Product Manager - Underwriting

Zurich is a leading multi-line insurer that serves its customers in global and local markets. With about 55,000 employees, it provides a wide range of property and casualty, life insurance products and services in more than 215 countries and territories. Zurich's customers include individuals, small businesses, and mid-sized and large companies, as well as multinational corporations.

A new transformational adventure awaits you…

How does 5 weeks leave per year, an impactful career that you'll truly love, and working for a trustworthy organisation that empowers wellbeing and is accelerating digital transformation sound like to you?

As one of Forbes 2024 ‘World's Best Employers' and Fortune's ‘World's Most Admired Companies' for 2025, Zurich - a leader in the insurance industry - is on a journey towards a brighter future… A brighter future for you - focused on your career, your wellbeing, and your community - as well as our customers and the planet.

This exciting adventure will drive positive impact towards our vision to be Australia's leading digital insurer. So, if you want to be part of a values led global organisation, where real growth and transformation is happening, along with our track record of making a real difference of continuously taking steps toward a sustainable future for our people, customers, communities, and our planet…read on!

Let's create a brighter future together, let's make a difference

It's important to know, what you do matters. At Zurich, we don't just cover, we care.

Ready to shape products that make a real impact? An exciting opportunity has opened in Zurich's General Insurance Product Underwriting team for a Product Manager who is passionate about bringing products to life and driving meaningful outcomes for customers and the business.

In this role, you'll lead the delivery of General Insurance products and support Zurich's strategy across existing and emerging market segments. It's a varied and highly collaborative opportunity, ideal for someone who enjoys balancing technical detail, stakeholder engagement, and agile project delivery in a fast-moving environment.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead end-to-end product delivery across general insurance lines of business, from scoping and drafting through to launch and release
• Draft and maintain product documentation, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with business needs
• Partner across business units to enhance products, support strategic initiatives and help bring product priorities to life
• Ensure product delivery meets Zurich's internal processes as well as relevant compliance and regulatory requirements
• Use market research and competitor insights to identify opportunities and support continuous product improvement.

Important to your success - Unlock your potential

• Proven product development experience, ideally within general insurance
• General Insurance industry qualifications are preferred. If you bring strong relevant experience but don't yet hold these qualifications, we still encourage you to apply, noting further study may be required for compliance
• Strong knowledge of general insurance principles, including underwriting, claims, risk management, pricing, and claims practices
• Experience drafting product and related documentation with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across a wide range of teams

Belong. Zurich is here to support you

There are so many reasons why Zurich is a great place to be and the right choice for you, but here are just a few.

• 5 weeks leave per year for permanent staff through our Z leave initiative, as well as 15 days personal/carer's leave (as we empower our people to manage their own wellbeing), plus access to Family Care (parental leave)
• Hybrid working arrangement - office 3 days and WFH 2 days p/w standard for FT employees
• Access programs to stay healthy and feel healthier along with receiving a AUD$500 wellbeing payment per year, plus an AUD$295 new starter e-voucher for your WFH set up (flex work - hybrid working), and other great benefits through our Shine portal
• Grow, and thrive in your career (we support and encourage it) with award winning training programs. As our strength is our people and we value your individuality
• Work with global, diverse, and inclusive teams; Explore your passions, fuel innovation, drive equity, collaborate and make a positive difference beyond your role
• Global mobility opportunities across more than 200 countries worldwide
• Volunteer and work in our state-of-the-art Green Star rated offices (when you are in the office) and dress for your day
• We plant a tree for every new employee
• Not to mention our various employer of choice awards/memberships - WGEA; Family Inclusive workplace; Gold AWEI employer, Pride in diversity… to name a few.

We could go on, but the main point is that Zurich is a great place to be, where you can truly belong, be yourself, have work/life balance, and thrive in a supportive environment.

Zurich is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair and accessible for all candidates. If you require any special accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, we encourage you to please let us know at the time of your application.

So, if you want to come on an adventure that will build a brighter future together, and feel a sense of togetherness, then please apply today to start your adventure!