Product Owner

AXA UK; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Birmingham seeks a Product Owner to guide a transformative project in commercial insurance. You'll oversee delivery, manage stakeholder relationships, and influence strategic priorities. Ideal candidates have experience in commercial insurance and excellent communication skills. The role offers a competitive salary, flexibility in working arrangements, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Annual performance-based bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life Assurance

Private medical cover

28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in underwriting preferred but not essential.
• Ability to work in an agile change environment can be beneficial.
• Experience in benefits realization and managing change activities is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as the voice of the business, understanding needs and validating solutions.
• Manage and prioritize the release backlog in collaboration with teams.
• Communicate the release vision and roadmap to stakeholders.

Skills

In-depth experience of commercial insurance

Excellent stakeholder management

Strong track record of collaboration

Confidence in decision making

Ability to coach diverse product owners

Job description

Description

Join our team as a Product Owner for the AXA Blueprint project, a transformative initiative designed to revolutionise our commercial operating model. Blueprint is built on a foundation of strategic changes across processes, people, and technology, aimed at delivering significant benefits in GWP, loss ratio, and expense ratio.

As a key driver of this transformation, you'll oversee the delivery of multiple releases, working closely with diverse teams to implement innovative ways of working for the AXA Commercial business. Your role will be instrumental in engaging project managers and senior stakeholders, ensuring the project's vision aligns with business priorities and that we realise the planned benefits. If you're passionate about shaping the future of commercial insurance through strategic product ownership, we want to hear from you.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as the voice of the business, understanding needs, validating solutions, and ensuring the programme aligns with strategic priorities.
• Support programme activities by influencing the strategic direction and shaping feature production and prioritisation to maximise value.
• Prioritise and manage the release backlog in collaboration with the project team, ensuring delivery is aligned with business requirements.
• Manage the flow of work, maintaining a well-prioritised backlog, and supporting incremental planning to facilitate smooth delivery cycles.
• Communicate the release vision and roadmap to stakeholders, representing business views during demos and feedback sessions.
• Make rapid decisions when needed to keep the programme on track.

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

What you’ll bring

• In-depth experience of commercial insurance, with a focus on underwriting.
• Ability to work effectively in an agile change environment is preferred but not essential.
• Confidence to make informed decisions on behalf of the business and represent key stakeholder needs and views.
• Strong track record of collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholders to drive performance improvements.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and communication skills.
• Experience in benefits realisation, managing change activities through to measurable outcomes is preferred.
• Ability to coach and manage a diverse group of product owners from various business disciplines.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

What we offer

• Competitive annual salary of up to £80,000 dependent on experience
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

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Who we are

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start-ups, giving them the confidence to thrive. We’re currently making our biggest ever investment to develop the expertise and skills we need to be the best. We’re a vibrant community where everyone is supported to learn, develop, and take ownership of their work.