Senior Product Consultant II

Description and Requirements
The Team You Will Join
Join the nation's largest non-medical carrier of group insurance, where your work will impact over 55,000 customers and cover more than 50 million employees and family members. As part of MetLife's Group Benefits team, you'll deliver innovative benefits solutions - life, disability, dental, vision, and voluntary benefits - tailored to today's employers and workforces. Collaborate with customers, brokers, and partners to expand our offerings and reimagine digital experiences. Join us and be part of an organization committed to supporting customers when they need us most.
The Opportunity
The Senior Product Consultant II is responsible for the development, management, and strategic evolution of MetLife's Supplemental Health Insurance product suite, including Critical Illness, Cancer, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity products across the United States. Guided by our purpose - always with you, building a more confident future - and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns, and all-weather performance, this role offers the opportunity to shape a market-leading product portfolio that protects millions of employees and their families. The successful candidate will drive innovative product solutions, influence product strategy, and lead complex cross-functional initiatives that support business growth and enhance customer value. This is an exciting opportunity for a product leader looking to deepen their expertise in a rapidly growing business while making a measurable impact on MetLife's competitive position in the voluntary benefits market.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide product development and project management expertise for supplemental health products (Critical Illness/Cancer, Accident, and Hospital Indemnity).
• Lead cross functional teams on complex projects to develop large/critical products; drive launch deliverables by working closely with key internal partners such as Pricing, Contracts, Operations, Technology, Training and Sales.
• Specify market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research.
• Perform competitive analysis to develop and implement go-to-market plans, working with all departments to execute.
• Establish product positioning and manage product line life cycle from strategic planning to tactical activities.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of insurance product development and product management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading the development and implementation of insurance products from concept through launch.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Understanding of the U.S. Employee Benefits industry.
• Proven ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and drive initiatives with accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supplemental Health product experience, including Critical Illness, Accident, Cancer, or Hospital Indemnity products.
• Experience with a competitor in the supplemental health or voluntary benefits marketplace.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Experience leveraging AI solutions to improve product development, analysis, or operational effectiveness.
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel for business case development, competitive analysis, and executive presentations.

The expected salary range for this position is $107,000 - $132,000 . This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
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