Affinity Product Owner

Willis Towers Watson; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Ipswich seeks an experienced Product Owner to lead their product backlog and manage scrum teams. The role involves defining the product vision and prioritizing development tasks to optimize value delivery. Applicants should have a strong understanding of digital products and previous experience in insurance. Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills are essential to thrive within a collaborative team environment. Inclusion and diversity are integral to company culture.

Qualifications

• Previous experience with insurance or broker insurance.
• Experience interacting with clients.
• Strong digital product understanding.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead product backlog and direct scrum teams.
• Define product vision and roadmap.
• Manage backlog and prioritize tasks.
• Analyze market and user needs.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Agile principles knowledge

Analytical thinking

Time management

Job description

Are you an experienced Product Owner looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to further advance your skills and career in a great working environment? If you are a highly motivated individual with a genuine interest in technology a passion to deliver cutting-edge products, we have the perfect job for you! We are seeking a strong software Product Owner to work with our dream team environment to deliver the best software solutions to our innovative and industry-leading products. As part of the team, you will:

• Take the lead of the product backlog and direct scrum teams as the Product Owner
• Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the product delivery and create requirements
• Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
• Define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
• Lead the planning product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
• Research and analyse market, the users, and the roadmap for the product
• Follow our competitors and the industry
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends.
• Previous experience with insurance, embedded insurance or broker insurance
• Experience of interacting with clients
• Previous working experience as a Product Owner for or the equivalent role
• Good digital product understanding
• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles
• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
• Creative thinker with a vision
• Attention to details.
• At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.