Product Owner

Overview

We now have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Agile Product Owner responsible for actions to improve financial performance at a strategic level that will influence the direction of the business.

This role will translate improvement activity into tangible outcomes whilst providing a proactive forward-looking approach. Agile is core to the way Aviva operates including strong alignment to Systems Thinking and other modern, adaptive and team-centric approaches to delivery and operations.

At Solus-Aviva how we achieve our goals is as important as what we do. Behaving in line with our values is essential to performing effectively at Aviva and our mission is to develop the tools and technology that enable our teams to get our customers back to normal.

Responsibilities

• Help shape the Strategy of the Business Unit with the Sponsor and Department Heads
• A strong understanding of Agile values and principles, as well as Scrum framework Planning and organising skills - an independent and proactive worker
• Maximise, manage and maintain the Hub product, Roadmap & Backlog
• Keen understanding of CBA's
• Work with SMEs to refine requirements
• Help build acceptance criteria
• Understand current tech stacj and any impacts/issues
• Support Demonstration of production and tracking of standard Agile metrics sets
• Provide deep subject matter expertise to the development team
• Work to remove impediments to delivery in line with policy, process and other guidelines applying business knowledge and expertise
• Liaise with the Stakeholders and third-parties with regards to ideas being generated throughout the duration of the change itself, being decisive and willing to experiment, within acceptable risk appetite to deliver the desired outcome
• Encourage collaboration between Scrum Masters, Product Owners (including the Chief Product Owner), Programme managers and Portfolio Change leads
• Prioritisation of tasks vs deliveries for the team whilst maximising value

Product Owners are active members in our Aviva Product Owner Community with other POs across Aviva to grow the practice of Product Ownership at Aviva to share learning; attend key industry events and forums.



Qualifications

Desirable qualifications and experience:

• Exceptional written communication with the ability to synthesise a lot of information to produce clear, concise reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Relationship and stakeholder management at all levels
• Embracing and managing change
• Positive approach to resolving problems with a solution mentality
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including strong relationship building and senior stakeholder management ability (e.g., able to translate and tailor complex or technical information to meet the appropriate audience)
• Has the self-awareness and confidence of when and how to say "no". Challenge business requirements and deliver difficult messages.

Who are Solus and what can they do for you?

Solus is one of the largest body repair groups in the country wholly owned by Aviva, employing over 900 expert people across 25 UK locations, and have repaired over 700,000 vehicles in the last 15 years.

• Our excellent benefits and rewards packages.
• Employer matched pension contributions up to 10% (service dependent).
• Discounts on Aviva products and services.
• Savings and benefits schemes.
• Discounts and schemes for electric vehicle purchase for all employees.
• Holding several main manufacturer approvals - Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, BMW, Mini, and Volkswagen.
• Well known for prestigious award winning in the industry, customer service, apprenticeships, and IT systems fields.
• Links with Thatcham to get the best products and training here in the UK.
• We have a variety of locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
• We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? We are inclusive - we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are looking for individuals who can grow and support our business and we expect to do the same for you.

We recognise that we can only achieve our vision with the dedication and collaboration of our specialists. This is an excellent time to join a rapidly growing business and help us to shape the future.

What next?

Please apply online and our recruitment team will be in contact within 7 days