Remote Executive Director, Health Benefits Product Strategy

Trustmark; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 137,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

FSA/HSA

401(k)

EAP

Back-up care

Wellness program

Job summary

Trustmark is seeking an Executive Director, Product Strategy and Execution for Disability, Leave, Dental and Vision. You will drive new product development through market research, customer insights, and a clear roadmap aligned with business strategy for group and individual products.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets, KPIs, and governance to deliver innovative health benefit solutions while ensuring regulatory compliance and strong field engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 7-10 years of experience in industry with some experience across product development, product management and implementation.
• Experience developing or managing voluntary and/or group products.
• Ability to lead/influence without direct oversight.
• Proven ability to develop and revise strategy and tactics to propel business growth.
• Ability to analyze and interpret challenging concepts and resolve complex issues.
• Ability to inspire, lead, and coach both leaders and employees.
• Experience working collaboratively across the organization to build consensus and synergies that support attainment of division goals, handle conflicts, negotiate, and promote team spirit.
• Must be innovative and creative in looking for ways to improve current processes.
• Integrity and strength of character.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Deep broker/market connections in voluntary benefits and adjacent markets.
• Sales-related experience, including any client-facing roles – technology, partnerships, account executive/account management, or similar.
• Expertise in leading research projects and synthesizing consumer insights.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the health product portfolio is top tier in market; proactively identifies portfolio gaps and leads product prioritization and development to ensure the right offerings are available to sell.
• Strong knowledge and insight into the voluntary benefits marketplace, building relationships throughout the voluntary market and deepening understanding of evolving trends.
• Primary storyteller in supporting field partners, making sure products are effectively sold, understood, and communicated across teams and channels.
• Leads all facets of the product development process including research, product design, sales strategy, market analysis, documentation of product requirements, cost benefit analysis and implementation.
• Leads risk analysis on key issues including internal and external resources and capabilities needed to bring new products successfully to market.
• Establishes and manages budgets, operational plans for products under development and management.
• Leads development of health product claims strategy, including claims integration solutions, as well as ongoing customer experience opportunities.
• Responsible for overall value-add/care delivery strategies relative to supplemental health products; manages relationships with external vendors and partners; responsible for RFP/finalist process in partner selection, leading overall process and collaborating internally to identify best options.
• Owns product strategy from concept to market by leveraging deep market and competitive analysis to define, position, and champion new product offerings that strengthen the company’s product and business position
• Collaboratively works with underwriting, sales and marketing teams to competitively position and build awareness of new products with producers.
• Leads as the central point of expertise on product knowledge and market needs, enabling associates to successfully sell and administer the product.
• Accountable for ensuring all product line initiatives achieve targeted return on investment goals, being adaptive and nimble to drive expected results.
• Coaches direct reports on how to maintain product health across the organization; ultimately responsible for success, prioritization, and driving initiatives with internal technology and project partners.
• Develops and owns KPIs that measure the success of new product initiatives, providing actionable insights that enable data‑driven decisions and rapid course correction throughout the product lifecycle.
• Ensures all products are compliant and timely action is taken to address regulatory changes.
• Other duties as needed/assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Product strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Market research

Communication

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Trustmark is seeking an Executive Director, Product Strategy and Execution for Disability, Leave, Dental and Vision. You will drive new product development through market research, customer insights, and a clear roadmap aligned with business strategy for group and individual products.

You will lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets, KPIs, and governance to deliver innovative health benefit solutions while ensuring regulatory compliance and strong field engagement.