A joint banking and insurance team is expanding its Life Protection offer in the Belgian market, covering mortgage insurance, standalone death insurance, and death insurance linked to loans. As a Product Journey Manager for Life Protection, you will combine a digital-first mindset, digital transformation experience, and E2E delivery of projects to turn product roadmaps into commercial journeys for branch and online sales.
The mission
The team develops insurance solutions and related sales journeys across branch networks and digital channels. Its roadmap includes new digital Life insurance solutions, with work spanning product, finance, legal, risk, compliance, project delivery, marketing, and sales. This role connects customer needs and market opportunities with tangible commercial outcomes in the Belgian Life Protection insurance market.
You will take ownership of the commercial product journey from initial concept through market launch. Your scope includes assessing business opportunities, preparing business cases, shaping commercial storylines, and translating initiatives into sales enablement materials. You will work with stakeholders across partner organisations and ensure that product decisions result in clear experiences for customers and distribution teams.
Your responsibilities
- Identify and assess new business development opportunities in the Belgian Life insurance market, using customer needs and market trends to shape viable propositions.
- Develop go-to-market strategies for digital Life insurance solutions and align them with branch and online distribution requirements.
- Build business cases and commercial recommendations that support management decisions on new and existing products.
- Drive E2E delivery of projects from concept validation to market launch, coordinating dependencies across product, legal, risk, compliance, marketing, and sales.
- Convert product initiatives into commercial storylines, sales scripts, training materials, and communications that support effective distribution.
- Maintain clear stakeholder management and communication across different levels of seniority and areas of expertise.
Your profile
Essential skills
- Apply a digital-first mindset and understand how digital transformation changes insurance products, sales journeys, and customer interactions.
- Bring at least three years of experience in product management, project management, sales, operations, marketing, or a related domain.
- Demonstrate practical knowledge of Life Protection insurance, including mortgage insurance, standalone death insurance, and death insurance linked to loans.
- Combine business development thinking with ownership of the full commercial product delivery process.
- Drive E2E delivery of projects while balancing customer, distribution, regulatory, and commercial requirements.
- Use stakeholder management skills to align product, finance, legal, risk, compliance, delivery, marketing, and sales colleagues.
- Communicate clearly and persuasively, including the ability to explain and sell product propositions to audiences with different levels of expertise.
- Work collaboratively, take initiative, remain flexible, and propose practical solutions in a complex environment.
Languages
- English, strong professional communication skills required. The source requirements do not specify a CEFR level.
- Dutch and/or French, knowledge is a strong advantage. The source requirements do not specify a CEFR level.
Education
- Master’s degree or equivalent professional experience.