Solution Product Manager, Insurance

Nearmap is a SaaS company committed to innovation in imagery and data solutions. As a Solution Product Manager for Insurance Underwriting, you will shape product offerings that empower insurance carriers to evaluate risk and streamline underwriting processes.

Responsibilities:

• Own the strategic roadmap for insurance underwriting solutions with a focus on aerial imagery and geospatial data
• Prioritize high-impact features like risk scoring dashboards, change detection alerts, and remote property surveys
• Ensure roadmap aligns with insurer needs across underwriting workflows and risk assessments
• Collaborate with insurance clients, underwriters, and executives to gather product requirements
• Work with the Content and Impact Response team to ensure imagery updates cover critical policy areas
• Coordinate with the Data Integrations team to enable ingestion into policy platforms and risk models
• Stay aligned with the Industry Market Manager to track market trends and regulatory shifts
• Work with data science teams to generate underwriting insights from aerial imagery
• Surface key property attributes (e.g. roof condition, defensible space) that correlate with risk
• Present these insights in an intuitive, decision-ready format for underwriters
• Monitor usage and track impact on key metrics such as inspection reduction and loss ratio improvement
• Collaborate with Product Marketing to communicate value and support feature launches
• Use adoption data to continuously refine and improve the underwriting product experience

Requirements:

• 5+ years of product management, business analysis, or underwriting experience, with a strong preference for candidates who have worked in or closely with the insurance industry (especially in underwriting or risk assessment roles)
• Solid understanding of property & casualty insurance underwriting practices and the data used in risk evaluation (e.g., construction attributes, roof condition, environmental hazards, historical loss data)
• Experience with data-driven products or analytics solutions is beneficial, particularly those involving geospatial data, remote inspections, or property data feeds in an underwriting context
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and model outputs, and translate them into user-friendly product features for underwriters and risk analysts
• In-depth knowledge of underwriting criteria (e.g., roof material, pools, tree coverage, maintenance signals)
• Understanding of compliance in underwriting (e.g., data use restrictions, documentation requirements)
• Familiarity with industry trends like predictive analytics, machine learning, and climate-related risk data
• Awareness of emerging needs such as remote underwriting and faster quote turnaround
• Understanding of underwriting systems (policy admin platforms, workbenches, third-party data sources)
• Ability to identify product opportunities that align with underwriter workflows and changing market needs
• Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration
• Confident engaging with underwriters, insurance executives, and technical stakeholders
• Clear communicator who can translate technical topics into business-relevant language
• Bachelor's degree required
• Advanced degree preferred