The Assistant Vice President - Product & Distribution will lead the operations and management of our largest product line to ensure continued achievement of profit and loss targets. This leadership role includes ownership and implementation of user-friendly product features, creating digitally-enabled underwriting workflows, managing the product’s business mix portfolio, launching marketing programs to strengthen branding, and translating the product segment’s goals and end-user needs into a distribution strategy that prioritizes profitable growth. The Assistant Vice President – Product & Distribution will also be responsible for assessing technology options for implementation as needed to ensure optimal segment productivity and industry-leading user experience. A key expectation of this role involves using data-driven customer sourcing techniques to generate sustainable revenue and profit.    The ideal candidate will have experience in strategic planning, product ownership, business operations, data analytics, underwriting decision-making and business development. Experience in California workers compensation insurance a definite plus.   The Assistant Vice President – Product & Distribution will: - Operate as an independent thought leader with dual accountability to both PEI’s President and Chief Actuary. - Own product roadmap and lead all aspects of product strategy, development, production and management. - Manage product segment KPIs to ensure achievement of productivity, profit and growth targets. - Identify operational improvements to create efficient product delivery and best in class customer experience. - Analyze new tech/digital tools to develop templates for optimizing the presentation of new business, renewals, declinations and appetite. - Create, test and implement automated pricing and exposure models. - Conduct analytical research to identify new business and renewal opportunities. - Work closely with product stakeholders including, Underwriting, Marketing, Sales and Actuarial on strategy, regulatory changes, compliance, customer service, workflow and implementation schedules. - Other duties and special projects as assigned.