Product Owner - Middle Market

A new adventure awaits… 

How does 5 weeks leave per year, an impactful career that you’ll truly love, and working for a great organisation that empowers wellbeing sound like to you?  

At Zurich we’re on a journey towards a brighter future… A brighter future for you - focused on your career, your wellbeing, and your community - as well as our customers and the planet. 

This exciting adventure will drive positive impact. So, if you want to be part of a values led organisation, that is a leader in the insurance industry with a track record of making a real difference and continuously taking steps toward a sustainable future for our people, customers, communities, and our planet…read on! 

Let’s create a brighter future together, let’s make a difference  

At Zurich, we believe work is something you achieve, not just a place you go. As the landscape of work evolves, we are dedicated to fostering a dynamic environment that empowers you to shape a brighter future.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Product Owner – Commercial Markets reporting directly to our Head of Commercial Markets.

In this exciting new role, you will be a strategic enabler as we look to transform our Middle Market Underwriting approach, driving the vision, strategy, planning and roadmap for success through Agile and Lean ways of working to achieve ambitious goals. 

As Product Owner, you will be accountable for delivering maximum value to our customers by implementing new ways of working, cutting-edge technologies (including AI, front-end systems) to create a new end to end underwriting capability based on some challenging ambitions.

You will ultimately be responsible for an improvement squad and your mission will be to continuously integrate both internal and external insights into the solutions your Squad delivers, ensuring optimal business outcomes and exceptional customer experiences.

Be empowered. Make your impact 

In order to be successful in the role, you will have the following:

• Customer-centric mindset with a deep understanding of customer needs.
• Tertiary qualification(s) and substantial relevant experience
• Product Owner certification, business analysis, and product management experience an advantage.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of the industry and related products.
• Business acumen; accuracy in estimating the market size and viability of a product or feature.
• Experience with the definition of minimum marketable features and minimum viable product.
• Product visioning and roadmap experience.
• Understanding of and experience delivering products using Agile methodologies.
• Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies.
• Strong leadership capability, including strategic thinking, conflict management, analytical, problem-solving, outstanding communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes.
• Technical proficiency in modern technologies, including AI, machine learning, and cloud services advantageous.

Belong. Zurich is here to support you 

There are many reasons why Zurich is the right choice for you, but here are just a few – grow, and thrive in your career (we support and encourage it); work with global, diverse, and inclusive teams; explore your passions, fuel innovation, drive equity, collaborate and make a positive difference beyond your role; access programs to stay healthy and feel healthier; Flexwork@Zurich; become an activist in your community with the support of Z Zurich Foundation; award winning training programs; state-of-the-art Green Star rated office in North Sydney; we plant a tree for every new employee – one of many local initiatives driving our contribution to ambitious global sustainability targets.  

We could go on, but the main point is that Zurich is a place that you can truly belong and thrive! 

Zurich is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair and accessible for all candidates. If you require any special accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, we encourage you to let us know at the time of your application.  

So, if you want to come on an adventure that will build a brighter future together, and feel a sense of togetherness, then please apply today to start your adventure!