Product Manager

• Translate business requirements into actionable user stories and detailed technical specifications.
• Conduct structured analysis, including data mapping and lineage, gap analysis and system assessment, field-level data handling and transformation rules.
• Create and maintain a prioritised backlog aligned with Program Increment (PI) commitments, business priorities, and strategic goals.
• Refine user stories progressively throughout the Program Increment, ensuring alignment with the INVEST criteria.
• Proactively identify and address potential blockers, collaborating with stakeholders to facilitate a smooth refinement process.
• Partner with Quality Engineering to ensure alignment on testing strategies and acceptance criteria.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration

• Collaborate with Business SMEs, developers, and key stakeholders to refine data and system requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Facilitate structured workshops to elicit requirements, ensuring comprehensive input while balancing business priorities and feasibility.
• Manage expectations by clearly articulating constraints, trade-offs, and dependencies.
• Present recommendations and guide discussions by asking stakeholders to critique and refine solutions.
• Build process flows, mock-ups, or data models to illustrate proposed solutions and understanding.
• Plan and coordinate UAT resources, ensuring smooth execution, clear documentation of outputs, and stakeholder alignment.
• Develop and maintain training materials as needed, provide targeted support to users or operational teams involved in the solution rollout.
• Agile Execution and Delivery

• Present well-defined and prioritised backlog items during Sprint Planning, supporting the team in making sprint commitments.
• Act as the primary analyst during development and QA and implementation phases, providing ongoing clarifications and issue resolution.
• Ensure system behaviour aligns with documented requirements, especially regarding data handling and business rule enforcement.
• Manage the documentation of finalised requirements, change requests, exception handling logic, and compliance tracking.
• Prepare and present demos during Sprint Reviews and gather feedback.

• Proven experience in Product Backlog Management and Systems Analysis working on complex, data-focused initiatives.
• Experience interpreting and delivering solutions to meet regulatory, data privacy, or compliance requirements.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with a strong analytical mindset and ability to work across business and technical teams.
• Ability to critically evaluate business needs, challenge assumptions, and independently develop recommendations before translating them into actionable user stories.
• Solid understanding of:

• System integration and legacy system analysis
• SQL or data querying tools
• Hands-on experience with Agile or hybrid delivery models, backlog/work item tracking, and cross functional collaboration.
• Technical proficiency to understand development processes, constraints, and opportunities.
• Ability to juggle competing priorities, manage dependencies, and make decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, Miro, or similar tools.
• Insurance or regulated industry experience is highly desirable.

• Regulatory Mindset: Understands the importance of compliance and takes a methodical approach to risk reduction.
• Collaborative: Works effectively with the stakeholders to align and deliver value-driven solutions.
• Detailed-Oriented: Pays close attention to field-level data, rules, and exceptions to ensure complete and accurate implementation.
• Clear Communicator: Translates technical complexity into actionable insight for business and operational stakeholders.
• Proactive Contributor: Anticipates issues, escalates appropriately, and takes initiative to unblock progress.
• Change-Enabler: Brings structure and analysis to complex data challenges, helping drive measurable business improvement.

Oliver James Associates