Head of Product

Head of Product, AI-Native Insurance Platform (Dublin)

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Location: Dublin (hybrid) · Type: Permanent, full-time ·

Our client, the newly established Dublin fintech arm of a major international financial services group, is building an AI-native, cloud-native, API-first insurance platform from a blank page. Dublin is where the product and design decisions get made.

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The role

As Head of Product, you'll own the product vision, strategy and roadmap for a configurable platform covering the full insurance value chain across Life, Health and P&C. You'll also be hands-on: personally owning product management for key platform modules and working day to day with engineering on requirements, prioritisation and delivery.

• Define and own the product vision, multi-year roadmap and investment priorities for the platform
• Shape the design and a significant part of the build, partnering closely with the CTO, architecture, data and AI leads
• Own capability across the lifecycle: onboarding, product configuration, underwriting, pricing and rating, policy administration, claims, billing and reinsurance
• Define requirements for AI agents, predictive models and intelligent workflow, with transparency, auditability and human oversight built in
• Make sure customer needs are met through reusable, configurable capability rather than bespoke development
• Work directly with bancassurance partners, insurers and distributors on discovery, validation, demos and major client engagements
• Build the product team over time as the platform's scope grows

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What you'll bring

• 10+ years' product leadership in insurtech, insurance software, core insurance platforms or enterprise SaaS
• Strong knowledge of Life and/or P&C insurance, ideally across underwriting, pricing, policy administration and claims
• A track record building or scaling configurable, cloud-based, multi-client platforms
• A solid understanding of AI-enabled products, event-driven architecture, APIs and modern data platforms
• Hands-on product management experience: you still write requirements and enjoy working with engineers
• Commercial judgement and the presence to work with executives, partners and customers
• Bancassurance experience is a real advantage

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Why it's worth a conversation

• A rare greenfield build: design an insurance platform properly, not patch an old one
• A seat on the executive team, with real ownership of what gets built and how
• The pace and scope of a start-up, with the backing and customer base of an established group
• A competitive package, including performance-based incentives

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If you're not actively looking but this sounds like the kind of build you'd want to be part of, I'd be glad to have a confidential, no-pressure chat. Contact Adam Ryan at Fortis Recruitment on adam@fortis.ie or +353 (0)83 010 3223.