Open GI is a leading software development company and a trusted partner to the general insurance industry. Based across the UK and Europe, our support and development services make us a truly diverse organization that offers a range of IT solutions to insurance brokers, insurers, and managing general agents.
It is our mission to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of Choice to the UK General Insurance market. Our people are placed at the heart of this and diversity, equality and inclusion are central to everything we do.
We know the key to achieving success is to enable a positive, inclusive, and collaborative working culture, and, as part of our commitment, we have signed up for a number of pledges and programmes designed to support and nurture our people. No matter where you sit or which team you are a part of, we want you to know that you contribute in helping us to shape where the company will be in the future. We would love for each employee to be able to talk with pride about our company and, most importantly, consider Open GI to be an inclusive, fun and fulfilling place to work.
As one of our Product Owners you'll play a key role to maximise the value our products create for our customers and for Open GI by helping to define the roadmap, priorities and clarity of the outcomes expected. You’ll also be helping to define new products in the ever-evolving Mobius ecosystem.
Your key responsibilities
* Representation of product/feature/stories within the development team
* Delivery management of initial product implementation
* Product/feature/stories and voice of the customer advocacy during the delivery process
* Collaborate with and support of other business teams to drive customer advocacy
* Provide vision and voice of the customer advocacy for each product/feature/stories
* Work with the development team to refine backlog items and plan individual sprints
* Lead requirement gathering within the development team
* Play an active role during ceremonies
* Document new features and stories, demonstrate latest iteration of product during reviews, record and react to feedback
* Work closely with the delivery team to ensure all impediments are identified and removed
* Collaborate with and manage communications to stakeholders
* Support non tech teams within the business in relation to new projects
Qualifications
* Certified Agile Product Owner (essential)
* Educated to a business degree or relevant subject (advantage)
* Chartered Insurance Institute Qualifications (or working towards) would be advantageous
Experience
* Excellent knowledge and experience of Agile, scrum methodology and practices as a Product Owner
* Insurance and Broking industry experience including policy administration systems
* Experience in B2B and B2C user-experience and design
* DevOps or JIRA
* Experience working with IT systems in a Broking/Insurance environment
Skills
* Adaptive team player
* Good standard of MS Word and MS Excel
* Excellent communicator
* Strong presentation
* Excellent customer relationship and negotiation
* Excellent time management
Aptitudes
* Decisive
* Clear communicator
* Strong work ethic
* Positive attitude
* Value-focused
* Logically minded
* Encourages collaboration across departments
* Calm under pressure
Mission and Values
Our mission is to be both the Technology Partner and Employer of choice for the UK General Insurance Market. Our values are central to this vision, as they represent how we collaborate to continually deliver for our customers:
* Accountability: We own our actions and shape our success on the results we deliver
* Innovation: We tackle challenges with fresh thinking and bold ideas
* Teamwork: We work together, recognising we can’t do this without each other
* Trust: We build trust on integrity, transparency and respect
We are looking for an individual who embraces our values in their actions, decisions, communications and processes to inspire positivity and, ultimately, exceptional performance.
Benefits package
* Salary circa £43,000 depending on skills and experience
* Company pension
* Bonus opportunity
* Life assurance and critical illness cover
* Cycle to work scheme
* Perkbox – an exclusive platform offering a wide range of discounts and benefits
* Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum pro-rata, increasing to 26 days per annum after three years of service & a holiday purchase scheme
* A hybrid approach to work, with office attendance typically required twice per month.
* Opportunity for a more flexible approach to start, finish, and lunchtimes to allow you to better manage events outside of work
* Social clubs - whether you’re into your cycling, crafts, or other hobbies, we have a number of groups at Open GI where individuals who enjoy the same pursuits can get together
* Wellbeing – wills at work scheme, employee assistance programme and mental health first aiders
Please note that this role can be based in either our Worcester, Winchester or Milton Keynes locations, and we are looking for candidates who are currently based within a 50-mile radius of our offices.
To apply for this role please fill out the application form and send us your CV.