Job Description

JOB PURPOSE
The Head of Department for Technical Product Marketing, will be a Fellow Actuary (FASSA registered) or close to completing all Actuarial Examinations, and will be responsible for sales and distribution, leadership and strategy, leading a weekly product and distribution committee, responsibility for Health Product launches and post-launch training, and ownership of all market insights, broker communication, opportunity analytics and thought leadership.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience

• Qualified Actuary or close to completion of Actuarial exams (required)
• Fellow of the Actuarial Society of SA (required)
• 5+ years' experience in healthcare preferably or within broader financial services sector (consulting, marketing, product management and/or pricing roles)
• Management consulting experience, R&D experience, Client-facing experience
• Leadership (required)
• Communication (Verbal and Written)
• Sales and Distribution expertise (required)

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Self-starter with a strong drive for excellence
• Strategic thinker
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Strong communication skills
• Management and leadership skills

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to

• Sales and distribution leadership and strategy:

• Chair of health engagement steercom, responsible for retention strategy development, curating and deployment.
• Standing responsibilities of critical business forums, including Health Go-to-Market Steercom, R&D Steercom, Manco
• Full ownership of content, positioning, curating and delivery of the Launch and post-launch distribution for Health

• SA CEO engagement to position all R&D and innovation updates for the year
• Development and delivery of highly technical and well-positioned collateral to support the rollout of the launch
• Comprehensive post-launch training schedule, presentation and engagement with all distribution channels to ensure optimal product uplift.
• Manage actuarial and statistical support for:

• Effective product positioning.
• demonstrating thought leadership in product design and development; and
• differentiated marketing and sales collateral
• Stay at the forefront of industry insights, including:

• Competitor intelligence, through product comparisons and data sheets
• Industry intelligence, through collation and analysis of market position, as well as local and international trends
• Investigations to support R&D decision-making and strategy
• Provide technical marketing support for various sales and distribution channels, including:

• Maintaining up-to-date technical marketing collateral and tools
• Ownership of all technical sales and positioning requirements
• Contributing to continuous professional development of distribution support channels
• Ownership of new business proposals, tenders and employer executive engagement

• End-to-end coordination and delivery of all new business key opportunities