Director – Life & Annuities (L&A) insurance - Digital Transformation

🎯 Key Responsibilities: Client Advisory Partner with carriers, distributors, and agencies to understand business challenges across the life insurance value chain. Recommend tailored solutions leveraging AI/GenAI, predictive underwriting, automated new business processing, digital claims, and customer engagement platforms. Provide thought leadership on market trends, product innovation, regulatory changes (state-specific SU regulations), and technology adoption. Solution Design Develop strategies for life underwriting modernization, straight-through processing, policy administration transformation, and digital claims workflows. Evaluate and integrate advanced technologies such as AI-driven mortality/morbidity risk scoring, automated evidence gathering, fraud detection, and digital servicing portals. Build business cases, ROI models, and transformation roadmaps for proposed solutions. Delivery Collaboration Work closely with delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented effectively and aligned with client expectations. Provide SME guidance during execution—requirements, process mapping, testing, and validation. Support change management, training, and adoption for client stakeholders. Industry Leadership Stay ahead of trends in life insurance, annuities, insurtech, AI/GenAI, wellness/behavioral data, wearables, and digital distribution. Represent the company at industry forums, conferences, and client workshops. Contribute to thought leadership content (whitepapers, webinars, case studies).

📌 Qualifications: 15+ years of experience in Life & Annuities insurance, with a focus on solution design, operations, and digital transformation. Proven track record advising and implementing solutions for life carriers, TPAs, or large distributors. Strong knowledge of AI/GenAI applications in life insurance (predictive underwriting, automated claims, customer personalization).Familiarity with life insurance platforms, policy admin systems, new business/underwriting workbenches, and regulatory frameworks across the Southeast US.Excellent client-facing communication and consulting skills. Ability to bridge business needs with technical delivery teams. Bachelor’s degree in Insurance, Business, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.🌟 Desired Attributes Strategic thinker with hands-on operational expertise in life insurance. Strong leadership and collaboration skills. Passion for innovation and technology-driven transformation. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, client-centric environment.