Product Proposition Manager

Unum Ireland; Dorking; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Healthcare

Defined Contribution pension

Life assurance & income protection

Remote GP & wellbeing support

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Shuttle bus from Dorking station

Job summary

Unum UK is seeking a Product Proposition Manager to shape and deliver its product roadmap across health, protection and workplace benefits. You will translate insight into customer-focused propositions and work with the Head of Product Proposition to drive sustainable growth.

You will influence senior stakeholders, develop business cases, and guide products through lifecycle while improving customer journeys and supporting strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience in health and protection insurance, including workplace benefits.
• Strong commercial judgement with data-informed decisions.
• Ability to drive change and deliver actions from ideas.
• Excellent relationship-building and influencing with senior stakeholders.
• Degree or professional qualification, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the product roadmap across group risk, health and protection portfolios.
• Present robust business cases to senior stakeholders and governance committees.
• Manage product lifecycle activity, including reviews and documentation.
• Collaborate across leadership, operations, finance, legal and compliance to secure buy-in.
• Support broker and client conversations, RFPs and industry forums.
• Help deliver profitable growth and improve customer journeys, including digitisation of processes.

Skills

Health insurance industry

Stakeholder management

Product lifecycle management

Data-driven decision making

Regulatory understanding

Education

Relevant degree or professional qualification

Job description

Job Posting End Date: October 16

Who are we?

We’re a specialist employee benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces. As part of the international Unum Group, we’re on a collective mission to help the working world thrive.

The role

What will you be doing? Are you an experienced product professional with a strong background in health, protection or workplace benefits insurance? We’re looking for a Product Proposition Manager to help shape and deliver Unum’s product roadmap, turning insight and opportunity into customer-focused propositions that support sustainable growth. You’ll work closely with the Head of Product Proposition and partners across the business to develop compelling business cases, guide products through their lifecycle and bring innovative initiatives to market. This is a highly collaborative role with real scope to influence senior stakeholders, improve customer journeys and contribute to our strategic priorities.

What will you bring?

Support and maintain the product roadmap across group risk, health and individual protection portfolios, with a strong focus on Unum’s Dental, Optical and Health Cash Plan products. Develop product proposals and robust business cases, presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders and governance committees. Manage product lifecycle activity, including product reviews, fair value assessments, enhancements and supporting documentation. Use market insight, competitor analysis and data to shape product design, positioning and customer outcomes. Build strong relationships across leadership, operations, distribution, finance, legal and compliance to secure buy-in and deliver change. Support broker and client conversations, RFP responses, pitch presentations and relevant industry forums. Help deliver profitable growth, retention and improved customer journeys, including opportunities to digitise processes. Contribute to effective product governance and regulatory requirements, including Consumer Duty and the Risk Management Framework.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Strong, demonstrable experience in the health and protection insurance industry, including workplace benefits. A sound technical understanding of health and protection arrangements. Experience designing, implementing and presenting customer-focused product initiatives. Strong commercial judgement, with experience supporting SMEs and large employers and using data to inform decisions. A results-focused approach, with the ability to solve problems, drive change and turn ideas into action. Excellent relationship-building and influencing skills, including confidence working with senior and C-suite stakeholders. A relevant degree or professional qualification, or equivalent practical experience.

In return, you’ll benefit from

• Competitive salary and generous bonus scheme
• Healthcare Cash Plan (Level 1 funded)
• Defined Contribution pension scheme
• Life assurance, private medical and income protection insurance
• Access to a remote GP, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support and medical second opinions
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme with on-site charging facilities
• Free shuttle bus from Dorking train station
• A supportive culture focused on wellbeing, development and career growth.

This role will be hybrid, based in Dorking 1 day a week and London 2 days a week.

Why join us?

At Unum, we’ve created a workplace where people feel supported to progress and grow, and can see their ambitions coming to life. As a part of our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace, we actively encourage applications from those with disabilities and those with long-term health conditions. If you meet the essential criteria for the role and choose to opt in to the scheme during your application, you will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail]. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

Company: Unum UK

At Unum Group, we’re a Fortune 500 company and leading international provider of workplace benefits and services, helping workers and their families thrive for more than 175 years. Through our Unum and Colonial Life brands, our company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision insurance; leave and absence management support; and behavioral health services. Our 10,000+ employees work across operations in the US, UK and Poland, as well as our dedicated Technology Centre in Ireland. Unum Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for any applicant with a disability. If you are disabled and need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact us by submitting a request here.