Hybrid Senior Product Owner - API & Integration

Allianz UK; Datchet; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible holiday options

Hybrid working

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Development days

Insurance product discounts (car, home

Retail discounts

Volunteering days

Job summary

Allianz UK is seeking a Senior Product Owner to drive vision, strategy and roadmaps for complex integration products. You will own backlogs, prioritise work across multiple stakeholders and collaborate with Business, Architecture, Change and Engineering to deliver meaningful outcomes.

The role involves quarterly planning, backlog refinement, and release planning with cross-functional teams, leading agile practices and ensuring customer voice guides product decisions. Hybrid Datchet office.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Product Owner or Product Owner in a technology-focused environment.
• Experience leading product delivery and prioritising work across multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent understanding of Agile delivery methodologies (Scrum and Kanban).
• Strong technical understanding of integration technologies, APIs and microservice architectures.
• Experience delivering customer-focused, data-informed solutions.
• Proven ability to develop product strategies, roadmaps and prioritised backlogs.
• Effective stakeholder engagement across technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the vision, strategy and roadmap for complex integration products and capabilities.
• Own and prioritise multiple product backlogs, ensuring delivery aligns with business objectives and customer needs.
• Collaborate across Business, Architecture, Change and Engineering to align priorities and deliver outcomes.
• Lead quarterly planning with agile teams, supporting estimation, roadmap planning and delivery forecasting.
• Promote agile product development and continuous value delivery through incremental releases.
• Act as the voice of the customer and business, ensuring measurable outcomes against KPIs.
• Manage dependencies across teams and programmes to support strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate backlog refinement, user stories and release planning with cross-functional teams.
• Provide timely decision-making and day-to-day product direction for delivery teams.
• Approve completed work meeting acceptance criteria and fit for purpose.
• Identify and resolve risks, blockers and dependencies.
• Coach and mentor Product Owners and grow agile practices across the organisation.
• Create opportunities for customer feedback throughout development lifecycle.

Skills

Senior Product Owner experience

Product delivery leadership

Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)

APIs & microservices

Data-driven decision making

Roadmapping & prioritisation

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Team mentoring

Tools

Agile tooling

Job description

Allianz UK is seeking a Senior Product Owner to drive vision, strategy and roadmaps for complex integration products. You will own backlogs, prioritise work across multiple stakeholders and collaborate with Business, Architecture, Change and Engineering to deliver meaningful outcomes.

The role involves quarterly planning, backlog refinement, and release planning with cross-functional teams, leading agile practices and ensuring customer voice guides product decisions. Hybrid Datchet office.