Senior Product Owner – Employee Benefits Job ID: JP055335
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Summary
Senior Product Owner owning the vision, roadmap and backlog for employee benefits, 2nd-pillar pensions and group insurance products. Bridges business and IT in an Agile/SAFe environment, driving digitalization of employer, broker and employee journeys, working hybrid from Brussels.
Senior Product Owner – Employee Benefits
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Product Owner with strong expertise in Employee Benefits, 2nd pillar pensions and group insurance. You will bridge business and IT, define product strategy and priorities, and drive digital transformation and customer journey improvements.
Responsibilities
- Define the product vision, roadmap and priorities.
- Translate business, customer and regulatory needs into epics, features and user stories.
- Own and prioritize the product backlog based on business value.
- Identify opportunities to digitalize and improve customer, employer, broker and employee journeys.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, Agile teams, architects and other Product Owners.
- Coordinate dependencies and facilitate collaboration across teams.
- Participate in PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Reviews and Retrospectives.
- Validate delivered solutions against business requirements and customer outcomes.
- Drive digital transformation and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor market and technology trends and identify improvement opportunities.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure strong business alignment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Product Ownership, digital transformation, business transformation or project management.
- Strong and recent experience in Employee Benefits / 2nd pillar / group insurance is essential.
- Experience with customer journey redesign and multi-stakeholder initiatives.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
- Customer-focused, autonomous and results-driven.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum; SAFe experience is a strong advantage.
- Strong stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Fluent in Dutch or French, with strong professional English.
- Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and lead people through change.
Key Focus Areas
- Digitalization of employer and employee/affiliate journeys.
- Improving administration and servicing of pension and group insurance products.
- Simplifying and improving transparency of processes for customers and partners.
Assignment
- Location: Brussels – Sint-Gillis
- Work model: Hybrid
- Languages: Dutch or French + English