Technical Analyst II

Company Description

We help the world see new possibilities and inspire change for better tomorrows. Our analytic solutions bridge content, data, and analytics to help business, people, and society become stronger, more resilient, and sustainable.

Job Description

We are looking for a Technical Analyst II / Junior Product Owner to collaborate with business, technology, and management within Verisk to shape, implement and oversee product deliveries within the Core Lines product suite. Define and execute technical analysis of processes and technology implementation including aspects for both business process improvement and lifecycle governance. Transparent communication with clients and team members on project’s status and steps to success. 

Responsibilities 

• Conduct research such as interviewing people about business requirements and create specifications for projects 
• Analyze and organize the gathered information to understand and implement project requirements 
• Facilitates or participates in collaboration activities with both business and technical stakeholders to engineer requirements  
• Develop use cases, user stories and other forms of documentation as need to express business needs to technical teams 
• High attention to detail through proofing, follow through and scheduling 
• Participate in project planning and all Agile ceremonies  
• Collaborate with business and technology to own/build current and future product roadmap. 
• Ensure the right level of tracking and transparency on milestones is maintained 
• Monitor project(s) results for deviations 
• The drive for self-development, the ability to collaborate, and an action-oriented work ethic 
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories.  
• Work closely with Product Manager(s) to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI. Contribute specific understanding of assigned scope to the overall product roadmap. 

Qualifications

Requirements 

• Strong applied knowledge of system development technologies, primarily with Agile, Six Sigma and Lean principles 
• Experience gathering and analyzing business requirements and risk identification  
• Strong interpersonal skills, including verbal, written, facilitation, mediation, negotiation, collaboration, and presentation. 
• Work effectively with technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization. 
• 5+ years experience in one or more of the following: lead on a new or transformed product or service 
• Ability to organize material, analyze and develop recommendations 
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills 
• Experience in content and content platform projects is desirable 
• Experience in insurance policy language and rating algorithms is desirable 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent education is desirable 

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Additional Information

In 2022, Verisk received Great Place to Work® Certification for our outstanding workplace culture for the sixth year in a row and second-time certification in the UK, Spain, and India. We’re also one of the 38 companies on the UK’s Best Workplaces™ list and one of 18 companies on Spain’s Best Workplaces™ list.

For over fifty years and through innovation, interpretation, and professional insight, Verisk has replaced uncertainty with precision to unlock opportunities that deliver significant and demonstrable impact. From our historic roots in risk assessment, we’ve grown to provide analytic insights that help transform industries focused on some of the world’s most critical areas. Today, the insurance industry relies on Verisk to be, and to make the world, more productive, resilient, and sustainable.

Verisk works in collaboration with our customers and at the intersection of people, data, and advanced technologies. Through proprietary platformed analytics, advanced modeling, and interpretation, we deliver immediate and sustained value to our customers and through them, to the individuals and societies they serve, with greater speed, precision, and scale.

We’re 9,000 people strong, committed to translating big data into big ideas. We help others see new possibilities and empower certainty into big decisions that impact individuals and societies. And we relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation to help move our customers, and the world, toward better tomorrows.

Everyone at Verisk—from our chief executive officer to our newest employee—is guided by The Verisk Way, to Be Remarkable, Add Value, and Innovate.
• Be Remarkable by doing something better each day in service to our customers and each other
• Add Value by delivering immediate and sustained results that drive positive outcomes
• Innovate by