Strategic Cross-LOB Underwriting Product Owner

Zurich Insurance Company; Greater London, Whiteley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

12% defined non-contributory pension

Annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Buy/sell up to 20 days of holiday

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Zurich Insurance Company in London or Whiteley is seeking an experienced Cross-Line of Business Underwriting Product Owner to shape underwriting platforms (Neo Pre-Bind, Z-Horizon+) and lead prioritisation across regions and lines. A strategic, stakeholder-facing leader is required to drive standardisation and value realisation.

You will align senior stakeholders, delivery teams and underwriting communities, ensuring clear priorities and end-to-end journey improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong experience of underwriting processes across multiple LOBs, segments or business units.
• Experience in strategic thinking and vision setting for underwriting solutions.
• Ability to adapt to AI-driven tooling developments in underwriting.
• Proven ability to lead as Product Owner or transformation lead in a complex environment.
• Experience shaping roadmaps and prioritising backlogs with business, tech and delivery teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management with senior leaders.
• Strong judgement and decision-making under ambiguity.
• Understanding of standardisation and reusability across large platforms.
• Clear, structured communication translating complex topics into priorities.
• Experience with senior-level/CSuite interactions in international organisations is advantageous.
• Professional underwriting qualifications or relevant product/agile/change certifications beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the cross-LOB underwriting vision and drive priorities.
• Provide clear direction to Business Analysts, delivery teams, platform teams and change stakeholders.
• Apply CAPDAN to standardise and reuse capabilities wherever possible.
• Engage and align senior stakeholders across Group, Business Units, Lines of Business and underwriting communities.
• Manage competing priorities and resolve conflicts between local requirements and enterprise-wide outcomes.
• Shape and prioritise the cross-LOB underwriting backlog, ensuring requirements align to business priorities.
• Work closely with post-bind, operations, technology and change teams to ensure an aligned end-to-end underwriting journey.
• Own execution of business case preparation, investment prioritisation and tracking of expected benefits and value realisation.
• Champion adoption by embedding delivered capabilities into day-to-day underwriting practice.

Skills

Underwriting experience across LOBs

Strategic thinking & vision setting

AI-enabled tooling evolution

Product Owner / transformation lead

Roadmap development & backlog priorit

Senior stakeholder management

Job description

Zurich Insurance Company in London or Whiteley is seeking an experienced Cross-Line of Business Underwriting Product Owner to shape underwriting platforms (Neo Pre-Bind, Z-Horizon+) and lead prioritisation across regions and lines. A strategic, stakeholder-facing leader is required to drive standardisation and value realisation.

You will align senior stakeholders, delivery teams and underwriting communities, ensuring clear priorities and end-to-end journey improvements.