Verisk Analytics

Principal, AI & Cloud Strategy Programs

Verisk Analytics$135K — $160K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
  • 7-10+ years in program management, strategy execution, or corporate development with proven delivery results.
  • Experience executing complex, cross-functional initiatives hands-on.
  • Ability to produce business cases, financial models, and executive materials personally.
  • Strong adaptability to manage emerging, ambiguous problems in a dynamic environment.
  • Excellent organization skills with a proven ability to see actions to completion with minimal oversight.
  • Clear communication skills, particularly for executive-level audiences.
  • Familiarity with cloud cost management/FinOps concepts and basic understanding of AI/ML.

Responsibilities

  • Execute the AI and cloud program portfolio, including roadmap building and initiative completion.
  • Produce executive-ready materials like business cases and status reports.
  • Coordinate and optimize FinOps and CloudOps delivery operations.
  • Manage intake and prioritization of initiatives for AI strategy decisions.
  • Conduct vendor and tool evaluations for AI platforms, including managing relationships.
  • Own new programs and operational needs as directed by leadership.
  • Maintain program operational rhythms, including OKR tracking and resource mapping.
  • Implement AI governance processes for reviews and documentation.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Retirement Plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Paid Time Off program
  • Competitive total rewards package
Full Job Description
Job Description

Ensure that every initiative across the AI, FinOps, and CloudOps portfolio - current or newly emerging - is planned, coordinated, tracked, and delivered to a decision-ready standard. The responsibilities below are representative of how this mission is met today; the role is expected to flex as the portfolio and the AI landscape evolve.

This role has a strong preference for Hybrid 3x a week in-office at our Boston location.

Responsibilities

  • Execute the AI and cloud program portfolio set by the Head of AI Strategy - build and maintain roadmaps, run the delivery cadences, and drive initiatives to completion.
  • Produce executive-ready analysis and materials - build the business cases, ROI models, status reporting, and leadership and Board decks.
  • Coordinate FinOps and CloudOps delivery hands-on - turn cost data and dashboards into actionable reporting, and chase optimization and savings actions to closure.
  • Run intake and prioritization operations - manage the pipeline, document proposals, and prepare recommendations for the Head of AI Strategy's decision.
  • Drive vendor and tool evaluations - run assessments, comparisons, and pilots of AI platforms; manage day-to-day vendor relationships.
  • Take ownership of new and emerging programs, analyses, and operational needs across AI, FinOps, and CloudOps as they arise - including workload types not yet defined - at the direction of the Head of AI Strategy.
  • Maintain the program operating rhythm - cadences, OKR tracking, risk and dependency logs, and resource mapping.
  • Implement and maintain AI governance processes - keep reviews, documentation, and monitoring running against the framework defined by leadership.
  • Completes all special projects and other duties as assigned.
  • Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
  • Approximately 7-10+ years in program management, strategy execution, or corporate development, with a strong hands-on delivery track record.
  • Hands-on program and project execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Builds business cases, financial models, trackers, and executive materials directly (not by delegation).
  • Demonstrated adaptability and learning agility - quickly takes ownership of unfamiliar, ambiguous, or newly emerging problems and builds the structure to deliver them; comfortable in a fast-changing domain where responsibilities will evolve.
  • Strong organization and follow-through - drives actions to closure with minimal oversight.
  • Clear written and verbal communication for executive audiences.
  • Familiarity with cloud cost management / FinOps concepts; business-level AI/ML literacy (engineering depth not required).
  • Handles confidential cost, financial, and strategic information with discretion.


Verisk invests in a benefits package for all employees that includes the following: Health Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Disability benefits, and a Paid Time Off program. We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location.

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics is a data analytics company that provides data, analytics, and decision-support services to professionals in insurance, energy, healthcare, financial services, government, and risk management. The company uses proprietary data sets and algorithms to provide predictive analytics and decision support solutions to its clients. Verisk Analytics was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Learn more about Verisk Analytics
Size
9,367 employees
Market Cap
$27.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$712.7 million
Founded
1971
5 Year Trend
+8.5%
Revenue
$2.7 billion
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