Chief Actuarial & Product Officer, C&M Hub

About the role

Prudential is looking for a Chief Actuarial & Product Officer to lead the end-to-end actuarial, product and pricing strategy across the C&M Hub, ensuring financial soundness, regulatory compliance and sustainable profitable growth. The role serves as the Appointed Actuary across Cambodia and Myanmar, providing independent actuarial oversight and partnering across functions to deliver customer-centric products.

Key responsibilities

• Act as Appointed Actuary, overseeing valuation, profit testing, assumption setting, experience studies and solvency management, and advise the Board, EXCO and senior management on capital adequacy and financial risks
• Ensure actuarial inputs support IFRS-compliant reporting and IFRS17 implementation oversight
• Serve as member of local committees (Product Approval, Persistency, Risk, Investment, Underwriting & Claims)
• Own the product strategy and roadmap, lead product design, pricing and approval, and balance growth with risk appetite and capital efficiency
• Hold primary responsibility for the company's reinsurance strategy, including treaty design, pricing, renewals and counterparty management
• Partner with Risk and Finance on insurance risk management, and support stress testing and scenario analysis
• Lead the Actuarial & Product Hub, build a leadership bench and develop talent across Cambodia and Myanmar
• Act as trusted advisor to Distribution, Marketing, Operations, IT and Investment, and maintain relationships with regulators, reinsurers, auditors and Group stakeholders

Required profile

• At least 10 years of experience in life insurance actuarial and/or product roles, with significant leadership exposure
• Fellow of a recognized actuarial body (e.g. FSA, FIA, FIAA or equivalent)
• Ability to operate at Board and EXCO level, combining technical depth with commercial judgment
• Willingness to lead cross-functional and multinational teams and deliver training in various local environments

Required skills

• Product pricing, valuation, capital management and reinsurance
• Deep understanding of regulatory environments in emerging or developing markets is highly advantageous