Experienced Product Owner Life Insurance (M/F)

Organization and Analysis

• Conducting in-depth business analysis to identify problems, disruptions, and opportunities for improvement
• Defining functional scope in collaboration with architects and business sponsors
• Modeling existing and target processes, as well as related business rules
• Formalizing requirements through need statements and structured project documents

Organization and Co-creation

• Developing and conducting workshops with business stakeholders
• Structuring discussions, facilitating decision-making, and ensuring their security
• Ensuring reporting on workshop outcomes and tracking actions
• Facilitating alignment between various involved departments

Product Development

• Managing the development of Front Office user journeys (subscription, management, administrative actions…)
• Collaborating with UX/UI teams to ensure a smooth and consistent experience
• Drafting user stories, acceptance criteria, and use cases
• Creating, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog

Implementation and Quality

• Participating in the testing strategy and validation phases (tests, UAT)
• Ensuring a proper understanding of requirements by development teams
• Integrating user feedback as part of continuous improvement
• Guaranteeing the quality and functional consistency of delivered results

Key Responsibilities

• Being the product point of contact between business, IT, UX, and other stakeholders
• Promoting the product vision and ensuring its operational implementation
• Ensuring traceability of requirements from their formulation to commissioning
• Managing dependencies between teams and ensuring overall consistency
• Identifying risks (functional, regulatory, IS) and proactively communicating them
• Participating in governance bodies and agile rituals
• Supporting the business in adopting new solutions

Hard Skills

• Proven experience in Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or AMOA (minimum 5 years)
• Significant experience in complex IS transformation programs
• Essential experience in the life insurance sector
• Knowledge of products: unit-linked, unit funds, PER (pension plan)
• Good understanding of Front Office user journeys: subscription, arbitration, surrender, management
• Knowledge of regulatory constraints: DDA, PRIIPS, LCB-FT, RGPD, Solvency II
• Practice of agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe)

Tools and Methods

• Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Confluence or documentation tools
• Miro, Figma, or user journey design tools
• Modeling practices (BPMN or similar)

Soft Skills

• Leadership qualities and ability to bring together multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent organizational and facilitation skills
• Analytical and structured mindset
• Very good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in complex and multi-stakeholder environments

Advantages

• Experience in large-scale Front Office redesign programs
• Agile certification (Scrum, SAFe, Product Owner…)
• Sensitivity to UX, data, or digital performance issues
• Change management experience
• Good understanding of insurance IT architectures

You will be working within the Life Insurance Directorate of a major player in the sector, involved in a strategic IS transformation program.

This program aims for a global redesign of the IS value chain for life insurance with a clear objective: simplify processes, modernize tools, and significantly improve user journeys for both distribution networks and end customers.

One of the main axes is the transformation of the Front Office, covering tools for advisors, brokers, and digital platforms, as well as customer interfaces.

In this context, you will play a central role as a Product Owner, responsible for the product vision and the consistency of user journeys within your area of responsibility. You will be the link between the life insurance business units and the IT teams in an agile and structured environment.