Head Of R&D | 30119

Emerald Group; England; In loco; GBP 150.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Emerald Group seeks a seasoned senior leader to own and deliver strategy for complex financial or insurance products. You will lead the conception, design and evaluation of new product structures and present recommendations to senior executives, including ExCo.

You will model financial impact using actuarial judgement, own end-to-end product specifications, and guide cross-functional workshops across digital, IT, operations and change teams to optimise performance and identify new opportunities.

Competenze

• Senior leadership experience in a strategic role.
• Experience launching complex financial or insurance products.
• Strong commercial and strategic thinking.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders effectively.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Background with life protection products is a plus.
• Desirable experience with R, Python or SQL.
• Experience in management consulting, strategy or tech environments.

Mansioni

• Develop, own and deliver strategy for products.
• Lead design and evaluation of new product structures.
• Model financial impact using actuarial judgement.
• Present recommendations to ExCo and strategic forums.
• Own end-to-end product specifications for implementation.
• Lead design workshops across digital, IT, operations and change teams.
• Monitor product performance and identify optimisation opportunities.
• Identify and develop new business line opportunities.
• Provide senior technical and commercial leadership.
• Lead and develop teams supporting product development and implementation.

Conoscenze

Senior leadership

Commercial acumen

Presentation skills

Stakeholder influence

Cross-functional leadership

Strumenti

R

Python

SQL

Descrizione del lavoro

Key responsibilities including however, not limited to the following:

• Develop, own and deliver strategy
• Lead the conception, design and evaluation of new product structures
• Assess and model the financial impact of product propositions using actuarial judgement and validated assumptions
• Present recommendations to senior executives, including ExCo and strategic forums
• Own and produce end-to-end product specifications for implementation
• Be in charge of complex design and business definition workshops across digital, IT, operations and change teams
• Monitor product performance and identify opportunities for optimisation and strategic intervention
• Identify, evaluate and develop new business line opportunities
• Provide senior technical and commercial leadership across the organisation
• Lead and develop teams supporting product development and implementation activities

Qualifications required:

Experience required:

• Significant experience operating in a senior leadership capacity
• Experience developing and launching complex financial or insurance products
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking capability
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills
• Ability to influence and question senior stakeholders effectively
• Experience of conducting cross-functional teams and complex business initiatives
• Experience working with life protection products
• Desirable experience using R, Python or SQL
• Experience within management consulting, strategy or technology-led environments