Digital Product Owner Europe (Insurance)

Location: Madrid, Spain; hybrid work mode; full-time position.

Company

hirify.global Specialty – Global Markets provides primary specialty insurance solutions through digital underwriting and policy administration capabilities.

What you will do

• Own the strategic and operational lifecycle of digital underwriting and policy administration products across multiple jurisdictions and entities.
• Design, configure, implement, maintain, and continuously improve digital products supporting the end-to-end insurance policy lifecycle.
• Translate business objectives into product visions, services, operating models, roadmaps, business cases, and prioritised delivery plans.
• Manage business requirements, functional impact analysis, change requests, product releases, enhancements, upgrades, and upstream and downstream dependencies.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, architects, project leads, and internal and external technology partners to improve platform capabilities and operational effectiveness.
• Support stable product operations, incident and root-cause management, regulatory and security compliance, user training, and user experience improvements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in the insurance industry managing underwriting applications strategically and operationally.
• Experience with underwriting and policy administration platforms from a business ownership, operational management, or configuration perspective.
• Solid knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle, particularly Agile methodology.
• Experience in a commercial insurer, specialty insurer, MGA, broker platform, reinsurer, or insurance technology provider.
• Strong experience translating business strategy into defined services, operating models, product visions, and roadmaps, and overseeing execution.
• Ability to question, support, and challenge business stakeholders at all levels while presenting balanced opinions, findings, and recommendations.
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused approach with conscientious and collaborative stakeholder relationships.
• Proven results in a multifunctional, inclusive, and international environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with the Realytix Zero platform or similar insurance platforms such as Guidewire, Websure, Duck Creek, EIS, Sapiens, or Verisk.
• Understanding of European regulatory standards for insurance systems.
• Experience designing solutions for policy administration, agent-facing portals, risk analysis and pricing, and underwriting file capabilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular collaboration across business and technology stakeholders in an international environment.
• Supportive, inclusive culture built around being present, bold, and curious.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, sustainability, and community initiatives.
• Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process on request.