About FWD Group

FWD Group (1828.HK) is a pan-Asian life and health insurance business that serves over 40 million customers across 10 markets, including BRI Life in Indonesia. FWD’s customer-led and tech-enabled approach aims to deliver innovative propositions, easy-to-understand products and a simpler insurance experience. Established in 2013, the company operates in some of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world with a vision of changing the way people feel about insurance. FWD Group is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code 1828. For more information, please visit www.fwd.com

PURPOSE

• In recent years, AI has emerged as a transformative force in various sectors. How quickly embrace and adopt both Analytical AI and Generative AI becomes very critical to change the way feel about insurance.
• Enable FWD to be the best in class AI product leader to change the way feel about insurance, the role is responsible for setting enterprise-wide cutting-edge data product strategy, roadmap and execution to support future 10x business growth by leveraging AI 
• Drive data products adoption, usage and achieve new business revenue per target.
• Build high performance GO data product team.

KEY ACCOUNTAIBILITIES

• Product Development: Lead the development and maintenance of data products, including data analytics platforms, tools, and solutions, including making sure that metadata, synthetic data and context is available for AI agents to operate
• Team Leadership: Manage and provide leadership to cross-functional teams, including data scientists, product managers, engineers, and analysts.
• Product Roadmap: Create and maintain a data product roadmap that outlines product development milestones and aligns with the organization's vision.
• Market Research: Stay current on industry trends, competitor offerings, and emerging technologies to ensure that data products remain competitive and innovative.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders, including business units, executives, and customers, to understand their data product needs and requirements.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Oversee the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and design to development, launch, and maintenance.
• Data Governance: Ensure data quality, security, and compliance standards are maintained within data products.
• Budget Management: Manage the budget for data product development, including resource allocation and cost control.
• Data Monetization: Explore opportunities to monetize data products
• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success and impact of data products.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science, Business, or related discipline).
• 10+ Years experience in data product management, with a track record of successful product launches.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Deep understanding of data analytics, data management, and data technologies.
• Familiarity with data governance and compliance regulations.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Business acumen and the ability to align data products with organizational goals.
• Project management expertise.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work closely with business leaders to align with strategic goals.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, team environment while maintaining a strong attention to detail

KNOWLEDGE & TECHNICAL SKILLS

• At least 10+ years’ experience in data product management, with a track record of successful product launches.
• At least 8 + years’ experience on Data Product Management  
• At least 5 + years’ experience with data product design and implementation.
• Experience in an agile SDLC environment.
• Excellent analytical and organization skills.
• Effective working in a team as well as working independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.