Product Owner – Underwriting Transformation

Lawes Consulting Group; England; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Lawes Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Product Owner for an Underwriting Transformation programme in the insurance sector. You will own the business requirements backlog and guide Agile teams to ensure the right solutions and business outcomes.

Strong Underwriting Workbench experience is mandatory. You will collaborate with underwriting teams, stakeholders, and external technology partners to prioritise requirements and align with the business strategy.

Qualifications

• Must have proven Product Owner or senior business change experience in commercial insurance.
• Underwriting Workbench experience is essential.
• Experience delivering major technology or systems transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Own the definition and prioritisation of business requirements.
• Create, prioritise and maintain the requirements backlog.
• Lead recommendations around release scope and sprint planning.
• Work with business and technology partners to ensure value delivery.
• Act as escalation point for Agile development teams.

Skills

Product Owner

Business change

Underwriting Workbench

Agile

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

ACII

Insurance/financial services qualification

Tools

Appian

Pega

ServiceNow

Job description

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Product Owner with proven Underwriting Workbench experience to join a major underwriting transformation programme within the insurance sector.

This is a key role combining insurance, underwriting, technology and business transformation, with responsibility for representing business leadership and ensuring the programme delivers the right solutions and business outcomes.

You will work closely with underwriting teams, business stakeholders, Agile development teams and technology partners to define requirements, prioritise delivery and ensure the transformation delivers maximum value.

The Role

As Product Owner – Underwriting Transformation, you will own the business requirements backlog and provide clear direction to Agile development teams throughout the programme.

You will be responsible for defining and prioritising requirements, resolving delivery issues, supporting sprint planning and ensuring the overall solution remains aligned with the business strategy.

Strong, proven experience with Underwriting Workbench is a mandatory requirement for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the definition and prioritisation of business requirements.
• Create, prioritise and maintain the requirements backlog.
• Lead recommendations around release scope and sprint planning.
• Work closely with business and workstream leads and external technology partners.
• Act as the key escalation point for Agile development teams.
• Resolve ambiguity, conflicting requirements and delivery blockers quickly.
• Lead and coordinate underwriting Subject Matter Experts.
• Provide guidance to Agile teams around strategy, scope, design and requirements.
• Support Scrum Masters with effective prioritisation and sprint planning.
• Ensure solution design and delivery remain aligned with the overall business case.
• Review and approve key requirements, solution designs and testing approaches.
• Support business sign-off of testing and delivery.
• Work collaboratively across other programme workstreams.
• Present sprint progress, key deliverables and issues to senior stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with third-party suppliers and technology partners.
• Support continuous improvement throughout the transformation programme.

About You

You will be an experienced Product Owner or senior business change professional with a strong background in commercial insurance and underwriting technology.

Underwriting Workbench experience is ESSENTIAL.

You will have:

• Proven Underwriting Workbench experience – MUST HAVE.
• Experience working as a Product Owner, Business Analyst or similar within an Agile environment.
• Strong commercial insurance and underwriting knowledge.
• Understanding of end-to-end General Insurance underwriting processes.
• Experience delivering major technology or systems transformation projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience managing conflicting requirements and negotiating successful outcomes.
• Experience working with third-party suppliers or Systems Integrators.
• The ability to make timely decisions and provide clear direction to delivery teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex requirements clearly.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across business and technology teams.

The following would also be advantageous:

• Appian
• Pega
• ServiceNow
• Commercial insurance platform implementations
• Systems integration projects

Qualifications

A relevant professional qualification in insurance, underwriting or financial services, or equivalent practical experience, is essential.

ACII, or working towards ACII, is preferred.

PRINCE2 or an equivalent project/change qualification would also be advantageous.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for a Product Owner with Underwriting Workbench experience to play a key role in a significant underwriting transformation programme.

You will have the opportunity to influence strategy, requirements and delivery while working closely with senior business stakeholders, underwriting specialists and technology teams.

Salary: Up to £95,000

Contract: 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract

UNDERWRITING WORKBENCH EXPERIENCE IS ESSENTIAL.