Product Lifecyle Manager - Group Retirement
About The Position
At Equitable, our power is in our people. We're individuals from different cultures and backgrounds. Those differences make us stronger as a team and a force for good in our communities. Here, you'll work with dynamic individuals, build your skills, and unleash new ways of working and thinking. Are you ready to join an organization that will help unlock your potential? The team member will be a key member of the Product Lifecycle Squad, supporting product innovation, regulatory compliance, and implementation for Equitable's Enterprise Solutions and Educators businesses. This role blends product expertise with robust project management skills to drive successful product delivery, regulatory change implementation, and continuous improvement across the organization. The team member will be an important part of New Ways of Working (NWOW) at Equitable, working closely with the Team Lead and others on their squad using an Agile methodology / NWOW principles. He or she will adhere to the Squad vision and goals with the Squad and will proactively guide the Squad towards these goals under a test-and-learn culture that entails MVP delivery, innovation, frequent engagement with customers and stakeholders, and continuous iteration. The team member will be a part of the Product Lifecycle squad under the Educators and Enterprise Solutions Tribes that supports Product Innovation and Implementation for the Equitable Group Retirement business. We are looking for someone with exceptional organizational, operational, problem-solving skills and intellectual curiosity; enabling us to enable and support new product innovation and implementation across educator and enterprise solutions markets. We would like this candidate to identify innovative ways to support the maintenance of the products that create efficiencies and help accelerate our growth.
Requirements
- 1 - 5 years of experience in a business, financial services environment
- Relevant technical skills and experience required: exceptional knowledge of Word, Excel
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, which often requires the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
- Strong written and oral communication skills, particularly ability to translate complicated technical topics into clear, concise statements
- Comfortable interacting with individuals across a wide range of seniority levels and business areas
- Understanding of contracts and forms required to support group retirement plans.
- Strong collaborative problem solving skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with group retirement business is a plus
- Basic knowledge of ERISA and non-ERISA retirement plan regulations, is a plus
- Bachelor's in business management, finance, or related field preferred
- Project management skills and a detail-oriented individual are preferred
- Experience with employee benefits, life insurance, mutual fund and annuity product development, analysis and business data analysis is a plus
Responsibilities
- Support development and maintenance, monitoring of Product collateral - monitoring, review and tracking for needed updates and coordination with Marketing to update, enhance
- Liaise with various teams across the organization to coordinate efforts and identify resource and other constraints to initiative implementation
- Support the implementation of regulatory changes and other ad hoc required product changes, anything that requires product and platform updates, client, and advisor communications.
- Coordinate and implement required client communications, documents at the advisor, plan and participant level for Educator and Enterprise Solutions Product suite.
- Lead cross-functional project teams to deliver product initiatives, regulatory changes, and process improvements on time and within scope
- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables for product launches, updates, and regulatory implementations
- Sales team technical product support - RVP's, sales desk, via phone and in person for large opportunities
- Answer product inquiries from wholesalers, advisors
- Ongoing product support and issue resolution for RVP's, advisors, Service and Ops
- Product sales training ongoing for RVP's, sales desks, advisors
- RFP review and answers in coordination with RFP team
- Assist with other tasks as required in support of the Team Leader.
Benefits
- Equitable provides a full range of benefits. This includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
