Director, Product Strategy & Growth
Industry: Financial Services / Insurance / Group Benefits
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Contract Duration: January 4, 2027 – September 1, 2028
Position Overview
Our client is seeking an experienced Director, Product Strategy & Growth to lead the strategic direction, growth, profitability, and lifecycle management of an assigned product portfolio.
This senior leadership position will be responsible for developing and executing product strategies, identifying market opportunities, driving commercialization initiatives, and ensuring products deliver measurable value to customers, distribution partners, and the business.
The successful candidate will bring strong product leadership, commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and experience leading cross-functional teams within a complex, regulated financial services environment.
Working closely with teams across Product, Marketing, Distribution, Digital, Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Compliance, the Director will translate customer and market insights into actionable product roadmaps, investment priorities, and growth strategies.
This role also involves leading and developing a high-performing product team, managing strategic partnerships, overseeing product governance, and driving innovation through digital capabilities, analytics, automation, and emerging technologies.
Key Responsibilities
1. Product Strategy and Portfolio Management
2. Customer, Market and Competitive Insights
3. Growth, Commercialization and Business Performance
4. Product Development and Delivery Leadership
5. Vendor and Strategic Partnership Management
Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Technology, Health, or a related discipline.
- Typically 8+ years of progressive experience in Product Management, Product Strategy, Innovation, Commercialization, or related leadership roles.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing product or portfolio strategies.
- Experience translating business strategy into product roadmaps, business cases, and measurable business outcomes.
- Background in financial services, insurance, group benefits, healthcare, wellbeing, disability, or another regulated industry.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including product economics, investment analysis, profitability, and portfolio performance management.
- Proven experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.
- Demonstrated people management experience, including coaching, mentoring, and developing teams.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, and executive communication skills.
- Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and decision-making capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Group Benefits, Health Benefits, Dental, Disability, or employer-sponsored insurance products.
- Experience managing strategic partnerships, external vendors, and ecosystem-based product propositions.
- Experience with digital product development, Agile delivery, and customer experience design.
- Knowledge of product governance, regulatory compliance, privacy, and risk management.
- Experience using data analytics, customer research, and experimentation to drive product decisions.
- Exposure to AI, automation, and emerging digital technologies in product development.
Key Success Measures
- Development and execution of a clear product portfolio strategy and investment roadmap.
- Improved customer experience, product adoption, retention, revenue, and profitability.
- Successful delivery of strategic product initiatives.
- Effective investment prioritization and business case management.
- Strong product governance, risk management, and vendor performance.
- Development of an engaged, high-performing product team.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a strategic and commercially focused Product Director with extensive experience managing product portfolios, driving growth, developing go-to-market strategies, and leading cross-functional teams.
Candidates with experience in insurance, group benefits, healthcare, financial services, digital product development, and strategic portfolio management will be particularly well suited for this opportunity.
Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.
Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.
Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status
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