Principal, AI & Cloud Strategy Programs

Verisk Analytics•Boston, MA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ensure that every initiative across the AI, FinOps, and CloudOps portfolio — current or newly emerging — is planned, coordinated, tracked, and delivered to a decision-ready standard. The responsibilities below are representative of how this mission is met today; the role is expected to flex as the portfolio and the AI landscape evolve. This role has a strong preference for Hybrid 3x a week in-office at our Boston location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
Approximately 7–10+ years in program management, strategy execution, or corporate development, with a strong hands-on delivery track record.
Hands-on program and project execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
Builds business cases, financial models, trackers, and executive materials directly (not by delegation).
Demonstrated adaptability and learning agility — quickly takes ownership of unfamiliar, ambiguous, or newly emerging problems and builds the structure to deliver them; comfortable in a fast-changing domain where responsibilities will evolve.
Strong organization and follow-through — drives actions to closure with minimal oversight.
Clear written and verbal communication for executive audiences.
Familiarity with cloud cost management / FinOps concepts; business-level AI/ML literacy (engineering depth not required).
Handles confidential cost, financial, and strategic information with discretion.

Responsibilities

Execute the AI and cloud program portfolio set by the Head of AI Strategy — build and maintain roadmaps, run the delivery cadences, and drive initiatives to completion.
Produce executive-ready analysis and materials — build the business cases, ROI models, status reporting, and leadership and Board decks.
Coordinate FinOps and CloudOps delivery hands-on — turn cost data and dashboards into actionable reporting, and chase optimization and savings actions to closure.
Run intake and prioritization operations — manage the pipeline, document proposals, and prepare recommendations for the Head of AI Strategy’s decision.
Drive vendor and tool evaluations — run assessments, comparisons, and pilots of AI platforms; manage day-to-day vendor relationships.
Take ownership of new and emerging programs, analyses, and operational needs across AI, FinOps, and CloudOps as they arise — including workload types not yet defined — at the direction of the Head of AI Strategy.
Maintain the program operating rhythm — cadences, OKR tracking, risk and dependency logs, and resource mapping.
Implement and maintain AI governance processes — keep reviews, documentation, and monitoring running against the framework defined by leadership.
Completes all special projects and other duties as assigned.
Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.