Advisor, Product Development Project/Program Management Department | Product Manager I

Verisk Analytics•Lehi, UT

About The Position

As a Product Manager I at Verisk, you will lead an empowered product team to deliver meaningful outcomes, working closely with a tech lead and product designer to understand user needs and create solutions for the property insurance industry. The role centers on owning problems rather than simply responding to feature requests, and taking accountability for solving customer and business problems in scalable, sustainable ways. You will lead discovery, validate opportunities with users, turn validated opportunities into requirements and iterations, and use metrics and feedback to assess results. You will collaborate with engineering, QA, and cross-functional stakeholders, contribute to planning and product strategy, and represent the product in customer and industry settings. The role may involve occasional travel of 10% or less.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, design, insurance, or a related field, or equivalent work-related experience and training.
1–3 years of experience in product management, business analysis, UX, or technical roles.
Demonstrated ability to define problems, understand users, and deliver working software.
Solid grasp of agile and dual-track discovery principles.
Excellent communication skills for storytelling, alignment, and documentation.
Growth mindset, curiosity, and humility.
Experience with product analytics tools such as Mixpanel, Amplitude, SQL, or Power BI.
Experience with product, project, or issue management tools such as JIRA, Rally, Product Board, Confluence, Lucid, Miro, or Figma.
Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously.
Demonstrated time and priority management skills.
Experience in Agile work management, including use of issue-tracking software such as JIRA.
Ability to travel occasionally (10% or less) for customer research or industry events.

Nice To Haves

Intermediate understanding of property claims, restoration, and contracting industries.
Understanding of Xactware's core products and insurance estimating concepts.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery with the product trio to understand the problem space.
Validate product ideas with users through interviews, shadowing, and testing.
Prioritize opportunities based on customer desirability, business viability, engineering feasibility, and design usability.
Translate validated opportunities into user stories, requirements, and success criteria.
Manage a transparent backlog reflecting current priorities and expected outcomes.
Ensure continuous delivery of measurable, learnable product iterations.
Partner with engineering and QA to deliver high-quality, usable, and performant solutions.
Establish, communicate, and manage the product release cadence.
Define and track success metrics for the features and problems owned by the team.
Use analytics, support tickets, qualitative feedback, and industry and market research to inform product decisions and improve adoption and retention.
Use data to validate impact, guide iteration, or pivot away from unproductive ideas.
Track and report product progress, including the success or failure of all stages.
Make product decisions within established frameworks and with guidance from senior product leaders.
Keep stakeholders informed and involved while maintaining team autonomy.
Collaborate with claims operations, marketing, sales, and customer success.
Contribute to quarterly planning by connecting team initiatives to company OKRs.
Represent product in customer calls, meetings, and other relevant events.
Assist Product Leadership in developing, communicating, and executing the vision and strategy for property estimating software solutions.
Complete responsibilities outlined in performance objectives, special projects, and other assigned duties.
Perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.