Technical Product Owner - Data

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Product Owner for Data to lead the development of innovative data products. This role involves overseeing data analytics capabilities, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring effective data governance. With a focus on delivering high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment, the ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative culture that values agility and design-thinking. Join a forward-thinking organization that invests in its employees and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a generous pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Free Aviva shares annually

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing support and tools

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Solid experience as a data-focused product manager, ideally within insurance.
• Technological adeptness and ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Full accountability for facilitating the delivery of data analytics products.
• Overseeing the delivery of new data analytics capabilities and platform enhancements.

Skills

Data Modeling

Data Querying Techniques

Stakeholder Management

Cross-Functional Change Initiatives

Snowflake Experience

Job description

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Technical Product Owner – Data. Salary Circa £85,000.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in leading complex challenges, delivering new data products, and overseeing the build-out of a new data platform within a rapidly scaling business. We are committed to fostering a culture of agility, design-thinking, and true cross-functional collaboration. We encourage innovative thinking, evolving architecture, and rapid change capabilities. If you have successfully combined technical product delivery with insurance-focused product strategy, we want to hear from you.

Aviva Zero is a greenfield Personal Lines insurer headquartered in London, aiming to be the best in the UK market. It combines the pace, focus, and test-and-learn mentality of a start-up with the expertise and financial backing of Aviva.

About the job:

As a Technical Product Owner for Data, your responsibilities include:

1. Full accountability for facilitating the delivery of data analytics products and services, working with a dedicated Data Engineering team.
2. Overseeing the delivery of new data analytics capabilities and platform enhancements in line with the Aviva Zero Data Strategy, platform roadmap, and architecture patterns.
3. Facilitating the delivery of regulatory, performance, and financial data to the central BI reporting teams.
4. Leading stakeholder engagement and prioritization strategies, enabling internal and external demand, and providing clear direction to the Data Engineering team, working with Lead Data Engineers on sprint plans and delivery targets.
5. Providing oversight to a team responsible for developing, constructing, testing, and maintaining user-friendly data architectures and designing innovative solutions for data science, while ensuring effective data governance.
6. Leading the expansion of the Aviva Zero Data Strategy, focusing on Data Quality and Data Governance requirements.
7. Supporting good customer outcomes through all activities and deliverables, ensuring actions align with good faith, harm prevention, and customer financial objectives.
8. Overseeing business analysis and requirements definition activities, driving high performance, efficiency, and quality, while supporting performance management and coaching.

Skills and experience required:

• Solid experience as a data-focused product manager, ideally within insurance, with knowledge of data modeling and querying techniques; Snowflake experience is a bonus.
• Experience handling complex, high-pressure data analytics requirements.
• Versatility with multiple delivery methodologies and strong stakeholder management skills, balancing pace with technical risk.
• Technological adeptness and ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and architectures.
• Confident in leading cross-functional change initiatives, managing product strategy alongside regulatory, security, and legal compliance.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues. We invest in you and offer many benefits:

• Salary: Circa £85,000 (dependent on location, skills, experience, qualifications)
• Bonus: Up to 12% of annual salary, performance-dependent
• Generous pension scheme: Up to 14% contribution from Aviva
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Up to 40% discount on Aviva products and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares annually via the Matching Share Plan, plus share options through the Save As You Earn scheme
• Supportive policies including parental and carers’ leave
• Flexible benefits, including sustainability options like cycle to work
• Paid volunteering days to make a difference in communities
• Wellbeing support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcoming to all backgrounds and experiences. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We support flexible working arrangements, including part-time and job shares, and adapt locations, hours, and patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our staff work around 50% in the office, combining flexibility with collaboration.