Senior Product Manager

TAL Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

TAL Australia invites a Product Manager to join our Group Life team, shaping product strategies and pricing to strengthen partnerships and member outcomes. You will influence compliant decisions and drive value through partnerships with superannuation funds, delivering sustainable life insurance and accessible products.

The role can be based in Sydney or Melbourne, offering opportunities to lead tenders, negotiate complex agreements, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders across the business.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in finance, commerce, business or a related discipline.
• Product development or opportunity assessment experience in financial services.
• Life insurance product knowledge to interpret terms, conditions and pricing approaches.
• Strong analytical thinking to support practical, evidence-based product decisions.
• Understand compliance and legislative requirements that shape good product outcomes.
• Communicate clearly through technical documentation, presentations and stakeholder discussions.

Responsibilities

• Shape product strategies that support profitability, sustainability and stronger member outcomes.
• Maintain clear product documentation that strengthens tenders, proposals and partner confidence.
• Negotiate complex agreements that support compliant, commercially sound client partnerships.
• Monitor market, competitor and portfolio insights to identify risks and growth opportunities.
• Lead product enhancements that simplify processes and improve the partner and member experience.
• Influence stakeholders to support compliant change and effective product decision-making.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor/ tertiary qualification in finance, commerce, business or related discipline

Job description

• Shape the future of insurance with innovative ideas and technologies that improve the lives of millions of Australians
• Take advantage of well-being initiatives designed to support your mental and physical health, ensuring a balanced lifestyle
• Work alongside diverse, passionate colleagues and leaders who inspire, support, and value your contributions.

Why join us

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services. Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities. Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance. So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.

Job Description

At TAL, our Group Life business helps protect millions of Australians by partnering with leading superannuation funds to deliver life insurance that is accessible, sustainable and relevant to members’ needs. In this role, you’ll help shape product and pricing outcomes that strengthen one of TAL’s most important partnerships and support the long-term value we create for members. It’s meaningful work that sits at the heart of TAL’s purpose, improving the way people experience protection through their superannuation and contributing to our mission to protect what matters most for Australians and their families. This role can be based in Sydney or Melbourne.

In This Role You Will

• Shape product strategies that support profitability, sustainability and stronger member outcomes.
• Maintain clear product documentation that strengthens tenders, proposals and partner confidence.
• Negotiate complex agreements that support compliant, commercially sound client partnerships.
• Monitor market, competitor and portfolio insights to identify risks and growth opportunities.
• Lead product enhancements that simplify processes and improve the partner and member experience.
• Influence stakeholders to support compliant change and effective product decision-making.

Qualifications

• Bring a tertiary qualification in finance, commerce, business or a related discipline.
• Apply product development or opportunity assessment experience in financial services.
• Use life insurance product knowledge to interpret terms, conditions and pricing approaches.
• Apply strong analytical thinking to support practical, evidence-based product decisions.
• Understand compliance and legislative requirements that shape good product outcomes.
• Communicate clearly through technical documentation, presentations and stakeholder discussions.

Additional Information

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency from 2014 to 2025 and 2023 to 2026 Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals with disability/ies, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQ+ community.
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems. As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks. Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility. If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately.