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About us
At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets (MRS-GM), it is our ambition to become the leading Primary Specialty Insurance provider, underpinned by an effective and adaptable strategy, superior products and industry leaders working in a supportive environment to achieve this.
At the heart of our success is a strong culture where people are encouraged to be present, bold and curious, allowing them to achieve their individual goals.
Please see our website for more information. [https://www.munichre.com/landingpage/en/munichre-specialty.html]
Product Manager
We are currently looking for a Product Manager to be based in London on a full-time basis, reporting into the Head of Subsection for Data and Analytics.
As a Product Manager you will manage IT products that support one or more lines of business, including managing the demand process and consulting business colleagues to lead both tactical and strategic development. You’ll lead an agile team comprised of architects, business analysts, quality assurance and development resources, all focused on achieving the team’s goals. In this role, you will own and manage the product lifecycle including functional releases and IT upgrades, to maintain compliance, performance and ‘fit for purpose’ business functionality. You will be responsible for the secure and stable ‘run’ of the product as well as for the product costs.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with IT and client-facing colleagues to manage product roadmaps and backlogs for IT products, ensuring that the product team delivers capabilities on time, on budget and per expectation.
- Manage delivery processes including requirements discovery, solution design, user story writing, feature development, and user acceptance testing
- Partner with executive and subject matter expert colleagues to identify key capabilities and maintain Product lifecycle according to IT conformance process and guidelines.
- Collaborate regularly with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on feature development and prioritization. Work across teams and global locations in a seamless way
- Monitor and evaluate product compliance and performance to facilitate continuous iteration and improvement
- Owns cross-project roadmap and pipeline for multiple Data and Analytics initiatives, aligning delivery with business priorities and capacity.
- Manages high-level scoping, dependencies, and integration of functional and non-functional requirements into plans.
- Acts as primary interface between business stakeholders, Data Office, and Data & Analytics teams; runs decision and sign-off trackers.
- Ensures adherence to platform management approach, standards, and governance timetables.
- Clarifies scope and outcomes, maintains backlog of epics/features, and embeds change control into the pipeline.
- Leads high-level requirements and options analysis to support strategic decisions on data products and platform capabilities.
- Facilitates workshops, working groups and steering forums; provides tailored status updates for execs, SMEs and delivery teams.
- Produces reports and insights that support IT and data strategy management, including risks, benefits and value tracking.
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Knowledge and Skills
- University degree preferably in Computer engineering / IT, Business Administration, Liberal Arts, Social Sciences or similar qualification
- Understanding of Databricks, Azure datastack with familiarity of Devops/CI-CD and monitoring is required
- Awareness of data engineering concepts, development and testing of pipelines is mandatory
- 3+ years product management experience working in a regulated industry such as Financial Services. Digital product management experience is an asset.
- Demonstrated experience of working in a scaled/agile team, with team members in different global locations
- Preferably, you are already ITIL or Scrum certified or have the readiness to pursue one with our support
- Customer Focus
- Collaboration and communication
- Organization and prioritization
- Project management and leadership experience
If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Munich Re, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion foster innovation and resilience and enable us to act braver and better. Embracing the power of DEI is at the core of who we are. We recognise diversity can be multi-dimensional, intersectional, and complex, so we want to build a diverse workforce that includes a wide range of racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; economic and geographic backgrounds; physical abilities; ages; life, school, and career experiences; and political, religious, and personal beliefs. Additionally, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive work environment where this diversity is celebrated, valued, and has equitable opportunities to succeed.
All candidates in consideration for any role can request a reasonable adjustment at any point in our recruitment process. You can request an adjustment by speaking to your Talent Acquisition contact.
Learning and innovating today, striving for sustainable societies and business tomorrow
At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets our approach to ESG is underpinned by our desire to seize business opportunities and to nurture a stimulating and inclusive work environment. Our ESG strategy aims to deliver holistic impacts across environmental, social and governance topics including supporting a number of local initiatives within our community and offering volunteering opportunities for colleagues.
Learn more about sustainability at Munich Re [https://www.munichre.com/en/company/sustainability.html] – choose your impact!
Benefits
- 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- 10% Non-contributory Pension
- Eligibility for an Annual Bonus
- Private Medical + Dental Insurance
- Critical illness insurance + Life Assurance + Permanent Health Insurance
- Wellbeing and Development Scheme + EAP + Health Assessments (subject to scheme eligibility)
- Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Study & continuing Professional Development Support
- Hybrid Working + IT Home Set-up Support
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