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Abeille Assurances

French insurer offering protection and savings

Directeur Technique et Produits Épargne-Retraite - Technique et Produits Epargne-Retraite

Product ManagementUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeBois-Colombes, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher-education qualification in actuarial science, engineering, business school, or equivalent is required.
  • Excellent knowledge of life insurance, especially savings and retirement products, is required.
  • Knowledge of technical steering, profitability, and value creation mechanisms is required.
  • Experience with structured products and their commercialization is required.
  • A good understanding of the regulatory framework, including DDA and product governance, is required.
  • Experience in a multi-channel distribution environment, including agents, brokers, and direct distribution, is required.
  • Experience defining or managing distribution-network compensation or commission arrangements is required.
  • The candidate must be able to connect strategic vision with operational execution.
  • The candidate must understand distribution challenges and commercial development levers.
  • Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects is required.
  • Strong analytical, synthesis, feedback, and decision-making abilities are required.
  • The candidate must be able to manage product performance and distribution performance simultaneously.
  • The candidate must be able to structure, plan, and manage complex activities over time, including milestones, prioritization, and dependencies, while communicating appropriately at the relevant decision level.
  • The candidate must be able to lead multidisciplinary teams, influence multiple stakeholders, explain complex technical subjects clearly, and maintain a systemic view of products, distribution, profitability, and customers.
  • The candidate must demonstrate critical thinking, solution orientation, prioritization, rigor, accountability, adaptability, curiosity, proactivity, and the ability to constructively challenge existing practices.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Savings and Retirement Technical and Products Directorate and supervise a multidisciplinary team.
  • Participate in developing the Life Underwriting Policy and the Life Product Governance and Monitoring Policy, and ensure their proper implementation in the assigned area.
  • Contribute to developing the Life strategy and ensure its implementation in the assigned area across commercial, technical, pricing, organizational, and budgetary dimensions, in accordance with risk-policy and product-governance requirements.
  • Monitor the market and contribute to continuous improvement of product offerings and technical steering and deployment processes.
  • Organize and allocate activities within the assigned scope according to the Directorate’s strategic priorities, ensuring productivity, work and deliverable quality, and compliance with costs and schedules.
  • Provide market, technical, and organizational expertise and constructive supervision to employees, and foster an inspiring team environment with open communication.
  • Define human-resource needs and participate in recruitment, managerial follow-up, and employee development.
  • Continuously optimize processes for speed, quality, cost, governance compliance, and decision-making; monitor technical and methodological practices and adapt internal processes to improve productivity, efficiency, and time to market.
  • Direct complex projects that extend beyond the assigned area on behalf of the Life Technical and Products Directorate, as needed.
  • Represent the Directorate in internal bodies on behalf of or in support of the manager, and represent the Directorate or company in professional and external bodies as needed.
  • Manage the assigned area using a risk-based approach, identify and assess operational risks, and propose mitigation plans within the applicable governance and risk-management policies.

About the Company

Abeille Assurances

French insurer offering protection and savings

Abeille Assurances offers a broad range of protection, savings, and retirement products for more than 3 million clients in France. As part of Aéma Groupe, it leverages a long history, 4,300 employees and 1,000 general agents to deliver insurance and related financial services. It differentiates itself through a strong commitment to sustainability and social impact, with programs like Positive Assurance, ESG-focused savings, and initiatives to support employees and communities.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$13.5M
Headquarters
Bois-Colombes, France
Founded
1855

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