Manager - Business Development & Transformation

Manager – Business Development & Transformation

Union Assurance is a leading corporate and the fastest growing entity in the Life Insurance industry backed by the strength and stability of John Keells Holdings PLC, one of Sri Lanka's largest conglomerates.

The Job:

The person will be responsible for leading and delivering data driven insights that drive decision making across sales, UW, Ops, Actuarial, Banca, Marketing and Customer experience functions.

Key Accountability:

• Develop a clear and compelling data driven vision for the business, around the application and use of data, with a clear road map to deliver on this vision.
• Ensure that there is a clear vision for data and insights generations in place throughout the customer journey from prospecting to Maturity.
• Ensure that there is a clear vision for data and insights generations in place throughout the Agent/IRO onboarding to activity management to termination.
• Support business teams to deliver incremental value to the business through data analytics projects.
• Work closely with OCTAVE team on Data analytics related projects.
• Identify use cases with high impact to the business and convert such cases into value
• Build Data Analytics pipeline
• Ongoing/continuous review of existing data analytics projects
• Identify use case which can improve efficiency and reduce cost
• Represent UA in Data Analytic Steer co
• Continuously evaluate the success of use cases to measure the benefit to the company
• Develop relationships with business units to implement/drive data analytics related projects.
• Identify patterns, opportunities, and risks from data and recommend actionable strategies to management.
• Onboard and measure projects with clear financial value to the business and continuous evaluation of ROI
• (VNB,GWP,etc)
• Manage end to end delivery of strategic transformation projects.
• Drive process improvement project initiatives across business units.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of project milestones.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement change initiatives.
• Analyze business data to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Develop dashboards and reports to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize channel effectiveness and customer engagement.
• Act as a key advisor to senior leadership on business development and transformation matters
• Contribute to long-term strategic planning and innovation initiatives

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration/management or any relevant discipline.
• Minimum 03-04 Years in Assistant Manager, with 10+ years overall experience in Project Management.
• Proven expertise in Project Management and strong Analytical Skills.
• Excellent Leadership and Communication Skills
• Exceptional Problem-Solving abilities, and solid Business Acumen

The selected candidate for the above position will be entitled to an attractive remuneration package. Applicants who are interested are encouraged to apply on or before 04th Septemeber 2025.