Customer Focus and Value Definition - Act as the voice of the customer, representing user needs within the team and ensuring delivery is focused on achieving meaningful business outcomes. Translate ambiguous business problems into clear, outcome-focussed delivery goals
Backlog Management and Prioritisation - Own and proactively manage a complex, multi-stream product backlog aligned to business priorities and OKRs, ensuring a clear and continuous flow of work for the delivery team
Features and Requirements Definition - Facilitate workshops to define and shape work, assess value, and ensure priorities are focused on delivering maximum impact; capture and refine requirements into clear, well-defined deliverables with robust acceptance criteria
Product Vision and Team Engagement - Champion the product vision and direction in a way that engages and motivates the team, fostering strong ownership, alignment, and overall team health
Innovation - Bring an innovative approach to product ownership, exploring how emerging tools (including AI) can enhance how work is defined, delivered, and continuously improved
Service Delivery and Continuous Improvement - Own and lead the continuous improvement of services, capabilities, and applications, driving efficiency, scalability, and reliability while incorporating user feedback to improve experience, adoption, and overall outcomes
The Candidate
Reporting: Reports to the Product Manager
Direct Reports: None - you manage the Product
Key Partners: Product Managers, Change Manager, Flow Engineers, Lead Product Owner, Engineering Chapter Leads, and Business Stakeholders and Sponsors (Underwriting, Pricing, Operations, Risk, Finance, Data).
Requirements
Experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role for 4+ or more years.
Demonstrated success in delivering complex change initiatives with high levels of uncertainty. Focused on results and outcomes over output and adhering to methodologies.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse technical and non-technical stakehold
Benefits
Health insuranceVision insurance
Additional Information
Job Type:
Permanent
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Role Overview
We are seeking a delivery-focused Product Owner to join a Value Stream, working with a cross-functional team to deliver valuable, outcome-driven change across our business capabilities. This role may operate across different domains (e.g. Reinsurance, Claims, Data), requiring the ability to quickly understand new problem spaces and focus on delivering the highest value outcomes.
As Product Owner, you are responsible for ensuring the team is working on the right priorities to deliver business value. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to identify, prioritise, deliver, and manage the adoption of features. You will own complex problems, help shape solutions, and ensure that delivered outcomes are adopted and deliver measurable value. You are expected to operate beyond backlog management - influencing direction, challenging assumptions, and driving continuous improvement in how products and change are delivered
You will also work closely with the Product Manager to contribute to product direction, with a primary focus on day-to-day delivery, ensuring outcomes align to business objectives and that products and services remain operational and fit for purpose
About Hiscox Re
Hiscox Re is located in Bermuda and London and underwrites reinsurance risks from around the world on behalf of our own and other people's capital. The team of over 100 smart, enthusiastic individuals are committed to providing top quality service to brokers and clients across a broad range of reinsurance products. Our approach is simple; match the best underwriting risk against globally diversified capital. Our proactive, product-led underwriting approach is complemented by a commitment to world class service and purpose-built analytics and systems. We know our people are our biggest asset so finding and retaining the best talent is critical to achieving our vision.
Hiscox · London, UK