Reporting to the VP, Product & Underwriting, Asset Protection, the Director of Product is responsible for leading product development initiatives. In this role, you will oversee product development teams, manage their performance, and be accountable for their outcomes. Team resources and utilization will be aligned with organizational guidelines. You will devise strategies to enhance processes, collect key data such as sales metrics and customer feedback, and collaborate with various departments to develop new products and services. Your responsibilities include setting goals, establishing guidelines and timelines, and ensuring the successful execution of the product roadmap. Additionally, you will liaise with key external stakeholders, customers, and industry partners. As Director, you will also be responsible for implementing and updating policies and regulations that support the company's vision, mission, and overall goals.
Candidate preferences include:
- Experience across Product, Sales, and Operations
- Proven leadership experience, including direct people management and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Build deep relationships and partnerships across the company and industry to gain alignment on strategy and execution
- Define and drive the product roadmap and execution strategies based on insights, data, and business needs.
- Build strong partnerships within the company, industry and our customers to align on strategy and execution.
- Ensure all products comply with state and lender regulations.
- Establish best practices to guide teams and promote continuous process improvement.
- Lead initiatives to analyze business problems using internal and external data.
- Identify or bring in subject matter experts to interpret data and offer actionable recommendations.
- Advise business leaders with data-driven insights to address key business issues and opportunities.
- Provide leadership with relevant data to support strategic decision-making.
- Manage, coach, and develop employees, ensuring they understand their role in achieving the company's vision and goals.
- Drive improvements in product performance, service standards, quality, and market deployment
- Drives improvements in product metrics, service standards, quality results and measurements in deploying products into the market
Knowledge, Skills, Attributes:
- Ability to build a deep understanding of other departments and functions throughout Product, Sales, Customer Support, Operations, and Finance
- Experience analyzing processes and identifying opportunity for improvement
- Excellent interpersonal skills and comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization and key outside parties
- Comfortable negotiating, influencing and effectively communicating and managing change
- Comprehensive understanding of internal and industry standards
- Strong employee development skills
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in Product, Sales, Operations, and/or Data Analytics
- Bachelor’s degree in business or similar field
- Experience with regulatory and compliance regulations
- Demonstrated leadership experience with direct team management and cross-functional influence
About Us – Asset Protection:
- Protective Asset Protection has been providing finance and insurance (F&I) solutions for the automotive industry for more than 60 years. We proudly serve thousands of dealerships and financial institutions in the automotive, marine, powersports and recreation vehicle industries throughout the U.S. providing innovative vehicle protection products, wealth-building programs, training, and technology. Our portfolio of vehicle protection plans, GAP coverage, limited warranties, and ancillary products provide opportunities to generate revenue with products that help drive customer retention and satisfaction. Protective Asset Protection is part of the financial services holding company, Protective Life Corporation. For more information about Protective Asset Protection visit www.ProtectiveAssetProtection.com .
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in Product, Sales, Operations, and/or Data Analytics
- Bachelor's degree in business or similar field
- Comprehensive understanding of internal and industry standards as well as regulatory and compliance rules
- Ability to build a deep understanding of other departments and functions
- Experience analyzing processes and identifying opportunities for improvement
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Comfortable negotiating, influencing and effectively communicating and managing change
Protective Life Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Protective Life and has not been reviewed or approved by Protective Life.
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Retirement Support — A pension plan alongside a 401(k) with employer match is repeatedly highlighted and considered a standout feature. Feedback suggests these offerings provide strong long‑term financial security.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are complemented by HSA/FSA options with company contributions and wellness incentives. Feedback suggests the breadth of health benefits is comprehensive.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and holidays are frequently cited as positives, with parental leave and adoption assistance available. Feedback suggests time‑off policies support work‑life balance.
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What We Do
Protective Life Corporation (Protective) provides financial services through the production, distribution and administration of insurance and investment products throughout the United States. Protective traces its roots to its flagship company founded in 1907, Protective Life Insurance Company. Throughout its more than 110-year history, Protective’s growth and success can be largely attributed to its ongoing commitment to serving people and doing the right thing — for its employees, distributors and, most importantly, its customers. Protective’s home office is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and its 3,000+ employees work across the United States. As of June 30, 2020, Protective had assets of approximately $123 billion. Protective Life Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings,
