Joblaze summary

The Insurance Product Manager for Casualty at Next Insurance is responsible for overseeing the management of commercial casualty products, focusing on aspects like pricing, underwriting, and compliance. This role requires a strong background in commercial general liability insurance, with an emphasis on data-driven decision-making and risk analysis. Ideal candidates will have over five years of relevant experience and possess excellent communication skills to collaborate across various teams. Next Insurance is positioned for growth, aiming to enhance its offerings for small businesses.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Next Insurance's careers page November 12, 2026.
Salary band is below the typical range for Product roles (median ~$185,000).
Starts above 6% of 247 comparable senior product roles in United States we track (median $181,220 across 87 companies).

Quick facts

Is the Insurance Product Manager role remote?: It's hybrid — Next Insurance expects some on-site time in Boston, MA; Palo Alto, CA.
What's the salary range?: Next Insurance lists $127,000–$171,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Insurance Product Manager role.
Where is the role based?: Next Insurance is hiring for this position in Boston, MA; Palo Alto, CA.
What seniority level is this role?: Next Insurance targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Insurance Product Manager role at Next Insurance.

From the original posting

Location: Waltham, MA or Palo Alto, CA (hybrid)

We're inviting an experienced and strategic Insurance Product Manager to join our Casualty team. This is a highly visible and cross-functional position focused on delivering and managing best-in-class products across a broad range of business classes. You will shape appetite, pricing, and underwriting rules, and play a key role in helping NEXT expand its platform to serve more complex small businesses. If you get excited about understanding & redesigning pricing, love thinking about risk, and want to work on initiatives that will have a real impact on the industry and the customer - we’d love to talk to you!

What You’ll Do:

Own ongoing management of our commercial Casualty products, including coverage, pricing, underwriting logic, segmentation, and regulatory compliance.
Execute pricing and underwriting improvements by refining appetite, rating plans, forms, and risk selection based on loss drivers and portfolio performance.
Partner with Engineering and Technical Product to translate business priorities into shipped product and pricing changes.
Support product filings, working with Actuarial and Compliance to bring updates to market.
Analyze product and portfolio performance, identify improvement opportunities, and drive measurable impact on growth and loss ratio.
Conduct competitive and market research, incorporating customer and agent feedback into actionable product enhancements.
Partner cross-functionally with Actuarial, Data Science, Claims, Legal, and Operations to align execution with underwriting and profitability goals.
Communicate product updates and performance clearly to leadership and key internal and external stakeholders.

What We Need:

5+ years of Commercial General Liability insurance and/or BOP product management, underwriting, actuarial, or risk management; Excess Casualty experience is a major plus.
Proven experience in using data driven methods in decision making and strong analysis skills
Experience optimizing and pricing casualty products using data, modeling, and loss ratio analysis
Comfortable with ambiguity, creative in building solutions, and rigorous in execution
Clear, structured communication skills for both technical and non-technical leadership audiences
Highly organized and capable of managing multiple workstreams across multiple functions
BA/BS degree; advanced degree (MBA, MS) or insurance certifications (e.g., CPCU) are a plus

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base salaries for the position in the location(s) listed. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including, without limitation, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. ERGO NEXT employees are also potentially eligible for our annual performance-based incentive program, in addition to our benefits package, consisting of our partially subsidized medical plan, fully subsidized vision/dental options, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k), flexible paid time off, parental leave and more.

Waltham, MA: $127,000 - $171,000

Palo Alto, CA: $141,000 - $191,000

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting

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If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Next Insurance, please do not provide any personal or financial information. You can find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission's website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.

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