To stay informed about new openings: Join our talent community
JOB SNAPSHOT
Product Owner
Reigate, GB
Do you want the opportunity to help shape new digital transformation solutions that have the potential to redefine the way insurers do business? Do you want to work with an enthusiastic and inclusive team, bringing together diverse perspectives to solve complex problems?We are looking for an Engineering Product Owner to join our team and help us deliver brand-new cloud-based services. You will be involved in the product definition and development, working with senior stakeholders such as Product Managers, Engineering Managers and Architects, to define and prioritise a backlog of user stories to be implemented by our scrum teams.
The Role:
- Work with the Product Management team to understand the relevant business problems and influence the definition of the product vision and feature-level roadmap
- Collaborate with stakeholders (including internal subject matter experts and end-users) and members of the scrum teams to translate this roadmap into a user-story backlog which can be consumed and implemented by engineering teams
- Help to ensure the engineering teams understand the strategic product direction so they have contextual awareness of what they are developing, and why
- Articulate this backlog into releasable increments, working with the team to ensure the upcoming increment is appropriately defined and planned, covering the various necessary dimensions involved in the development of the product under consideration
- Continuously re-prioritise the user-story backlog considering the direction from the Product Manager, feedback from the team, the value of the work item and dependencies between stories
- Ensure there are sufficient user stories defined against the agreed “Definition of Ready”, in particular by working with QA engineers to define clear and complete acceptance criteria, and producing the necessary artefacts such as wireframes and mock-ups to meet the definition
- Provide input to the sprint planning process, ensuring the scrum team is sufficiently familiar with the proposed stories upfront to facilitate a smooth planning process
- Lead and support the scrum team during execution of the sprint and the release increments by providing clarification or further direction where necessary, and taking an active role in mitigating impediments
- Formally accept/reject user stories implemented by the team once they meet the “definition of done”
- Contribute to the production of internal or external product documentation
- Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends, and as appropriate, participate in sprint planning meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint retrospectives, and other scrum of scrum ceremonies, striving to continuously improve the team velocity, its processes and engineering practices
The Requirements:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Organisation skills, ability to balance multiple priorities and to provide clear status updates
- Experience in managing all stages of product life cycles, from concept to product
- The ability to identify problems and establish solutions
- Attention to detail and high-quality standards whilst being pragmatic and delivering at pace
- Hands-on experience with the production of wireframes
Desirable Requirements:
- Experience in Engineering Product Owner roles leading one or two scrum teams developing commercial Business to Business applications, or subsystems of such applications
- Understanding of the Agile software development lifecycle in a commercial/production environment
- Familiarity with scaled Agile frameworks
- Prior software development experience
- General knowledge of the Insurance Industry
Equal Opportunity Employer
At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity.
UNSOLICITEDCONTACT
Any unsolicited resumes/candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Willis Towers Watson are considered property of Willis Towers Watson and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorized Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Willis Towers Watson, any such agency must have an existing formal written agreement signed by an authorized Willis Towers Watson recruiter and an active working relationship with the organization. Resumes must be submitted according to our candidate submission process, which includes being actively engaged on the particular search. Likewise, for our authorized Recruitment Agencies/Search Firms, if the candidate submission process is not followed, no agency fees will be paid by Willis Towers Watson. Willis Towers Watson is an equal opportunity employer. If you would like to have your contact information saved for future consideration, please email: Agency.inquiries@willistowerswatson.com.
OUR OFFICES
Our colleagues serve more than 140 countries and markets around the world. This gives a global dimension to everything we do and creates lots of exciting opportunities for you to collaborate and grow. Explore the map below to see where you career could take you.
Meet our people
Massimiliano Abri
Burn Domingo
Theodore Coteok
Karuna Jose
Ana Cristessa Nabuab
Nichelle Daulby
Roberta Jones
Shadab Hemani
Donna O'Riordan
Mitch Dauz
Kerstin Plag
Anna Stonelake
Elise Hunt
Mathew Stewart
Ritu Batheja
Matice Morris
Catarina Carvalho
Soumya Kurup
Leonardo Araujo
Karan Patel
Poonam Yadav
Tom Leigh-Eldredge
Karan Rai
Felipe Pradel
Michael McConnell
Mel Scrutton
Irene Larbi
Kingsley Wang
Charlie (Charlotte) Garrod
Laura Punzón
Nick Alexander
Benjamin Tessier
Paul Dowding
Pei Wang
Emma White
Basil Al Hatoum
Jasmin Bedi
Anshul Garg
Emily Reading
Dominic Ferrari
Suzanne Vaughan
Nuno Arruda
Salmaan Saeed
Massimiliano Abri
Burn Domingo
Theodore Coteok
Karuna Jose
Ana Cristessa Nabuab
Nichelle Daulby
Roberta Jones
Shadab Hemani
Donna O'Riordan
Mitch Dauz
Kerstin Plag
Anna Stonelake
Elise Hunt
Mathew Stewart
Ritu Batheja
Matice Morris
Catarina Carvalho
Soumya Kurup
Leonardo Araujo
Karan Patel
Poonam Yadav
Tom Leigh-Eldredge
Karan Rai
Felipe Pradel
Michael McConnell
Mel Scrutton
Irene Larbi
Kingsley Wang
Charlie (Charlotte) Garrod
Laura Punzón
Nick Alexander
Benjamin Tessier
Paul Dowding
Pei Wang
Emma White
Basil Al Hatoum
Jasmin Bedi
Anshul Garg
Emily Reading
Dominic Ferrari
Suzanne Vaughan
Nuno Arruda
EVENTS
Posse Annual Virtual Career Fair
July 24 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmPosse Annual Virtual Career Fair
July 24 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmOLA Early Career Symposium
August 4 @ 9:00 am - August 5 @ 5:00 pmOLA Early Career Symposium
August 4 @ 9:00 am - August 5 @ 5:00 pmPosse Annual Virtual Career Fair
July 24 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmPosse Annual Virtual Career Fair
July 24 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmOLA Early Career Symposium
August 4 @ 9:00 am - August 5 @ 5:00 pmOLA Early Career Symposium
August 4 @ 9:00 am - August 5 @ 5:00 pmThere are no upcoming events at this time.