Technical Product Owner

Please note that the screening process for this role will start at the beginning of August due to the vacation period in July. Do you have a passion for simplifying the technical landscape, want to help us reshape the Mobility Insurance Industry, and understand the benefits of standard system implementations? Join our team as a Technical Product Owner.

About the team

You will be joining ‘Mobility and Classic SE Solutions’ one of the engineering units in If. Our unit is developing and operating core insurance systems for the private sector primarily in Sweden. We have just embarked on a major journey of renewing our core system landscape by implementing a standard SAAS insurance platform named Guidewire. This work has been created and executed as a program named CTP (Core Transformation Program) and the first assignment for the Technical Product Owner is to act as the Product Owner for the integration components between Guidewire and If’s infrastructure named the ‘Spectre API’.

The overall purpose of the ‘Spectre API’-squad is to implement the integration layer needed as we transition parts of If’s business portfolio to Guidewire.

More specifically: the ‘Spectre API’-squad create, implement, maintain, and support the Azure components that realize the integration layer between Guidewire and the various If systems/services that Guidewire integrate with. The API Squad supports the Guidewire Squads with working integration artefacts required to drive the implementation and delivery work forward.

About The Role

In your role as Technical Product Owner in the ‘Mobility and Classic SE Solutions’-unit you will be assigned to work in different delivery contexts. The first assignment will be in the Spectre API Squad within the larger Core Transformation Program.

In your role as the technical product owner of the Spectre API (our integration platform), you will be prioritizing the squad backlog and you will have a tight relation to CTP Product Managers to align your team’s contributions to the needs of our program as well as the Product Owners of our Guidewire Squads.

 

You also strive to connect the work to the “bigger picture” and how it relates to people, processes, and systems - who are we developing for and how, where are we heading and how to get there?

In this role you work tightly together with your team that consist of several developers, a Scrum Master, a Lead Software Architect and potentially more roles. You will also interact closely with Business Analysts in our Preparation Team and various Subject Matter Experts around the integrations in focus as well as both business focused and tech focused counterparts of the various systems we will integrate to.

 

We offer

In the same way that we place high demands on you as an employee, we also expect you to place high demands on us as an employer. Here are some of the benefits of working at If:

An inclusive work environment that embraces diversity and welcomes all.

Career and development opportunities within the largest insurance company in the Nordics.

Engaging social activities alongside highly skilled professionals.

Flexibility with a hybrid workplace model.

A health-promoting environment, including wellness allowance, a variety of sports activities, compensation for home office equipment, and more.

A lunch bonus to fuel your productivity.

A robust pension saving plan to secure your future (subject to location).

Who you are

In terms of personality profile, we believe you love working with smart, ambitious, and dedicated people and that you thrive in a collaborative environment. You are comfortable in communicating cross borders, explaining deep technical concepts to non-technical professionals and vice versa. You should have extensive and practical knowledge when it comes to the system integration domain.

 

You also have

You are a servant leader, a caring team player and problem solver who understands the challenge and finds a way through it.

You communicate a clear direction; translating customer, business and tech needs into a development roadmap, balancing conflicting priorities and see the whole picture.

Project and product management skills; get insights from various stakeholders on business ambitions and understanding of customer and partner needs, initiating and driving implementation projects and business requirement work.

You have the technical understanding of system integrations concepts, and you are comfortable facilitating technical discussions.

You have previous experience from system integration work.

Strong communication skills and fluent in English

You are familiar with agile ways of working.

Our promise to you

You will be part of an international, modern, and dynamic working environment within the leading insurance company in the Nordic region. You will have challenging and exciting tasks driving your personal development. Training opportunities within and outside the organization will support your career growth. You will be at the forefront of delivering solutions aimed at the changing mobility landscape.

 

Additional facts and the recruitment process

Application deadline : Screening will start at the beginning of August due to the vacation period in July.

To apply for the position : Please attach your CV.

Work location : Sweden (Stockholm, Gothenburg) or Finland (Helsinki, Turku)

Start : As soon as possible or by agreement

For more information, please contact hiring manager Niklas Lindström, +46-70-7935714

Background checks will be done in accordance with the law in the country of employment.

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Ready to be part of our dynamic team and drive impactful change? Apply today and seize this opportunity!

Our purpose is to give people confidence today to shape their tomorrow.

To make this possible, trust is our backbone. We stay ahead and challenge ourselves to grow. And we always put our hearts into it – because it takes more than bright minds to make brilliant things happen. We are the leading insurance company in the Nordics/Baltics and a stable employer with 7,900 dedicated professionals. But most importantly, we are protectors of people, enablers of companies and encouragers of dreams. With our joint force of expertise and engagement we always stand by our customers’ side. Giving them the security and the confidence to be curious, explore new worlds, start new businesses and live their lives. We are an equal opportunity employer, convinced that a diverse and inclusive work culture boosts innovation and

the growth of intellectual capital in many ways. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, or what you look like. It is the different perspectives,

backgrounds, and experiences each of us have and share, that will make a difference.