Total 5 research associate job vacancies in The United States of America

FIND YOUR 'BETTER' AT AIA

We don’t simply believe in being ‘The Best’. We believe in better - because there’s no limit to how far ‘better’ can take us.

We believe in empowering every one of our people to find their 'better' - in the work they do, the career they build, the life they live and the difference they make. So that together we can support even more people - including our own - to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

If you believe in better, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role

• This position will play a crucial role in driving strategic and tactical initiatives under TDA Transformation; able to identify and initiate transformation programs that that focus in our TDA operating efficiency. A domain expert in process, governance, and operating efficiency. Work with Group / Business / TDA stakeholders to ensure strong alignment and successful execution of the initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Drive efficiency of IT services, processes and governance model and identifying bottlenecks and redundancy
• Defines, drives, and coordinates the development of process improvement initiatives. Leads analysis and process mapping efforts and identifies and prioritizes opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluates prioritizes, recommends and leads improvement opportunities and changes to existing IT services and business alignment.
• Driving uplift in IT operational and execution capability through a deep understanding of levers across the IT landscape to enhance efficiency through enablers such as engineering, automation, cloud-native adoption, IAAC, FinOps, DevOps, Agile, SecOps etc. while balancing the needs of process and effective IT controls
• Experience in defining performance measures and providing continuous feedback on measures (both financial and non-financial) such as SLAs and TATs within IT operations to measure impact of initiatives
• Drive and execute impact initiatives that drive efficiencies through optimization of technologies, and shared services
• Work with other IT SMTs and group office to ensure alignment and best application of group standards and governance control
• Collaborate with IT SMTs and stakeholders to ensure effective implementation and adoption of TDA efficiency initiatives, providing guidance and support throughout the project lifecycle.
• Consult with business owners and SMEs on on-going improvements and deliver best practice IT operations & processes and provide sustainable & scalable solutions

Minimum Job Requirements:

• University graduate with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience with people management experience
• Proven experience in leading and managing IT efficiency improvement programs, utilizing program management methodologies and agile practices.
• Proven experience in leading IT transformation initiatives through process and change management in an enterprise IT
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities.
• Able to work in fast paced and challenging environments
• Creative thinker, proactive, enthusiastic, able to work independently and as a team player
• Business knowledge in insurance industry
• Excellent communication, coaching and consultative skills
• Demonstrated understanding of digital transformation trends and technologies, and their application in enhancing operational efficiency and customer experience.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, Background in consulting or experience of project delivery will be plus

Others:

• You are required to obtain the relevant license(s) if your job involves regulated activities

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

You must provide all requested information, including Personal Data, to be considered for this career opportunity. Failure to provide such information may influence the processing and outcome of your application. You are responsible for ensuring that the information you submit is accurate and up-to-date.

FIND YOUR 'BETTER' AT AIA

We don’t simply believe in being ‘The Best’. We believe in better - because there’s no limit to how far ‘better’ can take us.

We believe in empowering every one of our people to find their 'better' - in the work they do, the career they build, the life they live and the difference they make. So that together we can support even more people - including our own - to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

If you believe in better, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role

This position will play a crucial role in leading a small elite team in driving strategic and tactical initiatives under TDA Transformation; able to identify and initiate transformation programs that drive our operating efficiency. Work with key business / TDA stakeholders to ensure business focused, strong alignment and successful execution of the initiatives; and determine and manage the transformation backlog, priorities and risks when executing strategic cross platform business focused initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Drive and execute impact initiatives that drive efficiencies in AIA Hong Kong TDA’s landscape through optimization of processes, technologies, and shared services
• Assist in providing TDA strategic roadmaps for optimization of the technology portfolio through strong business alignment, operations efficiency and strategic consolidation
• Experience in defining performance measures (both financial and non-financial) such as SLAs and TATs within IT operations to measure impact of initiatives
• Providing research, insight, and analysis on leading industry IT trends to adopt within the AIA Hong Kong IT landscape
• Work with other IT senior management members and group office to ensure alignment of strategic direction of business and IT initiatives/direction
• Manage cross platform initiatives that have shared enablers across channel, mid-office, and back-office tiers in the AIA Hong Kong IT Landscape
• Utilize program management methodologies to plan, execute, and monitor cross-platform transformation projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.
• Apply agile methodologies, to drive iterative and incremental delivery of transformation initiatives.
• Defining and prioritizing transformation backlog items based on business value, user needs, and strategic objectives.
• Lead transformation initiatives, leveraging emerging technologies and best practices to enhance operational efficiency and user experience.
• Identify and leverage cross-platform synergies to optimize processes, technologies, and shared services across the AIA Hong Kong TDA landscape.
• Collaborate with IT SMTs and stakeholders to ensure effective implementation and adoption of transformation initiatives, providing guidance and support throughout the project lifecycle.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• University graduate with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with people management experience
• Proven experience in leading and managing cross-platform programs, utilizing program management methodologies and agile practices.
• Proven experience in leading IT transformation initiatives through process, technology engineering and change management in an enterprise IT
• Proven experience to identify innovation opportunities, define and deliver innovative solutions
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities.
• Able to work in fast paced and challenging environments
• Creative thinker, proactive, enthusiastic, able to work independently and as a team player
• Business knowledge in insurance industry
• Excellent communication, coaching and consultative skills
• Demonstrated understanding of digital transformation trends and technologies, and their application in enhancing operational efficiency and customer experience.
• Familiarity with cross-platform projects and ability to identify and leverage synergies across different business areas and technology platforms.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, Background in consulting or experience of project delivery will be plus

Others:

• You are required to obtain the relevant license(s) if your job involves regulated activities

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

You must provide all requested information, including Personal Data, to be considered for this career opportunity. Failure to provide such information may influence the processing and outcome of your application. You are responsible for ensuring that the information you submit is accurate and up-to-date.

At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone.

As pioneering innovators for over 100 years, we’re now transforming our organisation to be faster, simpler and more connected. Because we want to be even better equipped to develop digital solutions and experiences that help more people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

To get there, we need people with tech/digital/analytics expertise and passion to help develop positive, sustainable change through digitally enhanced experiences that will impact the lives of millions of people and create a healthier future for everyone.

If you believe in developing a better tomorrow, read on. 

About the Role

Key objective is to support business critical strategic IT project with architecture design, roadmap and solution be built aligned with the architecture principles defined. Contribute on enhancing Enterprise Architecture Framework in both Insurance and Health Provider domains, build a scalable architecture and reduce technical debt that will enable further development and innovation particularly around digital experience of customer, application modernization and development of integrated platform.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Functional Duties

• Identify strategic IT requirements covering both insurer and health provider domains
• Support development of principles, strategy, roadmap and architecture solutions for strategic projects to drive digital transformation, customer serving platform-Omnichannel, CRM, application modernization, shared integrated platform, etc. aligned with business strategy and objectives
• Analyze business priorities & strategies and translate these into architecture requirements for the operational enterprise and propose to the business on strategic architecture framework development
• Provide Enterprise Architecture design thinking and support to the Enterprise Architecture team members, Technology Delivery IT and business team, with a focus on business and application architecture
• Contribute to the definition of architecture strategy, direction, and standards pertinent for technology solution delivery. Ensure architecture strategy aligns to the overall IT strategy and clearly communicated and understood among IT teams on delivery
• Be an active EA team member and contribute to the architecture community on architecture roadmaps, blueprints and architecture building blocks development with domain leads
• Ensure continuous alignment of capabilities with current business priorities and objectives
• Participate in Architecture assessment and reviews partnering with subject matter expert
• Ensure implementation and migration plan with risk management, business cost and benefit with intended values on work packages to be delivered
• Being a control and governance parties for compliance and change management with continuous requirement management

Minimum Job Requirements:

Education & Experience

• Educated to degree level standard or above in information technology, computer science, engineering, or relevant field
• A minimum of 10+ years in an architect role ideally with insurance and/or health provider industry experiences
• Demonstrated architecture depth & experience in at least one technical or architectural domain
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture methodologies such as TOGAF or equivalent
• Experience influencing solution direction and standard adoption through the use of architecture capability, building blocks, strategies and roadmaps
• Experience work in complex IT environments, and able to prioritize and plan complex work in a rapidly changing context
• Team player with experience leading and collaborating cross-team to ensure successful delivery of solutions

Others:

• You are required to obtain the relevant license(s) if your job involves regulated activities

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

You must provide all requested information, including Personal Data, to be considered for this career opportunity. Failure to provide such information may influence the processing and outcome of your application. You are responsible for ensuring that the information you submit is accurate and up-to-date.

FIND YOUR 'BETTER' AT AIA

We don’t simply believe in being ‘The Best’. We believe in better - because there’s no limit to how far ‘better’ can take us.

We believe in empowering every one of our people to find their 'better' - in the work they do, the career they build, the life they live and the difference they make. So that together we can support even more people - including our own - to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

If you believe in better, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role

Drive and coordinate the proposition strategy formulation to drive cross-team innovation of new Propositions. Provide management support, advices and problem-solving support throughout the innovation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support Director in developing and articulating the holistic Propositions Strategy, incorporating inputs from SMEs across Proposition teams, and through coordinating the Proposition innovation process.
• Consolidate all information and provide analysis support to build business cases and proposals for key functional initiatives. Prepare the monthly and quarterly business review report as well as functional budgeting.
• Collaborate with Proposition teams to widen the use of data-driven insights to enhance the existing propositions
• Support CPO in document and analysis preparation for functional management communications as well as internal and external stakeholder engagement
• Provide management reporting and drive reporting automation for the function
• Support in facilitating and proving strategic problem-solving support to Proposition teams to ensure key initiatives are aligned with functional strategy, and interdependencies are well managed to ensure cohesive across teams
• Propose solutions and make alignment on key Proposition strategic business projects
• Work closely with various Proposition teams to monitor implementation progress of strategic initiatives Build and track the measurements of different KPIs and manage the governance framework within the function.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• University graduate and above, with 10+ years insurance industry experience, preferably in aspect of life product development or marketing
• Experience in Proposition development is a must
• Experience in consulting firm is an added advantage
• Understand nature of life insurance products and product development process, familiar with insurance market environment
• Experience in a strategy-oriented role or in leading strategy formulation is a must
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent language skills, particularly in English
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong in stakeholder management
• Ability to work under pressure on multiple priorities

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

You must provide all requested information, including Personal Data, to be considered for this career opportunity. Failure to provide such information may influence the processing and outcome of your application. You are responsible for ensuring that the information you submit is accurate and up-to-date.

At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone.

It’s about finding new ways to not only better people's lives, but to better the communities and environments we live in. Encompassing our ambition of helping a billion people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030.

And as part of our marketing, distribution & partnership team, you’ll play a vital part in advancing this movement. From inspiring meaningful connections with customers, partners and other stakeholders, to delivering purpose-led brand positioning and messaging, you'll be making a positive, healthy impact across all channels. You will have a unique and important part to play in helping more people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives. 

So if you believe in inspiring a better future, read on.

About the Role

Lead Channel Operations & Case Advisory team of Partnership Distribution to provide best-in-class operations service platform for business partners

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design and customize operations platforms for business partners

• Manage a quality enquiry service platform for business partners

• Manage execution and communication to ensure regulatory and inhouse operations compliance of business partners

• Lead operations initiatives to drive business & department strategy and achieve operation efficiency

• Lead the team to provide quality case advisory service to accelerate new business closing and seamless operations support

• Lead ad hoc projects and assignments

• Drive people development and foster performance driven culture

• Ensure team members who perform regulated activities have obtained the relevant licenses and fulfilled the licensing requirements

Minimum Job Requirements:

• University/College graduate with 10 years’ relevant working experiences with supervisory responsibilities

• Strong organizing and management skills

• Strong presentation and communication skills

• Good written and spoken English and Cantonese

• Obtain relevant license if your job involves in regulated activities

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

You must provide all requested information, including Personal Data, to be considered for this career opportunity. Failure to provide such information may influence the processing and outcome of your application. You are responsible for ensuring that the information you submit is accurate and up-to-date.