Lead Data Product Owner

Ageas; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

Dental Insurance

Health Cash Plan

Annual Bonus

Competitive Pension

Employee Savings

Employee Loans

Well-being activities

Mindfulness sessions

Sports & Social Club

Maternity/Paternity pay

Life Assurance

Tech deals

Job summary

Ageas is seeking a Lead Data Product Owner in Reigate to drive the vision, strategy and delivery of broker data products. You will lead large, complex data initiatives, align with Ageas UK's objectives, and shape the future operating model while developing Product Owners.

You will influence stakeholders, manage backlogs, and coach teams to deliver measurable business value through agile delivery and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Lead Product Owner or similar role.
• Strong insurance industry experience, ideally Broker/Distribution.
• Extensive experience delivering data products or transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading large, high-value programmes.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product vision, roadmap and priorities for Broker data products.
• Lead the delivery of large-scale data initiatives and transformation programmes.
• Prioritise and manage product backlogs to maximise business value.
• Collaborate with business, data, technology and change teams to deliver objectives.
• Translate complex business needs into clear product requirements and delivery plans.
• Drive data-led decision making with measurable objectives and metrics.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders across the business.
• Manage dependencies, risks and competing priorities across workstreams.
• Coach and develop Product Owners and the product team.
• Champion Agile delivery and customer-focused outcomes.

Skills

Lead PO experience

Insurance industry

Data products

Stakeholder influence

Agile/Scrum

Prioritisation

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Tools

Data platforms

Transformation programmes

Job description

Job Title: Lead Data Product Owner
Target Start Date: 10th August
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
Salary Range: £64,000 - £96,000
Location: Reigate

Lead Data Product Owner: We're looking for a Lead Data Product Owner to drive thevision, strategy and delivery of key data. This role is responsible for leadinglarge, complex initiatives that unlock business value through better use ofdata, while ensuring delivery aligns to Ageas UK's strategic objectives. As asenior product leader, you'll influence stakeholders across the organisationand play a key role in shaping our future operating model, with responsibilityfor leading and developing Product Owners as the function evolves.

Main Responsibilities

• Defineand own the product vision, roadmap and priorities for Broker dataproducts.
• Leadthe delivery of large-scale data initiatives and transformationprogrammes.
• Prioritiseand manage product backlogs to maximise business value and outcomes.
• Collaboratewith business, data, technology and change teams to deliver strategicobjectives.
• Translatecomplex business needs into clear product requirements and delivery plans.
• Drivedata-led decision making through measurable objectives, insights andperformance metrics.
• Buildstrong relationships with senior stakeholders across the business.
• Managedependencies, risks and competing priorities across multiple workstreams.
• Coach,mentor and develop Product Owners and product professionals.
• ChampionAgile delivery, continuous improvement and customer-focused outcomes.

Skills and Experience

• Provenexperience as a Lead Product Owner, Senior Product Owner or similar role.
• Stronginsurance industry experience, ideally within Broker or Distributionenvironments.
• Extensiveexperience delivering data products, platforms or data transformationinitiatives.
• Demonstratedsuccess leading complex, high-value programmes of work.
• Experiencemanaging, coaching or leading Product Owners and wider product teams.
• Strongunderstanding of Agile, Scrum and product delivery best practices.
• Abilityto influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellentprioritisation, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Strongcommercial awareness with a focus on delivering measurable business value.
• Exceptionalcommunication skills with the ability to translate complexity into clearoutcomes.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve Top Employer status in the UK.

Benefits

• Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageasgives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
• Supporting your Health- Dental InsuranceHealth Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
• Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Supporting you back to work- Returnto work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas

We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.

As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.

We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.

Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.

Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.