IT & Software

Technical Product Manager

Hiscox AG

York · North Yorkshire · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will define and own the platform vision for Hiscox Core Trading Platforms, guiding strategy and delivery to maximise value across trading value streams. You will partner with Product Owners, Engineering, Architecture and business stakeholders to ensure reusable capabilities, scalable foundations, and resilient platforms. You will balance platform modernisation with sustainability and enablement, making priority decisions within architectural guardrails. You will lead with data‑driven insight, track outcomes and adapt priorities to business outcomes, shaping the future of trading capabilities.

Pay / Benefits
  • hybrid working
  • diversity and inclusive culture
Responsibilities
  • Define and maintain the platform vision, strategy and roadmap aligned to business objectives and technology strategy
  • Own end-to-end platform product lifecycle from discovery to optimisation
  • Act as the accountable decision-maker for the Core Trading Platforms value stream with governance and progress reporting
  • Refine and maintain the product roadmap, balancing short‑term delivery with long-term outcomes
  • Prioritise initiatives using value, risk, data, customer insight and platform adoption needs
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align priorities, dependencies, scope and success measures
  • Understand capability needs of business-facing value streams to maximise organisational outcomes
  • Champion the value stream and secure alignment, investment and change adoption across people, processes and technology
  • Establish feedback loops to evidence business value and adapt priorities based on insights and performance data
  • Coach Product Owners and delivery teams to resolve challenges and adopt good product and agile practices
  • Manage complexity and dependencies to optimise resourcing, funding and collaboration while avoiding duplication
  • Ensure Core Trading Platforms delivers reusable capabilities and foundational services for stream-aligned teams
Key requirements
  • Strong product management skills with vision, strategy and roadmaps
  • End-to-end product lifecycle ownership of products, platforms, or value streams
  • Experience in cross-functional environments translating objectives into measurable outcomes
  • Ability to prioritise using value, risk, data and customer insight
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple teams and levels
  • Confidence in decision-making, trade-off assessment and risk communication
  • Analytical mindset using insight and performance data to inform decisions
  • Ability to manage complexity, dependencies and shifting priorities
  • Coaching and guidance skills for Product Owners and delivery teams
  • Clear communication translating strategy into actionable outcomes
  • Experience in cross-team collaboration and delivering measurable business value
  • Experience managing discovery through delivery and ongoing optimisation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Influencing and collaboration
  • Analytical mindset
  • Platform strategy and roadmapping
  • End-to-end product lifecycle management
  • Agile practices and ways of working

Reference: WJ-747_30204253

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