Director, IRA Product Leader

Transamerica; Iowa; On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Transamerica seeks a Director, IRA Product Leader to guide the strategy, development, and growth of its core retirement retail advice portfolio, with a strong emphasis on IRA products. You will influence senior leadership with market insights, competitive intelligence, and strategic investments across distribution and product teams.

You will partner across functions to drive initiatives from concept to market, ensuring regulatory compliance and operational readiness while delivering measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, marketing, economics, or related field required.
• 10+ years of progressive product management, development, or strategy experience in financial services.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing product workstreams or cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of financial or insurance products, market trends, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Develop product strategy proposals and roadmaps for core retirement retail/advice portfolio with a focus on IRA.
• Analyze market trends, regulatory developments, and competitive insights to inform decisions.
• Partner with Distribution, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance, and Risk leaders.
• Lead product development initiatives from concept through market launch and regulatory readiness.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership and manage portfolio performance updates.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, or related field

MBA preferred

Job description

## Director, IRA Product LeaderApply: Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Denver, Colorado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R20062855**Job Family**Product and Propositioning Marketing**About Us**At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.**Who We Are**We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.**What We Do**Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide.\\* For more information, visit transamerica.com.**Job Description Summary**Provides strategic product leadership and support for the development, management, and growth of the core retirement retail advice business portfolio, which will include all solutions offered by the Transamerica Advice Center, with a heavy focus on IRA products and solutions. Develops strategy proposals, product recommendations, and roadmap options for consideration and approval by senior leadership, while helping drive approved strategies forward. Owns competitive insights, market research, and opportunity assessment to inform product direction, innovation, and business growth.**Job Description**Responsibilities • Develop product strategy proposals and roadmap recommendations for the core retirement retail advice business portfolio, which will include all solutions offered by the Transamerica Advice Center, with a heavy focus on IRA, ensuring options are aligned with corporate growth objectives, customer needs, distribution priorities, and evolving market dynamics.• Own market intelligence and competitive analysis efforts, identifying emerging industry trends, regulatory developments, demographic shifts, and disruptive innovations to inform product recommendations and strategic choices.• Evaluate strategic growth opportunities, innovation initiatives, business investments, and partnership opportunities through business case development, financial analysis, and stakeholder input.• Partner with leaders across Distribution, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance, and Risk functions to shape product strategy recommendations, investment priorities, and go-to-market plans.• Help drive approved product development initiatives from concept through market launch, supporting execution, operational readiness, regulatory compliance, and achievement of business objectives.• Serve as a product subject matter expert, providing clear recommendations to senior leaders regarding product direction, market positioning, competitive insights, and growth opportunities.• Build and maintain relationships with distributors, consultants, TPAs, vendors, industry organizations, and other external stakeholders to gather insights, enhance market understanding, and identify new opportunities.• Coach, support, and collaborate with product professionals and cross-functional partners by fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.• Present strategy proposals, portfolio performance updates, innovation concepts, and investment recommendations to senior leadership forums to support informed decision-making and resource prioritization. Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience• 10+ years of progressive product management, product development, product strategy, or financial industry experience• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing product workstreams, cross-functional initiatives, or product professionals• Extensive knowledge of financial or insurance products, plan administration, industry regulations, distribution channels, and market trends• Demonstrated success developing strategy recommendations and supporting complex product initiatives with measurable business, customer, or operational impact• Strong financial acumen with experience evaluating product profitability, investment returns, business cases, and portfolio performance• Strong strategic planning, analytical, problem-solving, and recommendation-development skills• Strong communication, presentation, collaboration, and influencing capabilities with senior leaders and cross-functional partners• Proven ability to support organizational change and build cross-functional alignment in complex environments• Ability to establish credibility and influence business partners, senior leaders, and external stakeholders Preferred Qualifications •Knowledge of IRA solutions, retirement recordkeeping business, and wealth accumulation products•Applicable retirement or financial services industry designations• Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Marketing, or a related discipline• Experience leading enterprise product strategy for a large financial services or insurance organization• Experience overseeing multiple product lines and product management teams• Background in innovation management, strategic planning, project/portfolio management and customer experience design Working Conditions • Office environment• Moderate travel (10-25%)• Travel for strategic planning sessions, industry conferences, distributor meetings, client engagements, due diligence activities, and executive leadership meetings ***\\*\\*Please note that the compensation information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to applicable pay transparency and compensation posting laws. It is estimated based on what a successful candidate might be paid in certain Company locations.\\*\\**** The Salary for this position generally ranges between $130,000 - $150,000 annually. This range is an estimate, based on potential qualifications and operational needs. Salary may vary above and below the stated amounts, as permitted by applicable law. Additionally, this position is typically eligible for an Annual Bonus based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance and is at the Company’s discretion.