Portfolio Product Owner

Lorien; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Product Owner with expertise in London Markets for an insurance client on a 6-month hybrid contract. The role includes embedding a product-centric culture, leading agile transformations, and managing priorities across teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Lloyds Market & Specialty, proven product leadership, and change management within agile organizations. This position offers hybrid working, with 2 days onsite in London.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a senior product leader in agile organizations.
• High level of expertise to prioritize products in the Underwriting or Policy Servicing Domain.
• Deep understanding of Lloyds Market & Specialty and Commercial experience.

Responsibilities

• Embed a product-centric culture focused on value creation and customer needs.
• Lead the organization's agile transformation and promote continuous improvement.
• Align team priorities and remove roadblocks effectively.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Change management

Product leadership

Customer focus

Job description

We are recruiting for a Product Owner with London Markets experience to join one of our Insurance clients on a 6-month contract.

Inside IR35

Hybrid- 2 days a week onsite in London

Responsibilities

• Embed a product-centric culture within the organization, emphasizing value creation, customer focus, and iterative development. Manages delivery of scope through matrix management, partners with the Leadership Team and Business Sponsors to align on key functional strategic outcomes, initiative performance and funding / resource.
• Lead the organization's ongoing agile transformation, driving continuous improvement in product development processes and promoting agility at all levels of the company. Participates to provide feedback, support, coaching, in sprint-and release plans together with Product Managers and Technology counterparts.
• Help oversee their respective agile teams and stakeholders to align priorities, remove roadblocks and secure resources. Works closely with IT and other Business counterparts to ensure resource alignment in support of Portfolio vision and roadmaps.
• Deeply understand the businesses that comprise GRS, their go-to-market strategies, their common opportunities to leverage scale, and their unique differences that are required to win in local markets.
• Define and communicate clear, measurable outcomes (OKRs) for product teams and sets at ambitious digital portfolio strategy, ensuring they are aligned with strategic business objectives and customer needs..

Experience:

• Lloyds Market & Specialty and Commercial experience
• Proven experience as a senior product leader within agile organizations.
• Strong track record of successfully driving organizational change and transformation.
• Deep understanding of agile methodologies, with experience leading agile transformations.
• Experience in business, engineering, technology and/or consulting.
• High level of proven business expertise needed to set clear priorities for product within the Underwriting or Policy Servicing Domain and understand business value impacts.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.