Azure Product Owner

Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind-the-scenes.  It’s up to us in L&G Group functions – which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Comms to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we’re helping to improve our customers’ lives, and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We are looking for an Azure Product Owner to join our Cloud Business Office.

You'll partner with the Head of Cloud to help deliver the strategic cloud vision across our technology estate. You'll also play a ley role to influence the product vision and feature level roadmap, transforming it into a user story backlog which can be consumed and implemented by the engineering team.

If you're looking for a role where you'll be supported in your professional development and a fantastic career path then this could be the ideal next move for you!

We will consider applications from all over the UK however there is an expectation to travel into one of our main offices in London, Hove, Cardiff, Solihull or Barnsley. We are also open to flexible working arrangements - job share etc. 

What you'll be doing

• Defining and managing an innovative and customer-focused product backlog, balancing desired customer outcomes, continuous improvements with technical debt in line with Group requirements
• Setting the sprint goals and negotiating the scope of the sprint backlog with the development team and Scrum Master in line with agreed project plans and business requirements.
• Participating in various team ceremonies including Refinement where you are responsible for driving and ensuring backlog items are effectively refined and sized once a shared understanding has been reached by the development team
• Continually prioritising the backlog ensuring that the development team’s focus is always on delivering the most business value whilst integrating ongoing customer feedback into the process
• Continuously communicating the Product Roadmap to various levels of stakeholders across our business and communicating the release of product increments. Using the roadmap to help motivate the development team by providing clear strategic intent across the Group
• Engaging and collaborating with the wider Group Technology teams to deliver automated solutions that will replace legacy manual processes and ensuring delivery of best-in-class customer experiences in line with company requirements
• Managing product and delivery risks to ensure that there is appropriate and effective governance in place, supported by appropriate reporting or MI

What we're looking for

• In order to succeed in this role you’ll have excellent knowledge of the Azure public cloud environment and what is required to deliver a best-in-class Cloud Foundation for enterprise grade workloads
• Experience of managing a technical product backlog and roadmap for a cloud native development team is also key
• You’ll also be well versed with cloud-based architecture, services, and provisioning
• Experience working in an Agile environment (ideally SAFe)
• A good understanding of modern cloud native development, testing and Agile delivery processes, tools, and frameworks
• Any experience of working with remote teams comprised of vendor-supplied people and permanent people would be a huge plus
• Previous experience working in a financial services/regulated environment would be great!

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.