Product Manager

Hiscox SA; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm is seeking a Technical Product Owner to bridge the business and technology teams. You will craft and own a strategic roadmap, aligning products with customer needs while managing priorities and driving stakeholder engagement. This role demands proven experience in delivering high-quality solutions and expertise in agile methodologies. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical skills, proficiency in API methodologies, and the ability to adapt in fast-changing environments. Join us to be part of a unique company culture with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Great employee benefits

Support for mental and physical wellbeing

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a technical product owner or manager.
• Preferably in the P&C Insurance domain.
• Strong evidence of prioritization based on value and risk.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with software engineering teams to deploy high-quality solutions.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable product initiatives.
• Manage and prioritize the backlog to deliver business value.

Skills

Business and systems analysis

User stories and technical designs

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

User research and testing

Problem-solving

B2B integration

API methodologies (REST/SOAP)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Advanced Excel

Job description

The Hiscox UK Product Owner Chapter forms the bridge between the business and the technology teams, ensuring that technology change is prioritised, defined, broken down and delivered in a way that enables the business to achieve its strategic goals, whilst also enabling the technology strategy. This means understanding the end-to-end context of the change and having a laser-focus on value so that we can ensure both that we’re doing the right things and doing the things right. As such, we are looking for exemplary collaborators; people who thrive on building relationships, who aren’t afraid to challenge how things are done, and are capable of driving consensus and guiding people through every stage of the change journey, from idea to reality.**The role:** The Technical ProductIn this role you’ll work with the value stream sponsors, Project / Programme Managers the Head of Digital and Integration Platforms and various Tech Leads / Solution Architects to craft and own a strategic roadmap, based on business strategy changes and the IT Technical Roadmap and to manage and prioritise the backlog to best deliver change, Owner is a key role that sits within the Hiscox UK Retail IT team and is focused on delivering value across a designated value stream by aligning products and solutions to customer and stakeholder needs. As the key interface between the business, technology, and customer experience, you will be responsible for translating strategic objectives into actionable product / service / technical initiatives that deliver business outcomes. with the ability to effectively engage with both business and technical stakeholders. You like to be an empowered decision maker, able to prioritise, and can quickly establish where time needs to be invested to drive business value, providing cost effective solutions to the business in line with the overarching strategy.The Product Owner is empowered to make decisions around priority, scope and requirements driving stakeholder engagement, ensuring they are clear on customer needs ensuring a continuous flow of value from the team. Key Responsibilities Collaborate closely with the software engineering team leads to design, develop, test and deploy high quality, scalable and secure solutions that meet the functional and non-functional requirements of the stakeholders.Key Skills Proven experience of eliciting, documenting, and delivering high quality business and systems analysis artefacts to clearly articulate how the technology should work.Experience of translating business requirements into user stories and technical designs, supported by development teams. Experience of testing to support development. Ability to define and prioritize product features and user stories based on customer needs and business value. Experience with agile methodologies and tools, such as Scrum, Kanban, Jira, etc. Ability to manage stakeholders' expectations and communicate effectively with developers, testers, customers, vendors and senior management at both business and technical level.Ability to conduct user research, testing, and feedback sessions to validate and improve product quality and usability.Collaborative team player, keen to learn and share ideas with leadership team peers. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. Excellent people skills including the ability to motivate and coach. Must possess a high level of situational awareness and able to switch management style according to team dynamic, staff personality type and environment. Ability to multi-task and adapt to fast-changing landscapes. Quick leaner with a willingness to develop commercial awareness and vendor management skills. **Experience required:** Previous experience as a technical product owner/manager.Preferably P&C Insurance domain experience Strong evidence of the ability to prioritise based on value and risk. An extensive knowledge of API methodologies (REST and SOAP). B2B integration and cloud technologies.Experience working in an Agile environment and with OKRs. Use of online collaboration tools, Atlassian suite (JIRA/confluence), and advanced excel skills. If you want to help build a brilliant future; work with amazing people; be part of a unique company culture; and, of course, enjoy great employee benefits that take care of your mental and physical wellbeing, come and join us.