Senior Product & Portfolio Lead - Motor

Senior Product & Portfolio Lead - Motor

• Location: Open to all office locations
• Type: Permanent, full time
• Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative leader to join QBE as a Senior Product & Portfolio Lead. This is a key role responsible for overseeing the performance and development of our intermediated motor insurance product lines — both private and commercial. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping product strategy, driving portfolio outcomes, and leading cross-functional initiatives that align with our business goals and risk frameworks.

Your new role

As the Senior Product & Portfolio Lead, you will:

• Lead the full product lifecycle — from design and development to enhancements and maintenance
• Manage complex underwriting referrals and ensure alignment with risk appetite and guidelines
• Oversee implementation of product changes, including PDS and underwriting updates
• Monitor and optimise portfolio performance, including financial outcomes, claims trends, and exposure management
• Lead customer, product, and distribution strategy development
• Support technical pricing reviews and implement tactical pricing changes
• Collaborate with underwriting, pricing, claims, risk, and distribution teams to deliver improvements
• Provide leadership and support to a direct report, fostering capability development and delivery of initiatives
• Act as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex product and portfolio issues

About you

You bring a strong mix of technical expertise, leadership capability, and a collaborative mindset. You’re passionate about delivering product and portfolio outcomes and thrive in a role that blends strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

• Strong experience in general insurance, with a focus on product and/or portfolio management
• Proven experience managing motor portfolios, or a solid background in motor underwriting
• Strong understanding of both private and commercial motor insurance
• Demonstrated ability to lead product development, pricing reviews, or strategic planning
• Experience engaging with stakeholders across underwriting, distribution, pricing, claims, risk, and compliance
• A people leader who can coach, mentor, and build team capability

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest
• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
• Voluntary super contributions and company matching
• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our Respect@QBE program
• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards 
• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates
• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen! 

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at [email protected].

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.