Product Development Lead

In this role, you will play a crucial part in shaping the future of our products and services. At CTF Life, we treasure innovation and collaboration for continuous enhancement and excellence, where your ideas and expertise will be valued and recognized. 

What the role is?

• Coach and direct the team to define and deliver the program of work in professional and effective manner;
• Lead the end-to-end product development process of initiatives in right priority, from ideation to launch, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs;
• Develop project plan, manage project timelines, resources, budgets and vendors, conduct baseline review, for the delivery of high-quality products on schedule; 
• Develop and maintain product roadmaps, prioritizing features and enhancements based on strategic objectives and customer feedback;
• Optimize system development practice by centralizing resources with high-demand and unique knowledge or skills;
• Identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues, manage corrective actions and change requests throughout the project lifecycle;
• Strengthen relationship management to the Management and key stakeholders through effective communication on product vision, timely progress updates with an aim at ensuring alignment and buy-in across the organization; and
• Collaborate control functions to ensure the full compliance with rules and regulations.

What we look for?

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related disciplines;
• At least 10 years of experience in IT project management; some of which gained at insurance or finance sectors is preferred;
• Experienced in Life Insurance Products is a must; 
• Solid experience in Life Insurance proposal, illustration, product features implementation in Core Life Administration system is a must;
• Good track record in vendor management for successful project delivery; 
• Experienced in Product Engine platform for product setup, managing digital product, Life Insurance Core system, and technology upgrades is preferred; 
• Industry certifications such as PMP, Prince2, Agile Certified or Scrum Master is a plus; 
• With proven ability to analyse and communicate governance, compliance trends, and program requirements; 
• Adaptable to ambiguity and change, with a solid understanding of IT architecture and integration;
• Team player, good communication, facilitation, interpersonal and presentation skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities with critical thinking skills;
• Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese including Putonghua. 

Technical skills required but not limited to:

• Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Windows
• Application Development: Java, Visual Basic.NET, Visual C#.NET, Shell script, DOS, HTML5, CSS, Javascript, Struts, SOAP, Restful Web Services, Mulesoft, JSON, JQuery
• Database Development: Oracle PL/SQL, SQL Plus, SQL Server SQL Programming and SSIS, MySQL
• Reporting & BI: Jasper Report/iReport, Crystal Report, Fine Report, QlikSense
• Printing: SIP, Quadient/GMC
• Knowledge in UiPath, Salesforce, Tomcat, Apache is an advantage