Product Owner - Digital Initiatives

From day one, our mission has been to create an independent business with a unique culture – one that is controlled by the people who work for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people has always been key to our success.

People come to Howden Group Holdings for lots of different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. That’s what sets us apart, and why we nurture and retain the best talent in the market. Whatever your priorities – work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden Group.

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Product Owner - Digital Initiatives

ROLE PURPOSE:

Building on the success of various digital projects across the group, this role will sit in the Group Enterprise Architecture function and present a unique opportunity to build towards a digital-led portfolio of products. As the face of an innovative function, you will be responsible for prospecting, discovering, and building business cases for transformation work that represents a commercial opportunity to add value through technology. This role will play a key role in initially overseeing and managing the development of an in-flight digital project in the binder space, but with success, be relied upon to look further afield into finding other specialty and wholesale opportunities both in the UK and abroad where digital platforms have the potential to deliver significant ROI.

This is a real opportunity to build a unique practice from scratch and you will have to be a go-getter, be able to work independently, and wear multiple hats to succeed. Existing wholesale/specialty product knowledge is key here to hit the ground running. Over time, this role should have insight into multiple stakeholders across the business and develop the function's reputation to deliver innovative and beneficial solutions.

The job holder will perform the daily duties that most closely resemble a Product Owner, but also require some business analysis when conducting discovery work. Ultimately, this role will work closely with established technical delivery and engineering functions and utilise their product expertise to help guide the work of others to see through to the successful delivery and adoption of new and updated products. As scope grows over time, you may be required to hire/supervise/manage more junior members of the team either on a project or permanent basis, dependent upon the requirements of the business.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Stakeholder Management:

Strategic Planning

Environment, Contacts & Relationship

Budget Management

Product Management

Policy, Process and Procedures:

People Management/Personal Development:

Regulatory and Compliance:

The Board of each Operating Entity requires the highest standards of corporate governance, operational excellence and financial reporting throughout the Group from all its employees. Specific responsibilities are listed below. Reference to team (below) is only applicable where the job holder has direct line management responsibilities:

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Knowledge/Experience

Skills/Behaviours

Qualifications

What do we offer in return?

A career that you define.

Yes, we offer all the usual rewards and benefits - including great healthcare provision, a wide variety of wellbeing offers, competitive salary, generous pensions and more - but we know you expect all that.

What you might not expect is a job where everyone has a voice, where volunteering in the community is part of the day job, and where everyone is encouraged to play a part towards our sustainability goals. We want people who want to make a difference - not just in the workplace, but in the industry and in the wider community.

Our Culture: People First

We are proud to be at the global table, but we are most proud of our culture. It has been built on a single and constant set of principles over more than 25 years, and it has helped us become:

The focus on being a People First business has always been at the very heart of the Group. David’s vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture; one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people to join the Group has been and will continue to be key.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Howden Group Holdings we consider our people our chief competitive advantage and as such we treat colleagues, candidates, clients, and business partners with equality, fairness and respect, regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or family circumstances.

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