Senior Product Manager, AWS Cloud Solutions

  • Full-time
  • Verisk Business: Extreme Event Solutions

Company Description

AIR Worldwide (AIR), a Verisk business, provides risk modeling solutions that make individuals, businesses, and society more resilient to extreme events. In 1987, AIR Worldwide founded the catastrophe modeling industry and today models the risk from natural catastrophes, terrorism, pandemics, casualty catastrophes, and cyber attacks, globally. Insurance, reinsurance, financial, corporate, and government clients rely on AIR’s advanced science, software, and consulting services for catastrophe risk management, insurance-linked securities, site-specific engineering analyses, and agricultural risk management. AIR Worldwide, is headquartered in Boston with additional offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. To learn more about AIR, please visit us at: www.air-worldwide.com. We are proud to be a part of the Verisk family of companies! 

At the heart of what we do is help clients manage risk. Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) provides data and insights to our customers in insurance, energy and the financial services markets so they can make faster and more informed decisions.   

 Our global team uses AI, machine learning, automation, and other emerging technologies to collect and analyze billions of records. We provide advanced decision-support to prevent credit, lending, and cyber risks. In addition, we monitor and advise companies on complex global matters such as climate change, catastrophes, and geopolitical issues.   

But why we do our work is what sets us apart. It stems from a commitment to making the world better, safer and stronger.   

It’s the reason Verisk is part of the UN Global Compact sustainability initiative. It’s why we made a commitment to balancing 100 percent of our carbon emissions. It’s the aim of our “returnship” program for experienced professionals rejoining the workforce after time away. And, it’s what drives our annual Innovation Day, where we identify our next first-to-market innovations to solve our customers’ problems.   

At its core, Verisk uses data to minimize risk and maximize value. But far bigger, is why we do what we do.  

At Verisk you can build an exciting career with meaningful work; create positive and lasting impact on business; and find the support, coaching, and training you need to advance your career. We have received the Great Place to Work® Certification for the fourth consecutive year. We’ve been recognized by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer and a Best Employer for Women, testaments to our culture of engagement and the value we place on an inclusive and diverse workforce. 

Job Description

AIR Worldwide (AIR) is a member of Verisk Analytics Family – recently ranked #18 on Forbes most innovative companies worldwide. We are the scientific leader and most respected provider of risk modeling software and consulting services. We founded the catastrophe modeling industry in 1987 and today model the risk from natural catastrophes and terrorism in 90 countries. AIR offers the opportunity to work with advanced technologies, global clients, and hundreds of the most innovative, talented minds in the industry.

Employee Value Proposition:

Have you helped companies build products on cloud or migrate solutions from on-premise to cloud? Can you lead the business discussions and demonstrate value proposition to clients about moving to cloud? Be part of the team that can leverage your experience to address growing needs of our client base. As a Senior Product Manager of Cloud Solutions, you will be responsible to develop and drive AIR’s cloud strategy both from a product and operations perspective. You will bring AIR’s current and next generation products to the public cloud.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience in product management, a blend of business and techno-functional skills, and the ability to define a vision and make it a reality. 

This role offers:

·       Opportunity to be a thought leader for the most strategic and critical initiative we have going and bring our applications to the cloud

·       Be an accomplished practitioner with at least one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google)

·       Better appreciation to big data (billions of records), scalability and performance challenges in the insurance industry

·       Diverse teams composed of some of the brightest minds in the industry

·       Ability to help AIR and our clients make a strategic choice of technology that will lend itself to future innovation.

·       Membership in the Verisk Analytics family, recently ranked #18 on Forbes list of most innovative companies worldwide

You will:

·       Drive the vision by developing, refining and owning AIR’s strategy for moving products to public cloud.

·       Communicate with senior management and business teams, show leadership and project management skills

·       Help AIR and our clients make a strategic choice of cloud provider – decisions based on data and metrics.

·       Be an accomplished practitioner with at least one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google) and can interact as a peer with that provider’s architects and designers. You should have some familiarity with the distinctions between these environments and ideally with some of the lesser known ones as well. You will learn (or augment) your knowledge of AIR and our products to be able to converse with cloud provider architects about our needs and constraints as we negotiate partnerships and relationships.

·       Collaborate across the entire AIR organization to drive execution. You will consult with and provide guidance to our development teams regarding their efforts to build products for cloud environments and will serve as a knowledgeable and experienced resource to AIR to accelerate the organization’s vision of cloud deployment.

·       Collaborate with cloud infrastructure architect and Verisk on best practices.

·       Engage in architectural, business analysis and planning discussions.

·       Engage cloud providers on product comparisons, proof-of-concepts, pricing & negotiations.

·       Pricing models for our software platform on cloud - develop recommendations.

Oversee the entire product life cycle strategic planning to release management

Qualifications

You should possess:

·       BS Degree in technical or related field (Master’s degree preferred)

·       15 years’ related experience in a technical environment

·       5+ years of experience with public clouds

·       Experience building cloud (AWS or Azure) native applications or migrating applications from on-premise to cloud.

·       Vendor relationship and negotiating skills

·       Experience in developing and articulating cloud economics to clients.

·       Experience with big data solutions on the cloud platforms.

·       Knowledge of cloud computing stack and concepts like virtualization, containerization, cloud security, compliance/regulation, disaster recovery planning is a plus.

·       Engage clients to communicate vision and gather requirements

·       Experience in DevOps and Agile preferred

·       Ability to bring cross functional teams together and drive consensus, while navigating the channels, to find common ground

·       Curiosity and passion to develop a deep understanding of our values and products

·       Knowledge about cloud usage and concerns in the (Re)Insurance is a plus

·       Effective project management, organizational skills and proven track record of delivering solutions

·       Success working in a fast-paced environment

Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills

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Additional Information

Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer.

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