Data Product Owner and Delivery Lead in Leicester

Overview

As our Data Product Owner and Delivery Lead, you'll be an integral part of our Analytics Projects Team within Claims.

You'll be responsible for delivering high-quality data products and services that support various aspects of our insurance business focused around our initiatives within Claims and our three year plans.

You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, analysts, commercial and operational teams, data scientists and various stakeholders to define, prioritise and lead the development of data solutions that enable data driven decision making and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Leading and managing data products, including data pipelines, data warehouses and analytics tools, throughout their lifecycle—from ideation to delivery—and owning end-to-end delivery planning for data products including scope, milestones, dependencies, risks and issue management.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders to gather and understand data requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives—coordinating across business and technical teams to balance demand, capacity and delivery commitments and defining and communicating the product vision.
• Defining acceptance criteria for user stories and performing regular testing to ensure data product quality and reliability meet the defined criteria.
• Providing clear delivery reporting to stakeholders, including progress, risks, decisions and escalations where required, acting as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders with effective communication of project progress.
• Maintaining and prioritising the product backlog, ensuring that user stories and tasks are well defined, estimated and ready for development.
• Proactively identifying opportunities for process improvements and driving initiatives to enhance data product development and delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner or Delivery Lead in a data-focused environment; insurance experience (or other regulated environment) would be beneficial.
• Strong understanding of data engineering, data warehousing and analytics concepts.
• Experience in risk and dependency management alongside stakeholder reporting, and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and discuss at both technical and non-technical levels.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, SQL and Power BI.
• About Hastings Direct

We are a digital insurance provider with ambitious plans to become The Best and Biggest in the UK market.

We focus on our 4Cs culture and invest in data and tech capabilities.

We provide insurance for over four million customers and welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and £5k car allowance.
• Flexible working — hybrid approach; discuss details with your recruiter.
• Competitive bonus scheme — all colleagues are eligible for the annual 4Cs performance bonus.
• Private medical insurance ( PMI ) coverage as a Band 4 colleague.
• 4x salary life assurance, income protection, and pension contributions up to 10% with additional benefits.
• Additional benefits including discounts, mortgage advice, and financial wellbeing support.
• Mental wellbeing programme and support resources available 24/7.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with option to buy or sell one week.
• Cycle to work and tech schemes, subsidised health plans, and onsite facilities where applicable.
• Equal Opportunity

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer.

We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status.

A thorough referencing process including credit and criminal record checks is conducted.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

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