Product Manager, Product Management

Job Classification:

Product Management - Product Management

At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions!

Within Prudential Retirement Strategies, we take protecting financial outcomes personally. Everyone deserves a stronger financial future. We deliver industry-leading strategies for growth and protection to help more individuals get from where they are now to where they want to be.

As a Product Manager, you will be part of the Individual Retirement Strategies Product Management team, reporting to the Vice President, Product Management. You will play an important role in the portfolio management of our business, including (but not limited to) engagement in product-level rate setting processes, partnering with cross-functional teams to evaluate and make decisions based on business metrics, and monitoring of the competitive landscape to influence strategy.

The current Employee Work Arrangement for this opening is Hybrid or Remote. The employee will work 1-2 days a week at a Prudential location in Newark, NJ, Dresher, PA, or Shelton, CT. If you are not near these locations, we are open to remote hire. Employee will be required to attend or go into the office for any mandatory onsite/offsite meetings/trainings. Employee Work Arrangement is the businesses decision and can be adjusted or changed for business reasons at any time.

What You Can Expect:

• Monitor and report on emerging sales trends across the Individual Annuities portfolio.
• Maintain awareness of competitor rate actions and relative positioning of products.
• Establish and manage relationships with the Business Intelligence teams to drive continuous improvement on the portfolio of Product Management dashboards.
• Partner with Competitive Intelligence to understand product positioning and remain aware of industry trends across all distribution channels (i.e., Bank, Wire, Independent, etc.).
• Partner with Pricing to develop pricing assumptions, profitability levers, and ensure alignment with corporate expectations and business strategy.
• Support the development of materials for senior audiences to communicate results and garner approval for proposed rate actions.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to support and articulate the rate changes for both internal and external audiences.
• Establish relationships and build credibility across the business by effectively communicating rate updates and positioning to all levels of the organization.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in annuities, insurance, or retirement solutions
• Strong financial and business acumen
• Strong analytical skills, preferably with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Exceptional collaboration skills and ability to partner with a wide variety of other functions and levels, including Sales, Operations, IT, Control functions, Investment Management, Marketing, and Actuarial functions
• Exceptional verbal and written communication/presentation skills

It'd Be a Plus If You Had:

• Approaches work with intellectual curiosity
• Self‐motivated, proactive, and able to work independently or as part of a team
• Highly organized and adept at handling multiple, changing priorities
• Skilled at resolving conflict and negotiating effectively and tactfully

Prudential welcomes all applicants, even if you don't meet every requirement. If your skills align with the role, we encourage you to apply.

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