IT Product Portfolio Manager – Underwriting Job New York New York USA,Insurance

Location: New York

A global specialty-insurance organization is seeking a senior product leader to drive a large-scale transformation of its underwriting technology ecosystem.

This individual will own a holistic view of the submission-to-bind underwriting journey and establish the strategy connecting digital underwriting experiences, workflow, policy administration, rating, data, integrations, and emerging AI capabilities.

The position requires someone who has previously transformed underwriting environments at meaningful scale. The successful candidate will partner with senior underwriting and technology leaders to define the future-state experience, establish product priorities, and translate strategy into measurable improvements across the complete underwriting lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

Define and lead the enterprise product strategy for global underwriting technology
Own the product portfolio and roadmap across the submission-to-bind lifecycle
Drive modernization of underwriting workbench and workstation capabilities
Connect submission intake, risk evaluation, pricing, quoting, and binding workflows
Establish an integrated strategy across policy administration, rating, workflow, data, APIs, and supporting platforms
Identify practical opportunities to use AI and advanced analytics for risk selection, pricing, productivity, and decision support
Prioritize investments based on underwriting value, operational improvement, user experience, and enterprise strategy
Lead transformation across multiple business lines, regions, and technology platforms
Partner with underwriting, technology, architecture, data, operations, compliance, and vendor stakeholders
Evaluate build-versus-buy and consolidation-versus-integration decisions
Lead change management and adoption of new underwriting capabilities
Track measurable business, user, and operational outcomes
Present strategy, progress, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior leadership
Ensure individual systems contribute to a consistent front-to-back underwriting experience

Role Requirements:

At least 10 years of experience across insurance technology, underwriting products, enterprise product management, or related disciplines
Deep understanding of commercial P&C or specialty-insurance underwriting
Strong knowledge of the end-to-end submission-to-bind lifecycle
Proven ownership of a significant underwriting technology transformation
Experience implementing or modernizing underwriting workbenches or workstations
Experience with policy-administration systems
Experience with rating engines or rating capabilities
Ability to connect multiple platforms into an integrated underwriting ecosystem
Experience incorporating AI, advanced analytics, or data-enabled capabilities into underwriting
Product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and investment-management experience
Experience operating across multiple business lines, regions, or complex organizations
Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills
Ability to balance long-term transformation strategy with practical delivery
Ability to work onsite in the New York/New Jersey area four days per week
Willingness to travel as required

Nice to Have:

Global specialty-insurance transformation
Multi-region policy-platform modernization
Underwriting portfolio-management technology
Vendor and third-party platform management
Experience consolidating or integrating multiple policy-administration environments
Product-team leadership or mentoring
Advanced degree in business, insurance, technology, or a related field