Associate Director - Product Manager

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• Must have strong passion for climate and atmospheric science, supported by appropriate academic / research background
• A few years of experience in climate risk analytics in re-insurance, financial services, and/or catastrophe modelling is not essential but preferred
• Strong curiosity and deep interest in understanding end-user business needs, market trends and driving successful products into Insurance, Banking or other relevant markets
• Able to lead multiple projects across international cross-functional teams, have excellent organization and time management skills, and be able to build solid relationships
• Excellent communication skills and versatility in engaging in technical subjects to a varied client base, with the ability to explain technical subjects to non-technical and business end-users
• A consultative approach to internal and client interactions and ability to manage conflicting inputs and handling changing priorities effectively
• An excellent team player with a high-degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently
• Demonstrated capability to leverage state-of-the-art science and cutting-edge technology, including AI, to develop practical solutions
• Product management and/or Cat modeling experience is an advantage but not essential
• At times the job requires flexibility and long hours, some travel is required.

Education

The ideal candidate will hold a MSc or PhD in a climate-related field such as climate science, meteorology or related, with a deep interest in the application of climate science into financial services decision making

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Model Product Manager to engage in activities that drive the commercial success of Moody’s RMS’ Climate Change Models. These role will focus on deepening and expanding our modeling capabilities such to meet current and future market demand.

• Be the Product Manager for the Moody’s RMS global Climate Change Models product suite, spanning future risk associated to tropical and extra-tropical cyclone, coastal and inland flood, wildfire and severe convective storm.
• While you as product manager define the Why and the What and package this in product requirements, you will cooperate very closely with the team of model developers that are responsible to convert science into the algorithms and engines that can then be delivered to customers. In this process you will be a great team player and have continuous support and interaction with the broader Climate Model Product Management team.
• Lead go to market activities, channeling all our knowledge to the front line, enabling product support, customer success and sales organization about the new great capabilities.
• Support marketing and thought leadership efforts for Moody’s physical climate capabilities which articulate the value and competitive distinction of the RMS modeling approach

While the position is open in the UK, we are also happy to consider qualified candidates based in the U.S. East Coast.

About the team

We do our best to make world more resilient. Moody’s is the leading provider of analytics and decision science solutions for the quantification and management of catastrophic and climate risks throughout the world. We are the pioneers in the development and application of modelling methods for the quantification of natural hazard risk, and our risk models are the most detailed and comprehensive produced anywhere in the world. Our clients include several hundred insurance and reinsurance companies, as well as brokers, banks, investors, asset managers, hedge funds, regional and local governments, and multilateral agencies.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.