Executive Director, Market Development, Regional

**Position Overview**
As part of the Regional Marketing team, you will play a key role in the development of the client management strategy and delivery of innovative and strategic solutions on an Asia-regional basis. You will work closely with different local and regional teams in business development, pricing, data science, underwriting, product development, incl. RGAX.

You will play a key role to manage high priority projects across the regions such as strategic market analysis and research, new market opportunities etc.

You will need to be a team player that effectively manages concurrent projects and delivers timely, accurate and quality results. The role requires someone who is agile and excited to be a business and co-creation partner to the local business units across a variety of geographic locations in Asia with great servicing skills to internal and external customers.

**Responsibilities**
- Assist and lead, where appropriate, the development of specific regional strategies and/or initiatives.
- Assist and lead, where appropriate, most tasks related to the development of marketing pitches, client presentations, tenders, proposals and business plans
- Assist and lead relationship management for key regional accounts; co-ordinate with global accounts team and local BDs where appropriate
- Develop and execute market analysis and research, identifying customer needs and new market opportunities for the region
- Develop, syndicate and commercialise innovative and strategic solutions in response to the market research and client needs leveraging the insights and expertise across disciplines: pricing, data science, underwriting, product, technology, business development
- Coordinate, manage and work on a wide range of projects for the Asian Regional Marketing function
- Identify and pursue opportunities with third-party partners and distributors, this includes the development and execution of strategies to write more reinsurance business through these third-party partnerships

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Actuarial Science or related degree or equivalent related work experience
- 12+ years of relevant experience with a successful track record, preferably in insurance product and/or business development
- Knowledge of Asian life insurance/reinsurance markets and product lines
- Some knowledge or experience of pricing and/or data analytics is an advantage
- Highly advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received by internal and external audiences
- Expert ability to attune to customers, translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions and prepare/deliver a well-designed presentation
- Highly advanced ability to implement organizational, divisional, and/or departmental vision and goals that result in achievement and success through leadership and project management skills, collaboration, creative thinking, maintaining focus and persistence
- Highly advanced ability to liaise with individuals across a wide variety of operational, functional and technical disciplines
- Expert persuasion and negotiation skills when working with internal/external customers to resolve issues/problems
- Ability to travel internationally as necessary, predominantly within Asia (at 25%)

**Company Overview**
Reinsurance Group of America is one of the largest global life and health reinsurance companies in the world. With operations in 26 countries, we are the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life and health-related reinsurance solutions.

Our core products and services include life reinsurance, living benefits reinsurance, group reinsurance, health reinsurance, financial solutions, facultative underwriting, and product development.

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Job Reference: AS02276