Product Lead

Singlife Philippines; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Singlife Philippines is seeking a seasoned Product leader to oversee the company’s product portfolio, drive strategy, and ensure regulatory compliance. The role entails leading cross-functional PM teams, identifying market opportunities, and delivering customer-centric life insurance solutions across the lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years in financial services, strong leadership, analytical acumen, and deep knowledge of regulatory requirements within a multinational life

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in relevant field, with digital platforms.
• Strong communication and influential leadership.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Self-motivated, ethical, and collaborative.
• Experience in multinational life insurance, with regulatory knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive overall product strategy and roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Identify market opportunities and inform product development decisions.
• Oversee full product lifecycle from ideation to launch and post-launch.
• Lead the Product Management Team across departments (Actuarial, Marketing, Operations, Legal, Platforms).
• Manage relationships with reinsurers, distributors, regulators.
• Ensure governance documentation and audit readiness.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Digital literacy

Life insurance domain

Leadership

Job description

Singlife Philippines is a mobile-first life insurance company on a mission to make financial independence achievable for every Filipino.

Through modern technology, we provide insights, guidance, and solutions—all via mobile devices—so Filipinos can get the right financial protection when they need it. From emergencies and loss of income to high medical bills and future goals like education or retirement, Singlife ensures money is there when it matters most.

As a subsidiary of Singlife Singapore, we combine the agility of a start-up with the strength of a trusted regional brand. Through our growing portfolio of partnerships,including trusted platforms like GCash, AUB's HelloMoney, and Hello Pag-IBIG, we're making meaningful insurance more accessible to the wider market.

At Singlife, we're not just building products. We're democratizing access to financial protection, one Filipino at a time.

JOB OVERVIEW

• Oversee the company’s overall product portfolio from strategic planning, product performance tracking, and implementation of initiatives to ensure product deliver the targeted value to the company.
• Deliver innovative and customer-centric life insurance solutions.
• Lead the Product Management Team in maintaining and implementing the Product Governance Policy, ensuring the following:

• Ensure that all products, policy contracts and all policy forms have been reviewed, agreed and endorsed prior to submission to the Insurance Commission.
• Ensure all involved in the product approval process have agreed to meet their respective accountabilities before a product is launched.
• Carry out due diligence and document all relevant actions taken by the PMT in relation to the product approval process for audit purposes and make these available upon request to authorities such as the Insurance Commission.
• Submit reports and assist the management to effectively control the risks posed by the company’s insurance products.
• Actively review the product portfolio and provide recommendations to management on appropriate product actions.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

• Drive the company’s overall product strategy and set the roadmap to align with the overall business objectives.
• Identify market opportunities, emerging trends, customer needs, to inform product development decisions and ensure the company continues to deliver innovative and best in class insurance and investment solutions.
• Oversee the entire product lifecycle from ideation to launch and post-launch management to ensure the product remains relevant compliant and profitable.
• Lead the Product Management Team (i.e., Actuarial and Underwriting, Sales and Marketing, Operations, Legal and Compliance, and Platforms) to ensure that the product delivered meets customer needs, regulatory requirement, and company objectives.
• Manage relationship with external stakeholders e.g. reinsurers, distributors, regulators.
• Oversee the administrative functions of the Product Management Team to ensure that the governance body will fulfill its objective and decisions and processes are well documented.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Years of Experience: At least 5 years of experience in relevant field and has handled digital platform/s in the past, preferably in the financial services space.
• Highly influential, organized, and resourceful, strong communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, strong work ethics and highly collaborative
• Adept in technological trends, and comfortable working in highly digital work setting
• Similar work experience in a Multi National Life Insurance Company, strong investment acumen, and knowledge of regulatory requirements, a plus.