Senior Product Owner (hybrid)

About the role

As Senior Product Owner, you define new features and constantly enhance the platform always considering our joint business goals.  

Responsibilities:

Driving Platform Vision 

• Work closely with SMEs to understand and capture Business requirement and identify the scope for digital transformation. 

• Influencing operating model by leveraging group’s innovative and cutting-edge digital tools 

• Continuous improvement of internal processes 

Lead in Technology & Delivery

• Work on release planning to prioritize the features to meet the quarterly and yearly targets. 

• Maximize the business value of the products and be accountable for successful delivery. 

• Creating and maintaining a prioritized Product Backlog 

• Clearly communicating priorities, sprint goals and acceptance criteria to the agile team 

• Work on user story conception to facilitate clear communication of requirements to the agile team by communicating priorities, sprint goals and acceptance criteria to the agile team 

• Provide input during the Agile ceremonies - sprint planning, review, retrospective demos, refinement sessions 

• Inspect the product progress at the end of every Sprint and accept or reject work done 

• Contribute to continuous improvement with business feedback/vision 

• Work with the production support team on incidents when and where required. 

• Work on UAT plans, including supporting the business in helping to define UAT test cases. 

• Participate in defect triage and prioritization, and addressing any requirements defects, changes or questions that come out of QA testing 

• Collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk 

About you

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business Administration, Computer or equivalent required 

• Insurance industry work experience in projects/programs with significant change impact and multiple dependencies within and across organizational boundaries. 

• Proven track record in delivering projects successfully from inception to delivery through Agile methodology as a Product Owner with Good planning and forward-thinking skills. 

• Knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply the principles, tools, and techniques to develop/plan, manage or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion 

• Prior working experience in Claims systems or business operation or claims handling is good to have 

• Strong stakeholder management ability in handling wide-ranging requests from senior stakeholders. 

• Capable of meeting tight schedules and deadlines  

• High attention to detail while maintaining clear customer expectations throughout the life cycle of a project/engagement. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• Good organizational and documentation skills are essential. 

• Familiarity with project management tools such as ADO and Confluence 

For Slovakia the base salary range for this position is between 3 300 EUR and 5 400 EUR per month (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:​

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, ​
• the applicant’s own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

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Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer. We anticipate and manage risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions is the commercial insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group. We offer innovative insurance solutions to large and midsized multinational corporations from our approximately 50 locations worldwide. We help clients mitigate their risk exposure, whilst our industry-leading claims service provides them with additional peace of mind.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions embraces a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

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