What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Verisk?
Job Description
Are you a dynamic and strategic thinker with a passion for driving product excellence in the insurance industry? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments and excel at managing multiple projects while fostering strong customer relationships? If so, we invite you to join our innovative team as a Product Owner. If you have a proven track record in product strategy and development, a knack for technical and non-technical communication, and a desire to make a significant impact, we want to hear from you.
In this role, you’ll serve as the connective tissue between customers, product leadership, engineering, and cross ‑ functional teams—owning the delivery of high ‑ impact implementation projects while helping shape product direction and innovation. You’ll balance big ‑ picture strategy with hands ‑ on execution, guiding multiple initiatives at once, translating technical and non ‑ technical needs, and ensuring solutions deliver real value within the insurance and financial services ecosystem.
Responsibilities
The Product Owner has the primary responsibility to partner with the product leadership to direct, coordinate, and complete customer implementation projects while remaining aligned with the larger strategy and commitments of the product vision. This person serves as the conduit between all members of an implementation team, both internal and external.
The Product Owner will help define project scope, goals, and deliverables, manage the project team, manage and report against the budget, track deliverables, monitor and report on project progress, present updates and impediments to stakeholders. The successful candidate will work on multiple projects simultaneously while fostering partnerships with customers and stakeholders alike.
Successful candidate may support or lead multiple products at once.
Qualifications
About You and How You Can Excel in This Role
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Catastrophe and Risk Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to catastrophic events.
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
Verisk invests in a benefits package for all employees that includes the following: Health Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Disability benefits, and a Paid Time Off program. We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
https://www.verisk.com/company/careers/
Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
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Are you a dynamic and strategic thinker with a passion for driving product excellence in the insurance industry? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments and excel at managing multiple projects while fostering strong customer relationships? If so, we invite you to join our innovative team as a Product Owner. If you have a proven track record in product strategy and development, a knack for technical and non-technical communication, and a desire to make a significant impact, we want to hear from you.
In this role, you’ll serve as the connective tissue between customers, product leadership, engineering, and cross ‑ functional teams—owning the delivery of high ‑ impact implementation projects while helping shape product direction and innovation. You’ll balance big ‑ picture strategy with hands ‑ on execution, guiding multiple initiatives at once, translating technical and non ‑ technical needs, and ensuring solutions deliver real value within the insurance and financial services ecosystem.
Responsibilities
The Product Owner has the primary responsibility to partner with the product leadership to direct, coordinate, and complete customer implementation projects while remaining aligned with the larger strategy and commitments of the product vision. This person serves as the conduit between all members of an implementation team, both internal and external.
The Product Owner will help define project scope, goals, and deliverables, manage the project team, manage and report against the budget, track deliverables, monitor and report on project progress, present updates and impediments to stakeholders. The successful candidate will work on multiple projects simultaneously while fostering partnerships with customers and stakeholders alike.
Successful candidate may support or lead multiple products at once.
Qualifications
About You and How You Can Excel in This Role
- Has managed or worked in close collaboration with engineering and product/process design teams
- Demonstrable experience setting strategy, defining roadmaps, and executing on goals.
- Builds and maintains strong and effective relationships with key business stakeholders.
- Quick learner, and strategic thinker who is not afraid to challenge the status quo.
- Detail-oriented with a strong ability to manage and execute simultaneous projects and tasks.
- Familiarity with LEAN and Agile methodologies.
- Demonstrated record of partnering with teams across the organization and influencing to achieve business results across multiple teams who may have competing goals.
- Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, schedule trade-offs and/or new opportunities with technical and non-technical employees.
- Prior product innovation experience preferred.
- Knowledge of software development management and business intelligence tools a plus.
- Experience with working in Insurtech is a plus.
- A passion for customer centric design practices and comfortable working with Figma (or similar design suites) to ensure user experience is a priority.
- 4 years of experience in insurance claims or financial services. Auto and/or Homeowner preferred.
- 4 year college degree or equivalent experience.
- Critical thinking and proactive ways to identify and improve processes.
- Detail-oriented with a strong ability to manage and execute simultaneous projects and tasks.
- Self-motivated with a high level of initiative. Comfortable working both independently and with a team.
- Comfortable working on large scale projects in a corporate portfolio.
- Ability to engage with a customer at different levels of an organization.
- Ability to present product concepts, product solutions and consult with customers on best practices.
- Ability to show customers the need for a product and identify opportunities in a customer’s workflow to help streamline claims handling effort.
For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.
At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.
For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and second consecutive year in Poland. We value learning, caring and results and make inclusivity and diversity a top priority. In addition to our Great Place to Work® Certification, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and Best Employer for Women, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.
We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.
Verisk Businesses
Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision
Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences
Property Estimating Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day-to-day workflows the most efficient
Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance
Catastrophe and Risk Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to catastrophic events.
Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing,relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement
Life Insurance Solutions – offers end-to-end, data insight-driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group.
Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger
Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.
Verisk invests in a benefits package for all employees that includes the following: Health Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Disability benefits, and a Paid Time Off program. We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.
All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law.
https://www.verisk.com/company/careers/
Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
Verisk Employee Privacy Notice
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