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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 Digital 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 Digital ecosystem.

Your key responsibilities

• Providing vision and voice of the customer advocacy for each product/feature
• Develop and maintain an appropriately prioritised backlog of user stories for implementation.
• Develop appropriately detailed specifications for the product features so they are clearly understood by the development teams.
• Working with the scrum team to refine backlog items and plan individual sprints.
• Lead requirements gathering within the Scrum Team, based on the agreed product concept
• Play an active role during the various scrum ceremonies, clarifying the requirements and defining the sub tasks that need to be carried out to deliver the user story
• Document new features, demonstrate latest iteration of product during reviews, record and react to feedback
• Working closely with the scrum team to ensure all impediments are identified, recorded and removed.
• Collaborate with and manage communications to stakeholders
• Understands the estimation process and participates in this process as required
• Supports non tech teams within the business in relation to new projects
• Agrees acceptance criteria for work requests with the team
• Negotiating priorities with stakeholders ensuring high value deliverables are identified and progressed to a high level of quality.
• Work with the marketing function to ensure coverage and awareness of product is maximized

Experience and Skills

• Excellent knowledge of agile scrum methodology and practices
• Ability to take ownership and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Proven experience as a Product Owner in Agile B2B SWH
• Adaptive and strong team player
• Excellent customer relationship and negotiation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Experience of working in pressured environment to strict deadlines
• Experience with DevOps or JIRA

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 how we work together in synergy and continually deliver for our customers:

• Accountability: We take personal pride in finding solutions and achieving results
• Innovation: We lead the market by being proactive, product-led and forward thinking
• Teamwork: We work collaboratively, recognising and celebrating success
• 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 of £36,600 – £44,800 per annum 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, increasing to 26 days per annum after three years of service & a holiday purchase scheme
• A hybrid approach to work
• 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

To apply for this role please send us your covering letter and CV.