Product Owner

Role: Product Owner

Salary: Up to £78,000 + package

Location: York (Hybrid 1-2 days onsite)

Fruition are currently recruiting for a Product Owner for a market leading insurance business based in central York. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in the retail IT team acting as a key bridge between the business and technology functions. The organisation have a mature approach to product management and you will play a key role in aligning product to customer and stakeholder needs. The role is hybrid with 1-2 days per week in central York in one of the best office spaces in the city.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the technical and functional vision, strategy and roadmap for the Integration and Digital Services team, ensuring alignment with the business objectives and technology strategy.
• Collaborate with key business stakeholders, as well as Value Stream Product Owners and Project Managers, to understand business outcomes and objectives.
• Be a key player in vendor/partnership relationship management for these critical services and products with respect to the functional product roadmap, building and maintaining excellent working relationships with key 3rd party stakeholders, and where appropriate pro-actively influencing vendor product roadmaps.
• 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.
• Contribute to and oversee the production high quality analyst artefacts, including but not limited to, user stories, functional and non-functional specifications.

Required Skill and Experience

• Proven experience in a Product Owner/Product Manager role.
• Experience in the insurance industry is highly desirable but a strong financial services background would be considered.
• Strong knowledge of API methodologies (REST and SOAP)
• Experience working in Agile environments

Fruition are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.