Senior Data Product Owner - (COO)

Senior Data Product Owner - (COO) - Salary £65,000-£85,000 depending on experience

The insurance industry is evolving in an age of rapid technological advancements, and as an organisation Aviva are investing in further strengthening data, machine learning and analytics as a distinctive capability. The Insurance, Wealth and Retirement business is excited to be transforming and investing its core data capabilities and the way we operate with data to unlock its potential through a modernisation of our technology and data estate.

As part of this we are transforming our data foundations, and we have an exciting opportunity for a number of Senior Data Product Owners to join the team and work across our business units to shape our data into an asset which can support our business strategies. This role will be in support of our customer operations areas where we are constantly evolving and transforming to create great customer experiences – alongside leading a team providing analytics into our operational areas to identify and solve a range of use cases.

If you are passionate about the power of data, are a strategic thinker who recognises the value of data and analytics - and loves to work with a broad range of stakeholders and teams this could be a great opportunity for you.

A bit about the job:

The role will work across the organization to collaborate with senior data and business leaders, engineers, data & platforms architects, and business/data teams to deliver solutions which will empower our data teams to be able to transform our data capability. You will be responsible for shaping, owning and delivering an exciting data product roadmap - alongside leading a small analytics team delivering analytics and insights which can drive change and provide solutions into our operational areas. You will work with a variety of teams to build new use cases, decommission old technology and deliver a step change in data capability.

Working across a broad range of initiatives both in BAU and our transformation portfolio, you will formulate and deliver against a data roadmap, balancing tactical and strategic needs to move towards a purposeful set of data products alongside shaping innovative analytics solution to help us solve our most important business problems. You will also be the key contact into the business areas to ensure these changes are fully embedded to maximise the benefit to them.

We are looking for someone who can challenge the status quo, is focussed on delivering great business outcomes and can champion the use of data, technology and collaboration to help us shape an exciting future.

You will work as part of a wider team who are passionate about data where we value diversity and talent development who are driving forwards how we unlock our data through engineering, analytics, Data Science and GenAI capability.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Highly experienced at solving business problems through data-led technology solutions, managing diverse cross-functional teams – preferably in large scale complex data environment - with a strong commercial mindset.
• Confident in leading large scale data projects, managing a team of data professionals – with a technical background and knowledge of how to deliver great solutions.
• Have experience of working in product teams and owning the definition and delivery of requirements. Experience in applying agile methodologies and tools, such as Scrum, Kanban, Jira, and confluence, to manage the data product development and delivery process.
• Be confident in understanding and articulating the needs of different stakeholders, and leading groups to a consensus or recommendation, with great consultative skills to work directly with the business and technology leaders and appropriately influence, understand, and resolve capability gaps.
• Highly detailed with a systematic approach to detail, but also able to effectively handle multiple, constantly evolving, and conflicting priorities.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Starting salary between £65,000 - £85,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity - 12% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools

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Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Alannah Burgess a call on 07391381173 or send an email to alannah.burgess1@aviva.com.