About the Role
Axco is seeking an Associate Product Owner eager to build digital products and advance a career in Product. You will join a supportive team, collaborating with experienced Product Owners, developers, and stakeholders to shape products used by leading insurance organizations. This role involves the full product lifecycle, from understanding customer needs and defining features to supporting delivery and seeing ideas realized. It's an excellent opportunity for career development in Product.
Responsibilities
- Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring work is clearly defined and ready for product development.
- Collaborate as part of a Scrum team, actively contributing to sprint planning and sprint reviews.
- Partner with business stakeholders and developers to translate requirements into high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Capture needs from colleagues, the business, and clients to shape product and feature enhancements.
- Act as a day-to-day point of contact for the development team, providing clarity on requirements and supporting delivery throughout the sprint cycle.
- Support quality assurance and user-acceptance testing, working closely with the technical team ahead of each release.
- Engage with clients to gather feedback and understand how our products are used in the market.
- Communicate progress and product updates back to the business.
Requirements
- Experience in a Product, Business Analysis, or Delivery role within a software or web-based product team.
- Working knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies, including backlog management and user story creation.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Highly organized, with excellent planning, prioritization, and time-management skills.
- Enthusiasm to develop Product Owner expertise.
- Permission to work in the role's location by the start of employment.
Skills
- Agile
- Scrum
- Backlog management
- User story creation
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Planning
- Prioritization
- Time-management
- Insurance sector experience
- Jira
- Power BI
- Digital product experience
- Data-led product experience
- Information-based product experience
Location
- Hybrid - London
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Permanent
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Associate
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive (DoE)
Benefits
- 25 Days Annual Leave
- Additional Holiday Purchase
- Hybrid Working
- Performance-Related Bonus
- Life Assurance
- Vitality Private Healthcare
- Subsidised Gym Memberships
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discount Vouchers
- Access to Wellbeing Resources
About the Company
- Axco, part of Wilmington plc, makes information accessible and helps insurers, reinsurers, and brokers make the right decisions in employee benefits markets globally.
- Wilmington plc helps global customers conduct business correctly by providing trusted data, insights, and education for the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) landscape.
- Join us to make a real difference for customers and enjoy flexibility through hybrid working and extensive learning, career, and development opportunities.
Equal Opportunity
- Wilmington plc celebrates individuality and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace.
- As a Disability Confident employer, we shortlist all applicants who meet the essential role criteria and guarantee an interview for candidates with disabilities who meet these criteria.
- For reasonable adjustments or to apply under our interview guarantee scheme, please use the contact details provided once you have clicked “apply”.
