Product Development Expert - Marine - North America

Product Development Expert – Marine – North America

Recruitment notification: 1 week ago – be among the first 25 applicants.

We are looking for a Product Development Expert – Marine – North America, based in New York, Chicago, or Alpharetta.

The Chief Technical Office is responsible for working with technical functions including Pricing, Product Management, Underwriting Integrity, Reinsurance, Portfolio and Accumulation Steering including Catastrophe Management, and Risk Consulting to ensure we are building Technical Excellence across our North America region, and in alignment with the overall global approach.

Reporting to the Chief Technical Officer, North America, the Product Development Expert – Marine – North America will support the efforts and execution of the Product Development strategy for the North American Marine practice as led by the Managing Director, Technical Underwriter, NA, in collaboration with Hub Lead Marine, NA and supported by the Global Line of Business (LoB) Head and Global Product Development.

You will drive innovation and execution of refreshed or new product offerings, customize wording for specific accounts, and collaborate with Underwriting, Claims and Legal teams to create and define a market‑leading presence for product innovation in the Marine sector. You will also liaise with a panel of value‑added service providers for Allianz Marine policyholders and support consideration and selection of new service providers or service offerings.

• Develop, implement, and modify products (Line of Business specific or cross‑line), standard wordings and coordinate product‑specific organizational matters.
• Support the Marine LoB internally and externally to customers, brokers, service providers, the industry, and other organizations.
• Proactively involve functional areas including other LoB teams, Claims, Legal and Distribution.
• Actively support LoB‑specific projects and task forces.
• Provide support for special products.
• Identify litigation trends, coverage trends and market developments, including market potentials and clients.
• Monitor new legal developments, coordinate and steer regional/country issues (e.g., liability and insurance law development).

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Marine Underwriting.
• Minimum of 5 years of product development experience.
• Experience designing, developing and implementing consistent, robust contract wordings.
• Comprehensive technical knowledge of Marine products, coverages, underwriting practices, pricing processes and sales distribution channels.
• Ability to assess risk exposures and hazards relevant to Marine, analyze Marine trends and scenario plans.
• Ability to analyze current performance against benchmarks to ensure adequate progress and satisfactory performance in product wordings.
• Experience working with international teams and remote colleagues.
• Ability to analyze highly complex contracts and underwriting principles, identifying and resolving issues before they transpire.
• Ability to develop framework for product genesis to completion, while communicating with key stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to engage a variety of people across the organization.
• Ability to utilize AI tools to support day‑to‑day tasks, improve efficiency and contribute to data‑driven decision making.
• Bachelor’s Degree.

External applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employment‑based sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time, nor can we guarantee future sponsorship.

The annualized base pay range for this role is $160,000 to $190,000. The base pay is one component of the total compensation package and may be above this range based on scope, complexity, location, skills, education and experience. Employers also offer annual performance‑based cash incentive awards.

We welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity, cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.