Director, Individual Retirement Income

The Director, Individual Retirement Income will lead the implementation of Pacific Life Re's strategy to support retirement income markets in Australia and other global core markets. The role includes proposition development, sales, client relationships, structuring, and execution of transactions. The successful candidate will have experience in reinsurance, retirement markets, and new business development, with a deep understanding of risk frameworks and controls.

Requirements

• At least 5 years' experience in operating in (re)insurance, including time in market-facing and technical roles
• Experience in and understanding of retirement markets, including Longevity, asset-intensive, and individual annuities
• Experience of new business development and transaction negotiation
• Deep understanding of the technical basis of reinsurance business, with a proven ability to understand and question pricing and / or capital bases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with people of all levels
• Strong negotiator and influencer
• Strong organisational skills and good evidence of successful project management
• In-depth understanding of risk frameworks and controls
• Highly financially literate and can understand reinsurance pricing, financial reporting, and capital to a high level of detail

Benefits

• 20+5 days of annual leave with option to buy more days
• Fertility leave
• Generous enhanced parental leave
• Group Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI)/Income Protection (IP)
• Subsidized gym membership
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Time off for volunteering
• Charitable matching of employee donations