AVP, Supplemental Health Product Strategy

The Hartford; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford seeks an AVP, Supplemental Health Product Management to lead strategy and end-to-end product experiences for Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity. You will partner across actuarial, underwriting, finance, claims, operations, distribution, marketing and technology to drive growth, enrollment, and differentiated protection solutions.

Reporting to the VP, Product Management, Employee Benefits, you will manage four product managers, coach talent, and ensure regulatory

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Employee Benefits or insurance industry experience with direct leadership in Supplemental Health strategy and products.
• Strong strategic leadership to drive growth, innovation, market relevance, and better customer outcomes.
• Deep understanding of Supplemental Health product development including pricing, underwriting, enrollment, service, claims, regulatory filing, and go-to-market considerations.
• Ability to lead through influence in a matrixed organization and align cross-functional partners around a shared strategy.
• Experience bringing new products or meaningful enhancements from development and filing through implementation and market launch.
• Financial acumen to partner with actuarial, finance, pricing, and underwriting leaders.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to lead and develop experienced product management talent.
• Experience leading growth, transformation, integration, or operating model change within a carrier or similar organization.
• Knowledge of voluntary benefits distribution, enrollment ecosystems, broker and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Sets Supplemental Health strategy in collaboration with EB senior leadership.
• Owns the Supplemental Health product roadmap across Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity.
• Develops multi-year growth strategies to accelerate enrollment and differentiation.
• Maintains external perspective using market research, broker input, and analytics to identify opportunities.
• Partners with pricing, actuarial, underwriting, and finance to understand product economics and drive profitable growth.
• Leads product development from concept through filing, implementation, and market launch.
• Improves customer experience by coordinating with claims, technology, and operations.
• Represents The Hartford with distribution partners, employers, consultants, and industry groups.
• Leads the cross-functional community of practice and aligns priorities across teams.
• Ensures regulatory and compliance excellence in all products.
• Leads and develops four product management professionals and builds an inclusive high-performance culture.

Skills

Strategic product leadership

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The Hartford seeks an AVP, Supplemental Health Product Management to lead strategy and end-to-end product experiences for Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity. You will partner across actuarial, underwriting, finance, claims, operations, distribution, marketing and technology to drive growth, enrollment, and differentiated protection solutions.

Reporting to the VP, Product Management, Employee Benefits, you will manage four product managers, coach talent, and ensure regulatory