Product Director Settlement, Upptec Malmö

Upptec is a SaaS company within the insurance industry. Their vision is to help insurance companies to digitize and automate their processes to give the customer the best possible help. They do so because they believe that making a claim should be effortless, simple, and fast - not harder than the reason why your customer has to file the claim in the first place. Upptec is simplifying claims automation. And by doing so, transforming the insurance industry.

More about Upptec
Upptec is one of the world's leading insurtech companies. They offer digital solutions for content claims that enable automated journeys for insurers and their policyholders 24/7. With 4 business areas; inventory, valuation, settlement, and analytics they offer sustainable digital customer experiences. Upptec have 2 office locations in Malmö and New York.

Product Director
You will primarily work within the business area Settlement. Settlement is a marketplace/ecosystem where Upptec centrally connects insurance companies with players for repair/recycling/payment. The marketplace is based on a digital platform. The goal of Settlement is to pursue and simplify sustainability issues for insurance companies and policyholders. As a Product Director, Business Area Settlement, you are responsible for the global service delivery and partner strategy for the Business Area Settlement.

Responsibilities as Product Director, include, but are not limited to:

- Develop and implement a global service delivery strategy for the Business Area Settlement
- Develop trusted partnerships with stakeholders, executive sponsors and manage external Settlement partner network
- Stay up to date with industry and functional trends that impact the Settlement Business Area and Upptec in general
- Assessing and implementing improved processes, new technologies, and collaborating with management regarding the implementation of these improvements.
- Monitor feedback from customers, stakeholders and other teams to shape requirements and product roadmaps
- Collaborating with business units across regional and functional areas



This position includes numerous contacts, primarily with suppliers, customers, and partners. Your role in this is making sure that the business area Settlement is growing and moving forward.

Who are you?
We believe that you are an analytical person who can understand many different perspectives and have a strong business acumen. You should be comfortable in a leading role, whereas you are the person who will continue to build this business area. Furthermore, you have a can-do attitude and an abilitity to take ownership of the Settlement area. Your communication skills are excellent, and you should have no troubles with decision-making. At last, we do believe that you are an entrepreneur at heart - since this position needs some entrepreneurial thinking.

Furthermore, we do believe that you have following experience:

- 2-5 years of experience from working in in a previous complex business area/enterprise and preferred within Management/Strategy/Project Management
- Bachelor or master’s degree in International Business, Industrial Economics, Engineering or any other related field
- Conceptual understanding of SaaS/software products
- Excellent problem solving capabilities and a high level of initiative
- Strong organisational and analytical skills
- Excellent Swedish and English oral and written communication skills
- Experience regarding partnerships and skills in negotiations and contracts
- Experience of project management and/or longer-term business planning
- Ability to understand and communicate legal/technical concepts
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel, Word)


Preferred skills and experience

- Proficiency with agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.
- Experience of working abroad and/or being part of an international team
- Experience from working in the insurance industry and/or Fintech/Insurtech is considered a plus, as well as having experience of marketplaces. It is also considered as a plus if you have experience from working with and leading software development teams.


You should as well be a person who enjoys travelling. This position includes some travels to the Nordic countries, as well as Europe.


What Upptec can offer you

- An international team and opportunities to work across our offices in Sweden and New York and fast paced entrepreneurial environment

- Experienced colleagues with a welcoming and supportive attitude offering a smooth on-boarding
- Exposure to Upptec’s advisory board, including the founder of a global Fortune 500 company
- Competitive pay and bonus
- Competitive benefit and pension package
- Modern work-at-home policy


Watch the following video for more reasons to work at Upptec:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgsnYqjpxs

Application

Applications are processed continuously, so send in your application immediately. If you have any questions about the role please contact anna.tannerfalk@skillu.se.

Upptec
We want to transform the insurance industry. Why? It is our way of entering the future. We dare to question old conceptions. And we are constantly on the lookout for improvements. To us - nothing is impossible. We are gamechangers. We solve future problems. We are committed and we set new standards. By providing pioneering solutions, we let you focus on what you do best. And by taking care of our customers, you can take care of yours.

We are on a journey and our focus is our digital focus. We are with you every step of the way, driving the digital transformation. We will fix the broken, take care of the old and prepare for the new. We are not afraid to take on challenges and uncertain ground is our homeland. And we believe that changing the world to the better, is our responsibility.
We are Upptec.