Head of innovation

Add expected salary to your profile for insights Are you committed to bringing your best to life every day? At MLC Life Insurance, we’re proud of our history of protecting Australians for over 135 years. We provide flexible, affordable, and innovative insurance products to almost 1 million Australians. We’re Australian-led and managed, and part of a global network through our partnership with one of the world’s leading life insurers, Nippon Life Insurance Group. We’re driven by a powerful purpose, providing our customers and their families with a Promise for Life to be there when they need us most – and that’s a great purpose to bring us together at work every day. With the announcement of MLC Life Insurance becoming Acenda, one of Australia’ biggest life insurers, we are committed to delivering innovative products, exceptional service, and leading customer experiences in the Australian Life Insurance market. Acenda now provides us with the opportunity to build upon this and be a true platform for innovation and growth. The Role Reporting into our Chief Claims and Transformation Officer, the Head of Innovation role is a newly created and critical role within the newly set up Innovation business unit as we transition into an exciting phase of innovation and growth for MLC Life Insurance/Acenda. As Head of Innovation, you will spearhead the development and execution of forward-thinking strategies that will support innovation across the life insurance sector value chain. You will get across the enterprise to facilitate the identification of new business channel opportunities, support development of innovative products and services, and optimize operational delivery to meet the evolving needs of our customers and partners. You will achieve success by defining and implementing a multi-year roadmap in line with our short-to-middle term strategy, collaborating with product development teams and fostering a culture of innovation that will be embedded in the way we rethink the life insurance business. About you An experienced and passionate Innovator with a strong desire to disrupt traditional markets, you possess a minimum of 10+ years of experience in a highly regulated sector with a strong focus on innovation, product development, strategy and/or digital transformation. You can demonstrate strong thought leadership in the innovation space with a strong human-centered design thinking, coupled with experience working with or leading agile and design-thinking methodologies. You can speak to your past track record of success in ideating, creating new opportunities and bringing it to the market to unlock new revenue streams and deliver tangible results and value to the organisation. Lastly, as a people leader, you are highly passionate about leading, managing and mentoring your team to continually build upon their professional and personal growth. Bringing our best to life - why join us? We do work that makes a genuine difference to our customers, partners and community. We have a supportive, inclusive and flexible team culture, including hybrid working. We support your growth and development, and careers across our business units and teams that are as unique as our people. We reward and celebrate our successes, through our incentive and recognition programs. We offer tools, resources and benefits to support your wellbeing, including additional lifestyle leave and our Family Life hub. We connect and celebrate our diversity at work through our social committees and employee groups, and we contribute to our community with paid volunteer leave and through our sustainability commitments. Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (including Federal Police Checks, Employment checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons and Bankruptcy checks) will be completed prior to the candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not automatically bar candidates, however they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the position. #J-18808-Ljbffr