Product Development Specialist

Company: Assurant
Location: Hammond
Posted on: July 16, 2021

Job Description:

The Product Development Specialist is responsible for developing standard requests for automotive, power sports and recreational vehicle insurance related products that are sold to an end-consumer by a manufacturer, retailer, financial institution and affinity group or directly to an end-consumer to drive growth and attract consumer sales.

Under regular supervision, the Product Development Analyst develops products and related materials for requests received.

Responsibilities:

• Research 

• Developing and analyzing competitive comparisons 

• Creating product design alternatives

• Creating new product concepts 

• Developing customer agreements and collateral materials

• Initiating Department of Insurance filings 

• Initiating Lending Institution filings 

• Developing product specifications 

• Managing third party vendor relationships

• Managing printed material inventory

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree – preferred in Insurance, Finance, Business Administration, Marketing, Mathematics

• 2 years experience in an office setting.

Other requirements:

• Intermediate in MS Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, SharePoint)

• Basic product knowledge

• Ability to delegate simple tasks to other members of the team.

• Dedicated and driven professional with a track record of recent accomplishments.

• A high degree of motivation and a self-starting attitude with a desire to thrive on new challenges and to take on additional responsibility.

• Ability to work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial and challenging work environment.

• Ability to prioritize own work to meet tight deadlines with high sense of urgency.

• Comfortable in multiple-project environment.

• Inquisitive nature and ability to seek out information.

• Demonstrate competent analytical skills.

• Demonstrates competent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Strong organizational skills

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years experience in product development.

• Fluency in a foreign language (Spanish).

Less than 5% travel.

Work from home days possible

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