Senior Proposition Manager (m/f/d)

Zurich is one of the world’s leading insurance groups and one of the few to operate on a truly global scale. With about 53,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries, our mission is to help people and businesses understand and protect themselves from risk. We support individuals, small and medium-sized companies, and global corporations by offering a broad range of insurance products, solutions, and advisory services.

This role is at the core of Zurich’s newly established cross-border individual life protection business – a dynamic area dedicated to driving growth and innovation. As part of a small, agile team you will collaborate across multiple markets to develop tailored life protection solutions for our customers. Together, we are shaping the future to secure brighter outcomes for those we serve, wherever they are in the world.

Main Responsibilities 

• Responsible for Proposition Development and Management of our new retail European cross-border business, with an initial focus on developing new products, and in future to ensure the ongoing optimisation of open products.
• Drive new product development in a range of European markets and with different distribution partners, to ensure profitable, customer-centric propositions are delivered.
• Manage new developments end to end, from understanding customer and distributor needs, ideation, design, testing and implementation, working closely with other functions including distribution, underwriting, claims and operations teams.
• Responsibility for market intelligence and ongoing competitor benchmarking.
• Ensure products are fully compliant with relevant regulations in home and host countries, as well Zurich Group policies and procedures, including suitability.
• Manage multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, including distribution partners, IT/operations, Finance, underwriting and claims, and other Zurich Group teams.
  
  

Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience with the range of retail protection products, ideally with exposure to different distribution approaches and markets.
• Experience with digital solutions and their development a plus.
• Experience working in an international environment, ideally across multiple European jurisdictions.
• 10 years+ experience in Life insurance product-related roles.
• Working language is English – additional European languages a plus.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to manage stakeholders, both internal and external, including distribution partners, IT / operations, Finance, underwriting and claims, and other Zurich Group teams.
• Accuracy, attention to detail, and effective measurement abilities.
• Good organizational and time management skills, with the ability to work accurately to deadlines.

We offer 

• Full-time position in our friendly and motivated team in Luxembourg.
• International working environment.
• Compensation packages to high standard market rates.
• A high standard Group health insurance & Pension plan.
• Flexible working policy to support your work life balance.
• Career path and opportunities within Zurich Group.
• Executive Managers whose doors are always open.
• A work model based on transparency and recognition.
• Training & Development for upskilling your future experience.

Why Zurich

At Zurich, we like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. We take an optimistic approach by focusing on the positives and constantly asking What can go right? 

We are an equal opportunity employer who knows that each employee is unique - that’s what makes our team so great! 
Join us as we constantly explore new ways to protect our customers and the planet.
 

• Location(s):  LU - Luxembourg 
• Remote working:
• Schedule: Full Time
• Recruiter name: Monique Grosse