluate product development, competition, marketing and operational strategy
Ability to build and maintain financial models
Ability to create presentations and marketing material
Ability to understand client requirements.
Ability to be conversant with IT, Accounting, Pricing Sales, Executive Management.
Ability to deal with executive level clients and business partners.

We offer comprehensive benefits to full time and part time employees including medical, dental, STD, LTD and life insurance, 401(k ), pension, generous paid time off and much more.

Assurant is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All aspects of consideration for employment and employment with the Company are governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

To learn more about our current opportunities and apply online, please visit: http://jobs.assurant.com/

Requisition Number: 30934

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If you are an Insurance professional who knows how to get the job done, we need you! As a premier provider of specialty insurance products in North America and select worldwide markets, Assurant provides customers with creditor-placed homeowners insurance; manufactured housing homeowners insurance; debt protection administration; credit insurance; individual health and small employer group health insurance; group dental insurance; group disability insurance; group life insurance; and pre-funded funeral insurance.
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