Product Development Executive
Job Summary
Job Role: Product Development Executive
Location: Hybrid - London
Salary: Competitive (DoE)
Contract Type: Permanent Full-Time
What We CanOffer You: 25 Days Annual Leave Additional Holiday Purchase Hybrid Working Performance-Related Bonus Life Assurance Vitality Private Healthcare Subsidised Gym Memberships Cycle to Work Scheme Discount Vouchers and Access to Wellbeing Resources
Why do we want you
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Your responsibilities willinclude:
- Manage and prioritise the product backlog ensuring work is clearly defined and ready for product development.
- Collaborate as part of a Scrum team actively contributing to sprint planning and sprint reviews.
- Partner with business stakeholders and developers to translate requirements into high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Capture needs from colleagues the business and clients to shape product and feature enhancements.
- Act as a day-to-day point of contact for the development team providing clarity on requirements and supporting delivery throughout the sprint cycle.
- Support quality assurance and user-acceptance testing working closely with the technical team ahead of each release.
- Engage with clients to gather feedback and understand how our products are used in the market.
- Communicate progress and product updates back to the business.
This role gives you the chance to have a real view of how digital products come together. Youll work closely with colleagues across the business to help shape ideas into features that customers use every day. Because youll be involved throughout the process youll quickly build an understanding of both the products themselves and the thinking behind them.
Its also a great opportunity to learn from an experienced team take on meaningful responsibility from an early stage and develop your product skills in a supportive environment.
Youll be learning about Axcos products customers and the markets we serve and youll be encouraged to take on responsibility fairly quickly as you become a key part of the product development process. The learning curve can be steep at times both in terms of building knowledge and taking ownership of your work.
Youll often be balancing different priorities working with a range of stakeholders and turning complex requirements into something clear and actionable for the development team.
To be successful in this role you must have/ be:
- Experience in a Product Business Analysis or Delivery role within a software or web-based product team.
- Working knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies including backlog management and user story creation.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Highly organised with excellent planning prioritisation and time-management skills.
- Enthusiasm to develop Product Owner expertise.
To be successful in this role it would be great if you have:
- Experience within the insurance sector.
- Familiarity with Agile product delivery tools such as Jira.
- Experience using Power BI.
- Exposure to digital data-led or information-based products and services.
We know its not a skill but the successful candidate must have permission to work in the roles location by the start of their employment.
About us
Axco part of Wilmington plc make information accessible and help insurers reinsurers and brokers make the right decisions in employee benefits markets around the world. Ourdatacolleagues are trusted partners who act with integrity to empowerinsurance-related decisions with worldwide information.
Join us and do Work That Means Something
At Wilmington plc we help global customers to do the right business in the right way - providing trusted data insights and education to navigate the Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) landscape.
When you join us youll not only make a real difference for our customers youll also enjoy flexibility through hybrid working and benefit from a wide range of learning career and development opportunities.
Whether youre just starting out returning to work after a break or looking to take your next step youll be doing work with meaning.
Join us and make a real difference. Click on APPLY today!
The Legal Bit!
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*Please note that this role may remain advertised until an offer of employment has been made.
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