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About the Role
Drives long-term strategy by researching and designing retirement products from inception to launch. Manages existing product portfolios to ensure business is profitable, efficiently maintained, and remains competitive to support client retention and intermediary and alliance satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Establish and drive the strategic vision for market analysis and competitive intelligence, identifying emerging trends, disruptive market shifts, and growth opportunities.
- Translate market insights into product strategies and differentiated value propositions that drive business growth and competitive advantage.
- Direct the evaluation and prioritization of market opportunities and innovation initiatives, building compelling business cases that influence investment decisions.
- Leverage distributor feedback, consumer insights, industry trends, demographic changes, and competitive dynamics to shape the long-term product roadmap and strategic portfolio direction.
- Lead product development initiatives, aligning cross-functional teams around product vision, feature prioritization, profitability objectives, market positioning, sales targets, and launch strategies.
- Ensure initiatives support enterprise growth objectives and deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Champion innovation and product incubation efforts by overseeing feasibility assessments, research and development activities, hypothesis testing, and opportunity sizing.
- Lead the development of enterprise-level capability-based assessments and execution strategies while identifying operational, technological, and market implications of new opportunities.
- Serve as a thought leader and product subject matter expert to executive leadership and business stakeholders, partnering with Distribution, Marketing, Finance, Technology, Operations, and other functional leaders to define and optimize product strategy, investment priorities, and go-to-market plans.
- Leverage strategic partnerships with distributors, TPAs, vendors, and external industry stakeholders, influencing product direction, identifying new growth opportunities, and enhancing organizational market intelligence.
- Develop and deliver executive-level communications and recommendations, synthesizing complex research, financial analysis, and market intelligence into actionable strategic insights.
- Present business cases, innovation opportunities, and portfolio recommendations to senior leadership to support enterprise decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field or equivalent experience
- Seven years of product development experience in the retirement industry
- In-depth knowledge of retirement product features, trends, and shifts in regulatory requirements
- Working knowledge of profitability metrics
- Analytical skills and attention to detail to perform market analysis, customer research, opportunity sizing, profitability assessments, and risk/legal/compliance assessments
- Communication and interpersonal skills to educate audience and advocate recommendations with team members and stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Decision making skills to create scope and content for consumer market research, and use insights to develop product design and features
- Strategic thinking and facilitation skills
- Leadership and coaching skills to mentor peers and guide team members
- Presentation skills to provide research data and recommendations to senior leadership
- Willingness to pursue and complete higher education/professional designations
- Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Skills
- Product development
- Retirement industry
- Market analysis
- Competitive intelligence
- Product strategy
- Value proposition development
- Business case development
- Product roadmap development
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Innovation
- Product incubation
- Feasibility assessment
- Research and development
- Opportunity sizing
- Strategic partnerships
- Executive communication
- Financial analysis
- MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Location
- Hybrid Office environment
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Seven years of product development experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field or equivalent experience
- Professional designations (e.g. CLU, ChFC, CFP, MBA, PMP)
Salary/Compensations
- $110,000-125,000 annually
- Annual Bonus of 17.5% based on the Company Bonus Plan/Individual Performance
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Bonus for Eligible Employees
- Benefits Package
- Pension Plan
- 401k Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Disability Insurance
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Employee Discounts
- Career Training & Development Opportunities
- Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually
- Ten (10) paid holidays per year
- Be Well Company holistic wellness program
- Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year
- Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Back-Up Care Program
- PTO for Volunteer Hours
- Employee Matching Gifts Program
- Employee Resource Groups
- Inclusion and Diversity Programs
- Employee Recognition Program
- Referral Bonus Programs
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses: World Financial Group, Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, and Financial Assets.
- These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate 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.
- Aegon acquired the Transamerica business in 1999.
- Since its start in 1844, Aegon has grown into an international company serving more than 23.9 million people across the globe.
- It offers investment, protection, and retirement solutions, always with a clear purpose: Helping people live their best lives.
- As a leading global investor and employer, the company seeks to have a positive impact by addressing critical environmental and societal issues, with a focus on climate change and inclusion and diversity.
Equal Opportunity
- We believe our commitment to diversity and inclusion creates a work environment filled with exceptional individuals.
- We’re thrilled to have been recognized for our efforts through the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, Dave Thomas Adoption Friendly Advocate, and several Seramount lists, including the Inclusion Index, 100 Best Companies for Working Parents, Best Companies for Dads, and Top 75 Companies for Executive Women.
- To foster a culture of inclusivity throughout our workforce, workplace, and marketplace, Transamerica offers a wide range of diversity and inclusion programs.
- This includes our company-sponsored, employee-driven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are formed around a shared interest or a common characteristic of diversity.
- ERGs are open to all employees.
- They provide a supportive environment to help us better appreciate our similarities and differences and understand how they benefit us all.
- We believe our responsibilities extend beyond our corporate walls.
- That's why we created the Aegon Transamerica Foundation in 1994.
- Through a mix of financial grants and the volunteer efforts of our employees, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations focused on the things that matter most to our people in the communities where we live and work.