Product Manager (Tech)

Hong Leong Assurance Berhad; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Assurance Berhad in Malaysia is seeking a Product Manager (Tech) within the Digital & Transformation division. You will own the product lifecycle for insurance capabilities, translating business goals into technical requirements, epics, and user stories.

You will drive the vision and execution of HLA insurance POS and core transaction workflows, ensuring seamless digital experiences for agents and customers, while coordinating across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Technical Product Manager or Product Owner, preferably in Insurance.
• Strong understanding of insurance workflows including POS, policy admin, or digital quotation engines.
• Proficient in Java-based enterprise architectures.
• Experience with API-first design, RESTful services, and cloud-native architectures.
• 8+ years in a similar industry with proven stakeholder management and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the product lifecycle for key insurance capabilities.
• Translate business goals into technical requirements, epics, and user stories.
• Drive vision and execution of HLA insurance POS and core transaction workflows.
• Oversee end-to-end product releases with cross-functional teams.
• Partner with Solution Architects and BSA to design integrations.
• Collaborate with Microservices teams to build modular services.
• Lead and mentor a team, set performance goals and development.
• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors.
• Identify, manage and control data risks; uphold data integrity.
• Support implementation of operational resilience and recovery management.
• Ensure data policies and controls for customer documents.

Skills

Product lifecycle

API-first design

Java enterprise

RESTful services

Cloud-native

Team leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

iOS awareness

Job description

Product Manager (Tech) within the Digital & Transformation division, reporting to the Head of ISD. The role owns the product lifecycle for key insurance capabilities, translating business goals into clear technical requirements, epics, and user stories.

Key responsibilities

Own the product lifecycle for key insurance capabilities, translating business goals into clear technical requirements, epics, and user stories

Drive the vision and execution of HLA insurance POS and core transaction workflows, ensuring seamless digital experiences for agents and customers

Oversee end-to-end product releases, coordinating across cross-functional teams to ensure smooth, bug-free, and timely deployments

Partner closely with Solution Architects and Business Systems Analysts to design scalable, secure, and robust system integrations

Collaborate with Microservices development teams to build modular, decoupled services that power HLA core insurance engines

Lead, mentor, and manage a team, conducting regular one-on-ones, setting performance goals, and driving career growth and continuous learning

Manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors, aligning third-party solutions with internal enterprise architecture standards

Identify, manage and control data risks, monitor performance and uphold data integrity

Support the implementation of HLA's operational resilience framework, including outsourcing risk, business continuity and disaster recovery management within the Division

Ensure implementation of data policies, procedures and controls to safeguard any documents or information relating to the affairs or account of a customer of the financial institution

Requirements

5+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager or Product Owner, preferably within the Insurance domain

Solid understanding of insurance workflows, with hands-on experience in Point of Sales (POS) systems, policy administration, or digital quotation engines

Strong working knowledge of Java-based enterprise architectures

Familiarity with iOS app development/ecosystem constraints is a strong plus

Deep understanding of API-first designs, RESTful services, and cloud-native architectures

At least 8 years experience in a similar industry, with proven ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and high performing teams

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Hong Leong Assurance Berhad (HLA) is one of the largest insurance companies in Malaysia. It is a well-established and respected Malaysian brand offering financial planning and protection solutions to meet the various needs of Malaysians at different cycles of their lives. Commitment to the customer is the key to HLA's success, where service is provided through a large network of branches, agents and brokers throughout the country as well as bancassurance and alternative distribution channels.

HLA began as a General Insurance business under the name of Malaysia Pacific Insurance Berhad in 1972. The Life Insurance business was added into its portfolio a year later. In December 1982, Hong Leong Assurance Sdn Bhd, a composite insurance company was formed eventually acquiring the entire General and Life business of Malaysia Pacific Insurance. Today, HLA is a subsidiary of HLA Holdings Sdn Bhd (HLAH), which is wholly-owned by Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (HLFG), the financial services arm of Hong Leong Group Malaysia.

Pursuant to a strategic partnership, in October 2010, HLA merged its General Insurance business with MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd (MSIM). Concurrently, HLAH took a 30 percent equity interest in MSIM and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited (MSI) took a 30 percent equity interest in HLA. Moving forward, the General Insurance business would be provided by MSIM, while the life insurance business would continue to be provided by HLA.

With the strategic partnership, HLA is poised to reach new horizons for its Life Insurance business. HLA is today one of Malaysia's leading domestic brands for financial planning and protection solutions, specializing in Life Insurance products and services.

HONG LEONG FINANCIAL GROUP

Hong Leong Financial Group is a leading provider of financial services through the subsidiaries and associate companies of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad.

The Group's Financial Services companies provide a broad spectrum of financial services - banking, treasury, insurance, fund management, investment banking, capital markets and stock-broking throughout Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Based in Kuala Lumpur, our products and services are distributed via a diverse range of distribution channels.

Our vision is to be an integrated services group that consistently meet our customers' financial and investment needs. Our goal is to become a leader in the financial services industry, a leader in each of the market that we operate in.

HONG LEONG GROUP MALAYSIA

Hong Leong Group is a leading conglomerate based in Malaysia with diversified businesses in manufacturing and distribution, financial services, property development & investment, and hospitality & leisure. The Group today controls 13 listed companies in various stock exchanges with over 500 operating subsidiaries and associate companies around the world. Now forty years in operation, the Hong Leong Group has successfully entrenched its brands deeply in the communities where it has a presence - in its home base Malaysia to the rest of Asia, in Western Europe and the UK, in North America and in Oceania.

HONG LEONG ASSURANCE BERHAD

Hong Leong Assurance Berhad (HLA) is one of the largest insurance companies in Malaysia. It is a well-established and respected Malaysian brand offering financial planning and protection solutions to meet the various needs of Malaysians at different cycles of their lives. Commitment to the customer is the key to HLA's success, where service is provided through a large network of branches, agents and brokers throughout the country as well as bancassurance and alternative distribution channels.

HLA began as a General Insurance business under the name of Malaysia Pacific Insurance Berhad in 1972. The Life Insurance business was added into its portfolio a year later. In December 1982, Hong Leong Assurance Sdn Bhd, a composite insurance company was formed eventually acquiring the entire General and Life business of Malaysia Pacific Insurance. Today, HLA is a subsidiary of HLA Holdings Sdn Bhd (HLAH), which is wholly-owned by Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (HLFG), the financial services arm of Hong Leong Group Malaysia.

Pursuant to a strategic partnership, in October 2010, HLA merged its General Insurance business with MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd (MSIM). Concurrently, HLAH took a 30 percent equity interest in MSIM and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited (MSI) took a 30 percent equity interest in HLA. Moving forward, the General Insurance business would be provided by MSIM, while the life insurance business would continue to be provided by HLA.

With the strategic partnership, HLA is poised to reach new horizons for its Life Insurance business. HLA is today one of Malaysia's leading domestic brands for financial planning and protection solutions, specializing in Life Insurance products and services.

HONG LEONG FINANCIAL GROUP

Hong Leong Financial Group is a leading provider of financial services through the subsidiaries and associate companies of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad.

The Group's Financial Services companies provide a broad spectrum of financial services - banking, treasury, insurance, fund management, investment banking, capital markets and stock-broking throughout Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Based in Kuala Lumpur, our products and services are distributed via a diverse range of distribution channels.

Our vision is to be an integrated services group that consistently meet our customers' financial and investment needs. Our goal is to become a leader in the financial services industry, a leader in each of the market that we operate in.

HONG LEONG GROUP MALAYSIA

Hong Leong Group is a leading conglomerate based in Malaysia with diversified businesses in manufacturing and distribution, financial services, property development & investment, and hospitality & leisure. The Group today controls 13 listed companies in various stock exchanges with over 500 operating subsidiaries and associate companies around the world. Now forty years in operation, the Hong Leong Group has successfully entrenched its brands deeply in the communities where it has a presence - in its home base Malaysia to the rest of Asia, in Western Europe and the UK, in North America and in Oceania.