Head of Motor

Fully utilise your expertise
- Leading global insurance organisation

At Allianz, we care for all the things that make you, you. For feeling like you belong. For a place where learning never stops. For growing new skills and opening up exciting possibilities. For your curiosity to thrive and help transform an industry. And when life twists, there’s flexibility for balance and the support you need. We know that flexible work comes in different forms, that’s why we’re embracing hybrid teams - enabling employees to maintain a balance of working both in the office and remote, supporting the needs of both the business and individual. So, come and share your ideas, give back and feel proud to be part of a company doing work that matters across climate change and mental health.

Let’s care for everyone’s tomorrow so we can create a better future together.

**About the Role**:
Reporting to the General Manager Consumer Products and Portfolios, you will define and drive the strategic direction of the Motor products and portfolio, ensuring appropriate oversight of each product and portfolio is in place to ensure they meet agreed financial and governance metrics.

**Other key aspects of the role**:

- Leading the development and implementation of the Motor product and portfolio.
- Continuously monitoring customer needs and scan market developments to identify opportunities for product innovation.
- Leading the implementation of product governance and risk frameworks for the Motor product and portfolios, overseeing the continuous governance, ensuring their technical design meets regulatory standards.
- Defining the risk appetite for the Motor products and portfolio in line with the enterprise risk appetite statement, ensuring adherence.
- Overseeing the development of Target Market Determinations and ensure Product Design and Distribution Obligation requirements are met.
- Leading the development and implementation of key performance indicators and relevant measurement indices for Motor products and portfolio.
- Driving the continuous monitoring of trends and growth opportunities, including identification of underperforming segments and driving remedial actions to address any variances between actual and forecasted performance.
- Liaising with the pricing team to determine pricing strategies to ensure the adequacy of pricing for the Motor product lines and portfolio.
- Leading the development of appropriate governance and underwriting controls in line with relevant frameworks, including the setting and implementation of underwriting rules and guidelines and the provision of compliance assurance for the Motor products and portfolio.
- Leading and coaching team members to develop capability continuously, build high performing, collaborative and engaged teams.
- Understanding global best practice, customer trends and insights to develop a compelling vision, strategy and plan that put the best interests of our customers at the heart of everything we do.

**Important to your success**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline.
- Extensive portfolio and product management experience in a senior management role for a complex, matrixed general insurance organisation.
- Comprehensive knowledge of products, industry practices and governing legislation.
- Expert, strategic planning and relationship management capability.
- Proven analytical, critical thinking and decision-making abilities to evaluate complex alternatives, make confident judgements and develop innovative, sophisticated solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of communicating with audiences at all levels with clarity, impact and influence.

**What's on offer?**
- Be part of a team that’s open-minded, supportive, and genuinely focused on customer outcomes.
- A sense of belonging in the workplace, where you are welcomed and encouraged to bring your most authentic self to work.
- An employer that is committed to supporting your work/life balance and is always open to conversations about flexible & remote working.
- Access to over 10,000 on-demand learning resources and programs, to support you in taking control of your career development.
- Insurance products. Deals and discounts across a great range of retail, tech, and travel brands, and offers for health and well-being.
- Initiatives to support your financial wellness through selected discounted Allianz insurance products, superannuation matching, salary sacrificing, novated leasing and our referral bonus scheme.
- The opportunity to take part in our Employee Share Purchase Program
- own a piece of your employer.

Let’s care for tomorrow. For a career with plenty of room to grow. Care to join us?

At Allianz, we care about everything that makes you, you. We believe in an equitable workplace that celebrates diversity and inclusion, where people of all genders, ages, religions, sexual orientations, abilities, and work statuses are not only welcomed, but valued