Product Manager - Individual Life

Company Description

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance.

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.

Job Description

Join TAL’s Individual Life Product Development team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our life insurance products. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to one of Australia’s leading life insurers, where your ideas and expertise will directly influence how we design, deliver, and optimise products that protect what matters most to Australians.

As part of a collaborative, high-performing team, you’ll work across a broad range of initiatives from launching innovative new products to refining existing ones that better serve our customers and partners. This role will see you working closely with experts across pricing, legal, risk, distribution, and operations, giving you the exposure and influence to drive meaningful change.

We’re looking for someone with a “can-do” attitude, excellent problem-solving skills, and the confidence to lead complex projects through to delivery. In return, you’ll gain the satisfaction of seeing your work make a tangible impact, in a supportive culture that values growth, flexibility, and innovation.

This position is based in our Sydney office, with a minimum of three days per week in-office.

In This Role You Will:

In this role you will be part of TAL’s Individual Life Product Development team, contributing to the shaping and evolution of our product portfolio. The team is responsible for developing and maintaining TAL’s Individual Life products to meet changing customer, partner, and market demands.

• Lead and support key product development initiatives that enhance TAL’s Individual Life product suite, aligning with business strategy and evolving customer and partner needs.
• Own the product change lifecycle – from technical design and documentation through to implementation, launch, and ongoing optimisation.
• Drive change management activities to support product enhancements and regulatory updates, including drafting Product Disclosure Statements, training materials, and internal communications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including pricing, legal, risk & compliance, health services, distribution, and operations, to deliver robust and compliant product solutions.
• Manage governance activities, developing product specifications, IT business requirements, and operational rules that underpin product delivery.
• Provide proactive support on product and technical matters across the business, contributing your expertise to claims management, distribution, and day-to-day operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management or development within life insurance, financial services, or a related field.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills, you can navigate complex conversations with confidence and clarity.
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical thinking, with the ability to translate ideas into practical outcomes.
• A proactive and resilient mindset you stay motivated and solution-focused when challenges arise.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing product documentation and communication materials.

Additional Information

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be: 

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index 
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change 
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community. 
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.  

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks. 

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

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