Commercial Data Product Owner

Allianz UK; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits

Hybrid working

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Development days

Discounts

Volunteering days

Job summary

Allianz UK in Guildford is seeking a Product Owner to lead the development and exploitation of data within Allianz Commercial. You will own the vision, roadmap and backlog for a portfolio of data products, working with a cross-functional Scrum team to take ideas from concept through to delivery and into everyday use across the business.

This role requires a strong background in data, insurance or financial services, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to turn business needs into

Qualifications

• Experience as Product Owner in data-driven projects.
• Strong knowledge of data products, governance and value delivery.
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban) and cross-functional teams.
• Experience in insurance/financial services beneficial.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, roadmap and backlog for data product portfolio.
• Collaborate with business and data teams to deliver trusted data.
• Define epics and user stories, prioritise the backlog ahead of sprints.
• Prepare for Program Increment planning with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrate progress and ensure adoption of data products.

Skills

Product Owner experience

Agile methodologies

Data products / analytics

Insurance / financial services

Stakeholder management

Communication

Translate business needs into tech

Decision making / risk-based

Team leadership

Education

ACII qualification

Degree preferred

Job description

Allianz Commercial brings together the large corporate, mid-corporate and Digital insurance expertise of Allianz.

Our Strategic Enablement team exists to help the business work smarter: equipping our underwriters, distribution teams and leaders with the capabilities, insight and tools they need to grow profitably.

Data Exploitation is one of the core pillars of Strategic Enablement. Our purpose is simple – to turn the data we receive and hold into a genuine competitive advantage, so that we can make faster, better-informed decisions, build a richer understanding of our customers and serve our brokers and clients more effectively.

We are looking for a Product Owner to lead the development and exploitation of data within Allianz Commercial. You will own the vision, roadmap and backlog for a portfolio of data products, working with a cross-functional Scrum team to take ideas from concept through to delivery and into everyday use across the business.

The role will align to the data priorities and squad structure agreed for Commercial. Its focus will span one or more business domains. You will work across Allianz Commercial, using your broad understanding of the business to identify priorities, shape data products and ensure they deliver practical value. You will bring together business and data colleagues, build strong relationships and turn business needs into clear outcomes for the team.

This is a high-visibility role for someone who is passionate about data, comfortable making decisions and excited by the opportunity to change how a commercial insurer works.

Location

This is a hybrid role working from our Guildford office and you’ll be required to come into the office between 2 and 16 days per month.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £55,000 per year.

Pay is based on experience, skills and location, and forms part of our total rewards package.

About You

• Own the roadmap for how we use data products to capture and use key business data accurately and at pace.
• Set the product vision for how data is brought together, governed and used across Allianz Commercial.
• Work with business teams and data specialists to deliver a trusted view of the data measuring the value delivered to business teams.
• Drive improvements in data quality and ensure data is integrated with our workflows and reporting so it can be leveraged.
• Identify and prioritise opportunities to use data to improve decision making, business performance and portfolio steering turning insight into practical tools, dashboards and data products.
• Act as the voice of the customer within the Scrum team, defining epics and user stories, accepting or rejecting completed work, and keeping the backlog prioritised, visible and refined ahead of sprint planning.
• Prepare for and contribute to Program Increment (PI) planning, including the product vision, roadmap and team PI objectives.
• Make clear, timely decisions on what gets built and when, balancing a Minimum Viable Product with the greatest business benefit and time-critical needs.
• Build strong relationships with business owners, leaders, domain specialists, fellow Product Owners, Release Train Engineers and Programme Leads.
• Regularly demonstrate progress so that the business is aware of change ahead of releases and ready to adopt it.

Essential Skills

• Experience in insurance or financial services, ideally with exposure to commercial insurance. Specialist knowledge and experience in teams such as Distribution, Pricing, Portfolio Management or Underwriting would be beneficial.
• A strong interest in data and how it creates value – experience of data products, analytics or AI/automation tools would be a real advantage.
• Willingness to learn the role of the Product Owner role and Agile ways of working, with experience of frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Previous Product Owner experience is welcome but not essential.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence at all levels.
• Experience of changing technology and processes, and the ability to translate business needs into clear requirements.
• Critical thinking and sound judgement, and a willingness to take a risk-based approach to decision making.
• A self-motivated team player who can energise a cross-functional, experienced team.

Desirable Skills

• Ideally educated to degree level (2:1 or higher), or equivalent experience.
• ACII qualified or working towards it is preferable.
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options
• Hybrid working
• Annual performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Development days
• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet
• Retail discounts
• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Inclusive Support & Accessibility

At Allianz, we are committed to fostering building an inclusive, accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates and offer tailored adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, whether that’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, flexible working arrangements, mentoring or coaching. We want to encourage candidates to speak with us about any adjustments they may need. We’re here to support you.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and meet the essential criteria, you can choose to be considered through our Offer an Interview Scheme.

Closing date 22/10/26

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

107492 | Operations | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent

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