Product Manager

About the Role

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Discovery Group, particularly product houses, businesses, distribution channels (intermediated and direct) , actuarial analytics, and data science to understand business needs and opportunities.
• Translate business needs and opportunities that align with the Adviser 360 vision, strategy and roadmap as the custodian of the Distribution Technology stack.
• Collaborate with and provide guidance to a cross-functional team of architects, analysts and developers and ensure that delivery is high quality, aligned with business requirements and within the Adviser 360 framework.
• Actively participate in technical discussions and solution design to understand implementation complexities.
• Collaborate with Distribution management to design, refine, and implement the target operating model for Distribution and its primary internal stakeholders.
• Manage the product backlog and prioritise initiatives based on business value, strategic importance and technical feasibility.
• Drive continuous improvement in data quality, accessibility, and usability.
• Define KPI’s and success metrics, continuously measuring product performance and optimising for efficiency and business impact.
• Measure and communicate the business impact of Distribution Technology initiatives on key strategic value drivers.
• Research and analysis of the market, users, and the roadmap for the products.

Requirements

• Experience presenting business ideas, project progress and future plans to senior stakeholders.
• Experience in implementing process improvement on their team.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to make good judgements by analysing complex and varied information.
• Good grasp of metrics and statistics.
• Inquisitive and questioning by nature.
• Able to organise and plan work.
• Ability to take on information and learn new subjects.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business analysis/product ownership/product management.
• 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Deep knowledge of the insurance industry, an understanding of its revenue and profit drivers, working knowledge of how businesses, distribution channels and marketing can use data to drive value.
• Proven experience in product ownership or management of data platforms/solutions.
• An understanding (and willingness to deepen understanding) of business concepts.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in managing technical teams.
• Experience in stakeholder management across different organisational levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value propositions.
• Experience with agile methodologies and practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Agile, business analysis) are advantageous.