Product Owner

Bupa; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Annual performance-based bonus

Enhanced pension plan

Onsite gyms

Online discounts

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Product Owner to lead the Retention Squad, owning strategy, roadmap and outcomes to grow the customer base. Role required to balance customer value with business goals, working with senior stakeholders and a multidisciplinary team.

The position is hybrid with 2 days in a Bupa office and regular travel to Staines, London, Salford Quays, or Leeds. Salary up to £82k plus benefits; sponsorship not offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as Product Owner or similar with strategy ownership.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering outcomes.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to build business cases.
• Proven use of customer/performance insights to shape strategy.
• Excellent stakeholder management with senior stakeholders.
• Desirable experience in retention, lifecycle, or insurance domains.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the retention strategy and roadmap.
• Lead the Retention Squad with clear direction and accountability.
• Make data-led prioritisation decisions balancing value, risk and complexity.
• Build a pipeline of retention opportunities with clear ownership.
• Influence senior stakeholders across multiple teams to secure support.
• Create clear narratives and reporting for senior leaders.

Skills

Product ownership

Stakeholder management

Agile leadership

Strategy prioritisation

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Product management / Agile qualifications

Job description

Job Description: Product Owner Salford Quays / London / Staines / Leeds – hybrid with 2 days in a Bupa office and this role will also require regular travel to our Staines office. Permanent Full time - 37.5 hours per week £82k We try to consider all types of flexibility, including locations, hours and working patterns. Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

Interview timelines:

• Stage 1 (Virtual Interviews): Week commencing 30th November
• Stage 2 (Face-to-Face Interviews): Week commencing 7th December

We make health happen:

At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world.

As a Product Owner, you'll lead our Retention Squad and own the strategy, roadmap and outcomes that help us retain and grow our customer base. You'll bring together customer insight, commercial performance, and business strategy to make confident decisions about where we invest, what we prioritise and how we deliver the greatest value for our customers and the business. This is a highly visible role with responsibility for shaping retention strategy, influencing senior stakeholders, and leading a multidisciplinary team focused on delivering measurable customer, commercial and retention outcomes.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

• Own and evolve the consumer retention strategy and roadmap, ensuring priorities align with customer needs, commercial opportunity, and business objectives.
• Lead the Retention Squad, providing clear direction, prioritisation and accountability for delivery and outcomes.
• Make data-led decisions on which initiatives to prioritise, scale, pause or stop, balancing customer outcomes, value, complexity, and risk.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of retention opportunities, ensuring clear ownership, success measures, and governance.
• Influence senior stakeholders across Product, Digital, Marketing, Operations, Data & Insight, Technology, Commercial and Risk teams to secure support and drive progress.
• Use customer, commercial and behavioural insight to shape decisions and continuously improve retention performance.
• Create clear, compelling narratives and reporting that help senior leaders understand performance, priorities, risks and opportunities.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, evidence-led decision making and fair customer outcomes.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Essential Extensive experience as a Product Owner, proposition leader, commercial leader or similar role, with responsibility for strategy, prioritisation, and measurable business outcomes.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and creating clarity, accountability and focus on outcomes.
• Strong commercial acumen, including experience building business cases, sizing opportunities, assessing benefits and tracking value delivery.
• Proven ability to use customer, performance and commercial insight to shape strategy and make prioritisation decisions.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills, including experience working with senior leaders and executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience leading cross-functional change programmes across multiple business areas.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear recommendations and compelling narratives.
• Desirable Experience in customer retention, customer lifecycle management, subscription, membership, or insurance businesses.
• Experience working within a regulated environment, particularly FCA-regulated financial services.
• Product management, Agile, leadership or change-management qualifications.

What you'll bring

• Strategic thinking and strong commercial judgement.
• Confidence making decisions and managing competing priorities in a complex environment.
• Outstanding stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• A customer-first mindset with a commitment to delivering fair outcomes.
• The ability to challenge constructively, navigate ambiguity and drive progress.
• Strong leadership capabilities, with a focus on developing people and building high-performing teams.
• Resilience, adaptability, and a passion for continuous improvement.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• Annual performance-based bonus
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [e-mail]

Time Type: Full time Job Area: Call Centre Locations: Bupa Place, Staines - Willow House

Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.