Product Owner
Hastings Direct
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Bexhill • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Ownership of the Underwriting rating algorithms, accountable for the integrity, consistency and controlled delivery of change across all Lines of Business
- Act as the central coordination point between Risk Pricing, Pricing Engineering, Testing and Release Management
- Maintain a clearly structured and transparent backlog with well-defined delivery cadences and a forward-looking roadmap
- Provide clear visibility of delivery commitments, actively managing dependencies, risks and cross-Line of Business impacts
- Provide informed technical oversight of rating logic design and system integrations
- Champion strong process discipline, documentation quality and continuous improvement across the end-to-end change lifecycle
- Support incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis where required
- Contribute to the maturity and performance of the Underwriting Rating Delivery function
Requirements
- Strong track record as a Product Owner within a pricing and/or rating delivery environment
- Working knowledge of Python-based systems, GitHub workflows and SQL would be advantageous
- Good understanding of Scrum and Kanban methodologies
- Proactive self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and projects effectively
- High degree of organisation, individual initiative, and personal accountability
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire colleagues and stakeholders
- Strong listening, written and oral communication skills
- Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical colleagues
- Knowledge and experience of the Insurance industry
Benefits
- Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach
- Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
- Physical wellbeing – Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (PMI)
- Financial wellbeing – life assurance cover, income protection, matched pension contributions up to 10%
- Mental wellbeing programme – thrive mental health app, colleague assistance programme available 24/7
- 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks
- Discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice, free access to financial wellbeing support
- Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLGitHub workflowsrating algorithmssystem integrationsRoot Cause AnalysisScrumKanbanproject management
Soft Skills
proactive self-starterexcellent communicationstrong listening skillsindividual initiativepersonal accountabilityability to engage and influenceability to articulate ideasorganizational skillsability to manage multiple tasks