Product Owner - Insurance Consulting

Product Owner - Insurance Consulting

Location: California, USA

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending our deep industry and technology advisory capability, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who’ll join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

In this role you will:

1. Interface with key stakeholders, including senior managers, engineering, support, and sales organizations, to define, develop, shape and refine requirements of a complex software product at the heart of the company’s business
2. Drive new product feature and functionality across the organization and in partnership with HW Engineering
3. Understanding of business intelligence tools and methods to measure performance
4. Interfaces with customer when required
5. Drive and defend the customer experience as a key deliverable for all projects
6. Lead a team of Digital Product Owners to enable delivery of projects and initiatives
7. Work closely with the Platform Product Management team and stakeholders to understand and fulfill the product vision and roadmap
8. Be responsible for conveying market needs to your Scrum team by refining the backlog based on business value
9. Be accountable for the independent delivery of value to customers and stakeholders by ensuring that the right product is defined, prioritized, and built
10. Act as the custodian (caretaker) of the product roadmap and vision by helping to shape and refine them

Key Skills:

1. Communication: communicate the objectives and the priorities of a product to the development team and the other stakeholders;
2. Customer focus: understand the customer requirements and expectations and define them with product functionality;
3. Prioritization: determine the key elements and prioritize them according to the product’s objectives and the available resources;
4. Leadership: manage the development team while working closely with the other stakeholders to meet the product's objectives.
5. Be flexible: adapt quickly to the priority and market changes

Qualifications

• Possess eight to ten years of professional experience in consulting or business analysis roles with a strong focus on Insurance across policy claims or underwriting functions.
• Demonstrate hands on experience working with core insurance administration systems including configuration process design and user support responsibilities.
• Show proven ability to interpret insurance product structures rating logic coverage details and regulatory requirements translating them into precise functional specifications and business rules.
• Exhibit strong communication and facilitation skills that enable clear interaction with client stakeholders internal teams and external partners in a hybrid work environment.
• Apply structured problem solving methods and analytical skills to evaluate data points identify trends and propose practical recommendations that enhance operational and customer outcomes.
• Display familiarity with software delivery methodologies such as agile and iterative approaches contributing effectively to backlog refinement sprint ceremonies and incremental value delivery.
• Value continuous learning by staying current with industry trends in Property and Casualty Insurance digital transformation themes and emerging risk management practices relevant to client engagements.

Work Model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a position requires 3-4 days a week in a client office (California, United States). Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision and life insurance

• 401(k) plan and contributions

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Employee assistance program

• 10 paid holidays plus PTO

• Paid parental leave and fertility assistance

• Learning and development certifications and programs

Post closing date

Applications will be accepted until 07/15/2026

What we offer

• The chance to work with impact. Here, you’re empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
• Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other’s experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and a pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents—from day one.
• True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.  

About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.

Other employment-related information
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.

Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.