Ideation Manager/Senior Manager | Hybrid

At Allianz Life, we are driven by our mission - we secure your future - and by our common goal of caring for tomorrow. We care for our employees by promoting an inclusive culture where everyone has the opportunity to grow and be rewarded for their success. We care for our customers by creating new products that help them protect their families and pursue their retirement goals. We care for our community by giving time, resources, and donations. And we care for the future by supporting sustainability, protecting the local environment, and promoting societal equity.

What you do:You will ensure that the company has a robust product pipeline to support the product and company strategic objectives for a dedicated line of business. You will lead the ideation process to ensure that the line of business maintains a pipeline of actionable and feasible product concepts that meet real consumer needs, drive profitable growth, maintain or extend market leadership and reflect current market realities. You will work with leaders of a product line as well as the other departments to ensure that each of their dedicated product line has a robust and innovative product development pipeline. In generating the pipeline, you should also assist with the development and realization of the product strategy. You will report to the Sr. Director of Product Innovation.

• Help develop the product strategy. You will create and manage formal discipline around the strategic thinking and product ideation capabilities within the Product Innovation team
• Continuously analyze and update core product pipeline based on competitive and economic realities. Ensure the Annuity and Life teams within Product Innovation have strategic and innovative product and capability roadmaps that reflect consumer, distributor and company specific needs (portfolio fit, market and competitive response, risk appetite, profitability, capital, etc.
• Ensure effective coordination of product ideation with other departments (Distribution Marketing, Distribution, Actuarial, Digital, Consumer Insights, Competitive Intelligence, 3 year strategy team, etc.) Develop the product business cases with stakeholders such as actuarial, distribution, and finance
• Co-create the product position and segmentation analysis for targeting
• Look for new opportunities for products line growth by working closely with distribution, actuarial, marketing, and data analytics

What you bring:

• 4+ years' experience required including experience managing all aspects of a product line to differentiate company in market and deliver on profit and growth targets
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategy and implement complex projects and change initiatives
• Bachelor's degree required

What we offer:At Allianz Life, we're proud to provide a benefits package that supports the True Balance of our employees and their families. We offer a choice of comprehensive medical and dental plan options, a generous time off plan and an outstanding 401(k) company match. Plus, our employees enjoy an award-winning campus with an array of discounted amenities, including an onsite health center, child development center, fitness facility, convenience store and two cafeterias. Our employees and leaders take an active role in shaping our culture through our Employee Resource Groups, whose activities and advocacy contribute to an environment that welcomes, includes and celebrates diversity. Our generous benefits, campus amenities and inclusive, engaged culture are among the many reasons we're routinely recognized as a top workplace employer.

54610 | Product Management | Management | Non-Executive | Allianz US Life | Full-Time | Permanent Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

Nearest Major Market: Minneapolis