Product and Proposition Manager - Insurance

Barclays UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization seeks a Product & Proposition Manager - Insurance to drive product development and enhance customer journeys. This role involves managing existing products, ensuring compliance with regulations, and implementing new features. Candidates should have strong skills in product development and change delivery, with a strategic mindset and knowledge of risk management in the insurance sector. The position is based in Greater London, with competitive benefits and a focus on teamwork and leadership.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to develop new products and propositions, from concept through to delivery.
• Experience in supporting change delivery in large or complex environments.
• Strategic mindset with product/proposition strategy development ability.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage product strategies and customer journeys.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert, guiding stakeholders on products.
• Lead development of product propositions and execution priorities.
• Evaluate technical feasibility, legal compliance, and risks for new products.
• Monitor market trends and customer feedback for product improvement.
• Oversee launch plans and assess product performance metrics.

Skills

Product development

Change delivery in complex environments

Strategic mindset

Knowledge of the insurance sector

Risk management understanding

Agile methodologies

Job description

Join us as a Product & Proposition Manager - Insurance within Barclays UK. You will support the design and development of insurance products and help shape customer journeys. You will contribute to enhancing existing products and propositions, introducing new features, implementing both large-scale and smaller changes, and supporting product launches and withdrawals. You will also help manage risks, maintain governance practices, and ensure our products meet all regulatory requirements.

To be successful as a Product & Proposition Manager - Insurance, you should have:

• Proven ability to develop new products and propositions, from concept through to delivery.
• Experience in supporting change delivery in large or complex environments.
• Strategic mindset, with the ability to support the development of product and proposition strategies.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Knowledge of the insurance sector.
• Solid understanding of risk management and governance.
• Familiarity with agile ways of working.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based in London, Manchester or Northampton.

Purpose of the role

To manage and develop existing and new products and/or services; and where applicable, ownership of related customer and colleague journeys, develops the product strategy, drive change through Barclays execution teams, make key decisions in the product lifecycle and own associated outcomes for customers, colleagues and the bank, achieved through appropriate service level agreements, regulatory compliance, risk management and controls.

Accountabilities

• Development of customer level strategies & solutions that are tailored to customers’ needs.
• Subject Matter Expert in the applicable Product/Proposition team and be able to confidently guide and advise stakeholders at all levels in the Bank on the application of existing and new products/propositions and related customer and colleague journeys.
• Development of product propositions, and/or service strategy, define the priorities for delivering the outcomes needed to deliver the strategy and lead execution of the priorities.
• Development of different commercial and business models through a strong understanding of the financial drivers of the P&L for the relevant segment/ proposition/ journey.
• Evaluation of the technical feasibility, legal compliance, and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product.
• Monitoring of market trends and analysis feedback from internal employees and target customers through prototypes, user testing sessions, and beta programs to identify areas for improvement to refine the product / process before launch.
• Management of comprehensive launch plans and technical deployments for products that establish rollout timelines, marketing strategies, training initiatives and communication channels to promote the launch new products effectively.
• Monitoring of key metrics such as adoption rates, usage patterns, customer satisfaction (including complaints), and revenue generation to assess the product's performance against set goals.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.