Product Manager - FinTech

The role spans the Finance function Value Stream and sits as a direct report to the Head of Finance Systems as a member of the Group Enterprise Systems (GES) function. The remit includes all business applications within the Finance function, which includes our core finance application Oracle and the wider eco-system of finance technologies and tools.
There currently exists a significant Finance function support team within GES. This includes operations and data engineering as well as testing, environment management, DevOps, and Service Management. Reporting into the Finance Value Stream Product Manager are 4 squads led by a Technical Product Owner. The four squads consist of Finance Systems, Procurement Systems, Reserving, and Finance Data.,

• Resilience: ensure the provision of all Finance applications to meet the quality, resilience and usability of all user groups.


• Customer Liaison: collaborate with the Business Product Owner in setting and driving the strategic agenda for all applications within the Finance function to ensure they support the group technology goals to Simplify, Protect and Enable the wider business.


• Technical Consultant: nurture ideas and solutions to existing Finance function problems, determine roadmaps for the applications, work closely with the support teams to achieve goals and objectives.


Ensure:

• All Finance function applications are robust, secure, scalable and comply with regulatory mandates and standards.


• Manage, inspire, and develop the team. Ensure they have necessary capabilities/training to perform their roles to the highest standards.


• Promote a commercially oriented culture where the support team recognize their importance to Hiscox's commercial aims and work to enhance and enable them.


• Provide relevant strategic management information to stakeholders as required to help assess project progress, service levels and key decisions.


• Adopt a value focused approach to technology leadership, maximizing commercial return on investment, whilst effectively managing a finite budget.
  
  Whilst a technical background in either data or software delivery is valuable for this role, there are a number of key capabilities that the successful candidate needs to be able to demonstrate which are more important than a strong technical background:


• Previous Product Management experience: Product management experience with fintech experience. Any experience of Oracle would be highly desirable.


• Leadership: Having the ability to communicate a product vision, a set of objectives, as well as delivering change through teams (both internal and third party) is a key feature of the role.


• Communication & stakeholder management: The role requires a strong ability to communicate effectively and influence at different levels of the organisation, from the individual developer in the team through to the heads of function. The Value Stream Product Manager role is a key business partner for a key function across the group so the successful candidate needs to be able to manage complexity in prioritisation and stakeholder management, as well as being very adept at written, verbal, and listening skills.


• Programme management - lead across vendors and internal teams, comfortable working with both traditional methodologies and modern agile methodologies in a multi-faceted application estate with a wide range of different tools and technologies.


• Technical Capabilities: In-depth understanding of Finance function tools and technologies, strong knowledge of Agile principles and processes, experience working Value Streams and/or product development.
  
  At Hiscox we care about our people. We hire the best people for the job and we're committed to diversity and creating a truly inclusive culture, which we believe drives success.

Working life doesn't always have to be in the office, so we have introduced hybrid working to encourage a healthy work life balance. This hybrid working model is set by the team rather than the business to enable you to manage your own personal work-life balance.
We see it as the best of both worlds; structure and sociability on one hand, and independence and flexibility on the other.
Our benefits package includes a bonus, contributory pension, 25 days annual leave plus 2 Hiscox days and a 4 week paid sabbatical with every 5 years' worth of service, private medical for all the family and much more.
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