Regional Product Owner (EMEA/UK) Full Time NEW

Aon are looking to hire an experienced Regional IT Product Lead to join our growing team based in London.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

Specifically within Commercial Risk Solutions we offer risk advisory, risk transfer and structured solutions that help organisations and individuals identify, quantify and manage their risk exposure through insurance.

Responsibilities Of This Role

This role will provide the candidate an opportunity to drive the EMEA/UK regional strategy for our Policy & Fee Contract Management products for our new Commercial Risk Solutions ecosystem. Overarching responsibilities include helping to strengthen our delivery team, defining the strategy and backlog for delivering global and country-specific requirements, and overseeing delivery as part of a global strategic multi-workstream programme. On a day-to-day level this will require the candidate to:

• Engage country-level Broking Operations teams to understand the gap between the current solution and local business practice and regulation.
• Refine the vision and roadmap for a global Policy & Fee Contract Management capability by enhancing the feature offerings catering for various country broking strategies.
• Lead fit-gap analyses with business analysts, mapping country needs to global processing standards and defining new system requirements for delivery.
• Facilitate ranking, estimation, testing and deployment planning with Agile delivery team, working in partnership with Global IT Product Manager.
• Work with Business Analysts on creating the required user stories and ensuring they are clearly defined, well understood and properly estimated.
• Govern the management of reference data and system configuration with business SMEs for any new country rollouts, or enhancements post go-live.
• Track delivery across multiple cross-functional Agile teams, attending release and sprint planning, demos.
• Support engagement with country stakeholders, coordinating enhancements, feature voting, testing, training and deployment planning incl. country change management
• Continuously monitor performance and quality of applications, gathering feedback from stakeholders, to inform decisions and future enhancements.
• Support country team/user onboarding to ensure appropriate governance of access by role
• Taking personal responsibility for delivery quality by dependent Agile product teams
• Support L2+ support for product in region and ensure smooth operation by IT support

How This Opportunity Is Different

Aon is investing in it’s ecosystem of products and capabilities like never before. This role will give the chosen candidate a unique perspective to shape the client management solutions for Commercial Risk as part of our product-oriented delivery model.

Skills And Experience That Will Lead To Success

• A number of years experience in similar Product Management or Lead BA role, with at least 3 years experience in working with Agile Scrum teams.
• Experienced and comfortable in leading business-facing workshops: as-is vs. to-be process mapping, product vision sessions, UX/UI design, data governance and stewardship etc.
• Experience in Policy Administration/Management Systems, Broking, Invoicing or Technical Accounting solutions in a financial/insurance context is highly desirable.
• Good experience or familiarity with overseeing home-grown applications (React + API + Database), especially with a strong emphasis on data capture and workflow.
• Good Agile knowledge – Scrum, Kanban, TDD and other practices. Certification desirable.
• College degree in IT-related discipline.

How We Support Our Colleagues

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work… and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

Aon provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, domestic partner status, or other legally protected status.

We welcome applications from all and provide individuals with disabilities with reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application, interview process and to perform essential job functions once onboard. If you would like to learn more about the reasonable accommodations we provide, email ReasonableAccommodations@Aon.com

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