Senior Product Owner

September 13, 2024

TOWER Insurance

Auckland City

OTHER

We are offering a talented individual with an amazing 1-year fixed-term opportunity to work at Tower.

Why you'll love working with Tower
At Tower, we put our people first and pride ourselves on creating a diverse and inclusive space that provides opportunities for everyone to thrive. As a unique Kiwi and Pacific insurer operating for almost 150 years, with roots all the way back to Dunedin NZ, we embrace and encourage our people to bring their whole selves to work.
We celebrate all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, religions, anything that helps to make our people special. We are proud holders of the Rainbow Tick which is an important symbol for us.

What will you be doing?
As the Senior Product Owner - Purchase Journey you will inspire the squad to deliver innovative digital customer solutions and drive delivery aligned with maximising customer value.
You can expect to be across the following:

You will enable the team to optimise delivery of value through a clearly articulated and transparent backlog of work and create solutions with a customer focused mindset.
You'll turn data into insights enabling the squad to navigate through challenges and provide actionable outcomes to improve our customer experience.
You will partner with other members of the team to align outcomes and resources that enable the best outcomes for Tower.
You will optimise the ecommerce Quote to Buy platform at Tower and work closely with the marketing team and other digital squads to deliver the desired customer experience for customers purchasing Tower policies.

What you'll need
To be successful in this role, you will also be able to demonstrate the following:

Minimum 5+ years working in Product Ownership, Project management / Programme management / transformation workstream
Experience working in agile environment and backlog management
A background and knowledge in digital platforms, e Commerce, as well as contact centre and omnichannel experience would be advantageous
Extensive background working with digital transformation
A strong understanding and passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences and championing their voices.
Ability to prioritise and ensure new features, enhancements and changes across multiple technology platforms are delivered regularly and with as few bugs/issues as possible. Must have the ability to analyse, evaluate and breakdown a complex problem into manageable sizes of work for delivery.
Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams and ensure dependencies are identified and managed proactively to assure delivery and benefit realisation.

We pride ourselves on encouraging everyone to bring their whole selves to work, and we embrace diverse opinions, experience and backgrounds. Making sure we are doing what's right.

Our commitment is to create an inclusive workplace where our people come first, we feel valued, safe and respected. If you feel comfortable doing so, please let us know early in the process if there are any diversity needs, we can meet or make reasonable adjustments to enable you to shine. If you would like to note which pronouns you use at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

What Tower will bring to the table
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer benefits to celebrate and look after our Tower employees.
Highlights include:

22 days annual leave
Access to Tower products
Eligibility to access Employee Assistance Programs
Flexible workplace opportunities at our beautiful new Fanshawe St office packed with modern technologies, stand-up desks, open space and coffee machines in two large modern kitchens with cafe-inspired dining areas

Apply now
Please note: We're eager to get the right person on board as soon as possible. We don't have set closing dates, so we'll start reviewing applications as they come in. Don't wait—apply now to make sure you're considered.

We regret to inform you that this job opportunity is no longer available