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Working Schedule
Full-Time
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Travel Required
10%
Relocation Assistance Available
No
Posted Date
19-Sep-2024
Job ID
4319

Description and Requirements

Senior Customer Propositions Manager, UK
 Job Location: Brighton-based for at least two days per week  


MetLife culture 

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We are building a purpose-driven and inclusive culture that energizes employees to make a difference. MetLife's diversity of people commitment ensures our employees are empowered, thriving, and feel like they belong. These efforts begin with our purpose — Always with you, building a more confident future. As a purpose-driven company, we are strengthening our resolve to help build a workforce and society that protects all people, values all voices, and creates economic growth and opportunity for all. We believe in possibilities, making progress together starting with our people.


 

Benefits


We are proud to reward our colleagues with benefits that make a difference to them and their community. Along with an excellent base salary and annual discretionary bonus (plus commission, if you are a sales professional), you will also get the following: 

  • Pension plan: MetLife contributes 9% core, with additional matching up to 4%. Your 4% contribution results in a 13% company contribution.
  • Life assurance: 4x salary
  • Annual leave: 25 days, with option to buy or sell up to 5 days
  • Income protection: 60% of salary
  • Private medical insurance
  • Funeral Concierge service
  • Access to wellbeing apps: Help@Hand and YuLife


Role Value Proposition:  

 

This Senior Customer Propositions Manager role sits within the UK Customer Propositions team supporting Individual Protection (IP) and Employee Benefits (EB) business lines. The Senior Customer Propositions Manager role specialises in being the driving force behind the delivery of the UK propositions roadmap, from ideation through to market delivery. 

 

As the UK business continues its growth trajectory and goal to cover more customers than ever before, the customer proposition team sits at the forefront of this, developing and delivering innovative propositions that support MetLife’s strategy of delivering customer and shareholder value by shaping propositions to create distribution advantage.

 

Internal collaboration is key, working with cross-functional teams, including distribution, data & AI, marketing, IT & Change and compliance to maximise alignment and ensure successful execution.

    

Key Responsibilities:  

 

  • Develop and execute the right propositions to support our Next Horizon Strategy and in line with MetLife’s product development process and Product, Solutions & Ecosystem playbook. 
  • Monitor macro-environment, competitor developments and insurance markets to identify emerging trends and opportunities.
  • Manage product literature for IP and EB lines, including but not limited to policy terms and conditions, policy schedules, policy summaries, and technical guides.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with distribution partners, understanding their needs and providing tailored solutions to meet them.
  • Monitor and analysis on the performance of propositions, making recommendations for future iterations.
  • Lead, assist and support management issues relating to sales, operations, complaints, claims, underwriting etc.
  • Ensure effective risk management is taken into account in all day to day activities, in accordance with ME risk policies, and escalate any areas of concern to line manager and where appropriate Risk Management function.

 

Essential Business Experience 

 

Required: 

 

  • Track record in delivery – Demonstrable history in developing and delivering innovative, customer-centric and value-enhancing propositions in the UK insurance market.

 

  • Initiative - Demonstrates willingness to proactively address current and potential challenges and opportunities with a strategic mindset; willingly accepts increased responsibilities, seeks new opportunities to improve a task or process. Played significant role in promoting innovation with previous employers.

 

  • Execution: - Demonstrates a sense of urgency to achieve results; acts decisively to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, and achieve deliverables; efficiently manages time, projects and resources across multiple priorities to meet schedule and budget constraints.

 

  • Accountability for Results – Demonstrates personal responsibility for completing tasks within deadlines with strong attention-to-detail to a high standard and achieving high quality results. Looks for opportunities to strengthen customer and commercial propositions.

 

  • Customer Focus – Considers the customer perspective and strives to find creative solutions that are in the best interest for the customer and the business. Manages expectations and monitors satisfaction. Establishes goals with customers in mind and follows up on customer needs; ensures product suitable, fit for purpose and champions initiatives to improve customer experience.

 

  • Job Knowledge – Demonstrate expert levels of relevant knowledge and skills to perform all aspects of the job. Acquires new knowledge and skills to continually improve performance. Demonstrates knowledge of the company’s business, products and governing regulations; stays current on trends and issues facing the company and marketplace; uses current technologies; considers the broader context in which the job is embedded when making decisions. 

 

  • Communication Skills: Demonstrates the ability to express thoughts and ideas clearly and memorably in both written and verbal format; solicits ideas and input from others; listens to diverging opinions; influences others to adopt a course of action. 


Essential Technical Skills:


Required: 

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent. Must be committed to work towards financial services qualifications such as FPC or FCII etc. or equivalent. 
  • Strong skills with Microsoft Office

 

 

MetLife will assist in the funding of Professional Fees for employees where it is relevant and aligned to your position within the organisation.  MetLife reserve the right to make a judgement on whether the subscription is relevant or not to your role as well as cease the payment at any time. This type of subscription will not incur “benefit in kind” tax.  

 

 

 

We strive to find the best candidate for all positions and a diverse range of applicants ensures we widen our talent pool in order to achieve this.  

Those with disabilities and neurodiverse conditions, please do let us know about your reasonable adjustments to ensure that we can best meet your needs. Please send an email to ryan.preston@metlife.com Please note, that resumes and other inquiries unrelated to the need for a reasonable accommodation submitted here will not be acknowledged.

 

 

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Benefits We Offer

Our benefits are designed to care for your holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer health care coverage for you and your family, insurance discounts for home, car, and pet protection, as well as parental leave. We also provide premium gym membership for you and your direct relatives, volunteer time off, discounts with specific universities, flexible Fridays, connectivity reimbursement, and much more!
About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!