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- Accountable for the Orion Individual Travel Insurance portfolio- Establish strategic product plan & pricing direction, ensuring organizational alignment- Form positive relationships with customers, partners and vendors- Provide direction and leadership to the Product & Pricing team- Identify, plan and facilitate innovative and new disruptive products / enhancements to drive growth- Launch of market leading insurance product offerings, providing more customer choice and… Show more - Accountable for the Orion Individual Travel Insurance portfolio- Establish strategic product plan & pricing direction, ensuring organizational alignment- Form positive relationships with customers, partners and vendors- Provide direction and leadership to the Product & Pricing team- Identify, plan and facilitate innovative and new disruptive products / enhancements to drive growth- Launch of market leading insurance product offerings, providing more customer choice and better coverage- Lead the on-boarding of new distribution partners. Show less

- Responsible for the management of Orion's Central Canada and Atlantic Canada individual travel insurance product portfolio since June 2016.- Responsible for the national Orion individual travel insurance portfolio since January 2017.- Identify, plan and facilitate new product development and/or existing product enhancements.- Meet with external customers to understand & collect needs to translate them into requirements.- Work with internal customers (Business Development… Show more - Responsible for the management of Orion's Central Canada and Atlantic Canada individual travel insurance product portfolio since June 2016.- Responsible for the national Orion individual travel insurance portfolio since January 2017.- Identify, plan and facilitate new product development and/or existing product enhancements.- Meet with external customers to understand & collect needs to translate them into requirements.- Work with internal customers (Business Development, Solutions, Operations, Finance, Claims, IT).- Lead the on-boarding of new distribution partners.- Research of market conditions for potential growth and/or threats from within the sales channels.- Analyze competitive & market data, with a strong focus on market offerings competitiveness.- Development and maintenance of the product & pricing documentation.- Preparation of Travel Insurance reporting packages outlining product performance vs. target. Show less

- Responsible for Product Life Cycle Management of assigned portfolio of product lines from inception to end-of-life. Day to day management of the assigned product lines to ensure business goals are realized.- Analysis of products for costing, pricing, sales, market availability, market acceptance, regulatory certifications and distribution. Receive and analyze new product variation requests including creation, setup, release and communication to the customers.- Extensive use of ERP… Show more - Responsible for Product Life Cycle Management of assigned portfolio of product lines from inception to end-of-life. Day to day management of the assigned product lines to ensure business goals are realized.- Analysis of products for costing, pricing, sales, market availability, market acceptance, regulatory certifications and distribution. Receive and analyze new product variation requests including creation, setup, release and communication to the customers.- Extensive use of ERP system in order to perform product inquires/data mining.- Identification of SKU rationalization opportunities and cost reductions. Management of Phase In/Phase Out plans. Involvement with product line model naming.- Research of market landscape, competitive information and trends.- Interaction with cross-functional teams within the organization. Involved with Product Catalogs, Customer Communications, Customer Inquires, Technical Product Inquires, New Product Introduction Opportunities, Product Definition, Product Development.- Management of New Product Introductions and Global Launch Plans. Show less

- Ensure continuous improvement to product development processes and procedures- Work with project teams to ensure proper use of new and existing procedures and tools- Work with other members of the New Product Development Community to improve processes- Identify and document lessons learned and best practices within the project environment

- Team Lead of Product Verification and Validation team responsible for ensuring quality and schedule of next generation products- Management of the Product Verification and Validation team responsible for the release quality of core business security products- Identification and documentation of test cases to be executed, test results and recommendations- Representative on the Project Change Control Board (CCB)

- Implementation of the company product development process- Ensure continuous improvement to product development processes and procedures- Work within project teams to ensure proper use of new and existing procedures and tools- Interaction with other members of the New Product Development Community to improve processes- Identify and document lessons learned and best practices within the project environment

- Assistant team leader- Troubleshoot software in security systems, access control, and wireless systems as well as testing related computer software, using test plans and product specs as reference- Documentation of issues within the code to make certain they are resolved in a timely manner

Chartered Insurance Professional (Cip)

Pragmatic Marketing Certified, Pmc-Ii

Globally recognized product management and technical development framework

Iso 9001 Internal Quality Systems Auditor

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognized Quality Management System (QMS) standard. The ISO 9001 QMS will help to continually monitor.

Electronics Engineering