What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Allianz?

Role Description

Allianz Specialty have a fantastic opportunity for a Product Owner to join our family of talented people in the Transformation Change Team. This I a hybrid role working form our Ditton Park office

Salary Circa 48,000 pa

As a Product Owner you will lead a member of the Scrum team, supporting change throughout the full development process from concept to delivery. You will evaluate all opportunities and prioritise what gets built and delivered through a clear concise backlog.

The Product Owner will support the Business Analysis / scum team with epic creation and Business Owners with solution validation, review of epics, user stories, designs and solutions. You will also support the business validation testing of the developed solution and ensure alignment with the Architecture team.

Key Accountabilities

PI Planning

Prepare for the Program Increment planning by reviewing and contributing to the Product vision, roadmap and content presentations.
Actively engage with user story definition, provide clarifications to enable the Scrum team to create their story estimates and sequencing.
Work with Scrum team to determine the team PI objectives for the upcoming PI.

Backlog Maintenance

Act as the customer proxy to define and prioritise stories in the team backlog.

Ensure the backlog is appropriately prioritised, visible, clear and refined ahead of sprint planning.

Make decisions on behalf of the business on which user stories are accepted or rejected and in which sprint they will be developed, but being mindful of the need for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) with greatest business benefit and some elements that are time driven.

Maintain awareness of wider Portfolios to ensure the backlog accurately reflects support of wider initiatives which may require additional resource support and require priority. This will be achieved via close collaboration with both the Product Manager and other Product Owners.

Scrum Team Engagement

Influence the Scrum team to actively engage with backlog refinement and user story writing and make yourself available to Scrum teams to answer their questions or find answers.

Confirm the definition of Done as agreed by the Scrum team is in line with your expectations and nothing is obviously missing.

Work closely with the Scrum Master to get early feedback on whether the team are on track to deliver to key delivery dates.

Align with fellow Product Owners, Business Owners and Programme Leads to ensure design, build and test cycles are aligned.

Decision Making

Sign off of all development work completed in the sprints, ensure quality of delivery and fit for purpose in line with the definition of Done.

Be available to the Scrum team, take responsibility for day to day decisions in the scrum team and able to think clearly on your feet to give quick concise decisions to help the team pivot and change direction rapidly when required.

Maintain a knowledge of future change items in a well defined backlog in order that these can be considered by the team when planning future sprints and PI s.

Escalation

Take responsibility to escalate deviations / blockers / dependencies within the domain to ensure company visions are met and delivery plans remain on track.

Essential Skills

Critical thinking generated by observation, experience, reflection, reasoning and communication

A basic understanding of the Agile methodology with experience using a number of frameworks

Previous experience working in insurance or financial services.

Some business knowledge with a wider understanding of the Mid-Corporate business vision.

Experience of changing technology and processes.

Good communication skills and stakeholder management.

Experience of delivering customer focussed outcomes.

Desirable Skills

Ability to work alongside and help energise a cross-functional experienced team.

Self-motivated.

Not afraid to take a risk based approach to decision making.

A strong team player.

Previous Product Owner experience is desirable, however a good understanding of the role, and what is expected with a willingness to learn is required

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package thats perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. Thats on top of enjoying all the benefits youd expect from the worlds number one insurance brand, including :

Flexible buy / sell holiday options

Hybrid working.

Annual performance related bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Development days

A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet

Retail discounts

Our Ways of Working

Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if its right for our customers, our business and for you, then well do everything we can to make it happen.

Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations : EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Communitys Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.

We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether its assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All

As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications.

Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk

resourcingteam@allianz.co.uk

Join us - Lets Care for Tomorrow.

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