Verisk · 8 hours ago
Product Owner – Life and Annuity Solutions
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expVerisk is seeking a strategic and execution-focused Product Owner to drive continued innovation and platform evolution for the life and annuity market. The role involves owning product direction, translating market needs into a clear product vision, and managing a high-velocity development backlog to enhance customer service for insurers and annuity providers.
AnalyticsFinancial ServicesHealth CareInformation ServicesInsurancePublic RelationsRisk Management
Responsibilities
Product Discovery: Collaborate with external customers and internal stakeholders to identify pain points and validate demand for new products or enhancements to existing products
Backlog Management: Own, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog. Translate complex requirements into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria for our engineering teams, balancing new development with ongoing platform improvements
Strategic Roadmap: Define the "what" and the "why" behind product features, ensuring the development team is always working on the items with the highest business impact. Partner with leadership and customer teams to define go-to-market strategy and provide input on customer roadmaps
Stakeholder Alignment: Serve as the primary point of contact for product progress, providing transparency to leadership, and ensuring the final product meets the specific regulatory and technical needs of the life insurance sector
Sales Enablement: Support product demos and sales conversations as needed
Release Management: Work closely with developers and architects from initial concept through production release and post-launch iteration. Engage with Sales and Delivery teams to ensure smooth customer delivery
Qualification
Required
3+ years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an Agile environment
Deep understanding of the Life and Annuity industry
Experience with Jira or similar tools and a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle
Familiarity with APIs, microservices concepts, and data formats such as XML/JSON
Exceptional ability to communicate across business and technical stakeholders and build consensus across teams
Comfort navigating ambiguity, managing competing priorities, and making trade-off decisions in a dynamic environment
Preferred
Experience with insurance technology solutions
FAST experience a plus
Benefits
Health Insurance
A Retirement Plan
Disability benefits
A Paid Time Off program
Company
Verisk
Verisk Analytics is a data analytics and risk assessment firm for the insurance sector.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.4B2025-08-07Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2024-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2023-03-03Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Lee Shavel
President and Chief Executive Officer
Eli Schwarz
Chief Strategy Officer @ Verisk Marketing Solutions
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