Associate Product Owner in Bolton

AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them.

AXA Commercial protects businesses, from multinationals to micro start‑ups, giving them confidence to thrive.

Job Overview

AXA Commercial seeks a proactive, detail‑oriented Associate Product Owner to support the successful delivery of innovative solutions.

Working closely with the Product Owner and cross‑functional squads, you’ll help facilitate the delivery of high‑quality products that meet customer needs and business objectives, bridging the gap between business and technical teams to ensure smooth, continuous improvement aligned with strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Product Owner and squads to shape user stories, manage backlog items and oversee iterative delivery that adds value.
• Work with stakeholders, users, and SMEs to refine requirements and develop clear user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Support sprint planning, backlog refinement and delivery activities, working closely with developers, designers and testers.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and serve as a key link between business and technology teams.
• Track progress, identify blockers and escape risks or issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Contribute to product documentation, user testing and release activities for smooth deployments.
• Use user feedback and metrics to support continuous product improvement and prioritisation.
• Communicate dependencies, manage priorities and document key decisions, risks and assumptions for transparency.
• Work Arrangements

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers.

You’ll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future.

Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events.

• Your Skills & Experience
• Knowledge of product delivery or business analysis roles, ideally within agile teams.
• Effective organisational and communication skills, capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Understanding of agile frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban and experience creating user stories.
• Proactive mindset with eagerness to learn, contribute and support delivery outcomes.
• Familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence or similar is desirable.
• Background or interest in insurance, customer service or digital transformation is a plus.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

Equal Opportunities

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics.

If you have a long‑term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge.

For support, please send an email to lauren. cooper@axa-uk. co. uk.

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