VP, Group Products – Regional/National Markets

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nebraska, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Deliver strategic leadership, direction, and execution for the development of new products and ongoing management of non-medical insurance offerings, such as Absence, Disability, Life, and other Worksite products.

• Supervise the complete product life cycle, encompassing strategic planning, prioritization, product launch, implementation, and post-launch evaluation.

• Establish and advance department strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with the broader Product Solutions and GP strategy.

• Facilitate portfolio-level decision-making by merging financial performance with customer needs, broker dynamics, and operational factors.

• Collaborate with pricing and business line leaders to convert financial performance into actionable insights that foster balanced growth and sustainable margin attainment.

• Offer specialized expertise to internal stakeholders through an in-depth understanding of enterprise-wide risk exposures and attributes of new product development.

• Develop persuasive business rationales and present recommendations to executives, contributing to the creation of significant business initiatives, including new products and innovative development efforts.

• Promote cross-enterprise collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure targeted distribution and competitive positioning of products and services in the market.

• Collaborate with Portfolio Enablement, IT, and other operational areas to support high-quality development and implementation of technology solutions.

⛳️ Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in Group Benefits, including product development and/or product management.

• 5+ years of experience in management, strategy, and influencing senior management or critical stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience in building and executing product roadmaps.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience may substitute for a Bachelor's degree).

• Extensive knowledge of best practices in Product Development and Management.

• In-depth understanding of Group Protection Absence, PFML, and Statutory products.

• Comprehensive awareness of best practices from other service providers within competitive benefits offerings.

• Proven ability to analyze and interpret key financial metrics such as loss ratios, expense ratios, margin contributions, and lifetime value to guide product and portfolio decisions.

• Demonstrated capability to successfully recruit, retain, develop, and mentor staff, fostering a culture of real-time performance feedback while enhancing both technical and leadership skills.

• Proven strong relationship management skills with internal clients (e.g., senior/executive management, peers, and colleagues) and the ability to devise creative and collaborative approaches.

🏝️ Benefits

• Clearly defined career paths and job levels, alongside associated behaviors aligned with Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes.

• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities.

• PTO and parental leave.

• Competitive 401K and employee benefits.

• Complimentary financial counseling, health coaching, and employee assistance programs.

• Tuition assistance program.

• Flexible work arrangements to suit your needs.

• Effective productivity tools and training available.