Product Manager

Who you are

• The successful candidate will combine commercial insurance domain expertise with strong product judgement, stakeholder leadership and practical software delivery experience
• Proven product management, product ownership or senior business analysis experience in enterprise software, ideally in insurance or financial services
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments, with practical exposure to SAFe concepts, ceremonies, artefacts and cross-functional release planning
• Ability to create clear product roadmaps, feature definitions, benefit hypotheses and prioritisation rationale that can be understood by business and technical audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex insurance software capabilities to customers, prospects, delivery teams and senior stakeholders
• Credibility in customer-facing discussions, with the ability to listen, challenge constructively, manage expectations and turn market feedback into actionable product direction
• Experience across the software development lifecycle in a business-led role, including requirements definition, design clarification, development support, testing input and release readiness
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to make balanced trade-offs where customer, commercial, operational and technical priorities compete
• Ability to work effectively with distributed teams and collaborate across time zones, including colleagues in the UK, India and other global locations
• Comfortable working to deadlines, managing ambiguity and taking ownership of outcomes without requiring detailed day-to-day direction
• Strong understanding of the London insurance market, Lloyd’s / London Market processes, commercial insurance operations or closely related specialty insurance domains
• Working knowledge of insurance software products or comparable policy, claims, finance, broking, reinsurance, workflow or market integration platforms
• Experience with London Market modernisation initiatives, Blueprint Two / digital processing, market messaging, delegated authority, Lloyd’s processes or related regulatory change
• Experience demonstrating software products, supporting sales / pre-sales conversations or contributing to customer proposals and roadmap presentations
• Experience using Jira or similar tooling to manage features, epics, dependencies and product delivery status in an Agile environment
• Familiarity with data structures, APIs, integrations, reporting / MI and configurable enterprise software platforms
• Experience applying AI, automation or analytics to improve customer outcomes, product usability or product management ways of working
• This role is suited to a pragmatic and commercially aware product leader who can operate credibly across customer, market, delivery and engineering communities
• The successful candidate will be comfortable making choices, explaining trade-offs and keeping teams aligned around a product roadmap that delivers value for Velonetic and DXC

What the job involves

• DXC is seeking a Product Manager to own and drive the roadmaps for London Market insurance software products, operating in a Scaled Agile (SAFe) delivery environment
• These products, running on the DXC Assure Platform, power Velonetic’s core processing services for over 400 insurers, reinsurers and brokers
• This role translates customer, market and business priorities into a clear product direction, ensuring development teams build high-value features that strengthen the products’ competitive position and support DXC’s strategic objectives
• The Product Manager will work closely with Product Leadership, Build Leads and engineering teams, while engaging directly with DXC and Velonetic stakeholders, user groups, and commercial and delivery teams
• Define, communicate and maintain the product roadmaps, balancing customer value, market relevance, technical feasibility and DXC business objectives
• Fulfil the Product Manager role within a SAFe product development environment, supporting Build Leads and delivery teams through PI planning, feature definition, prioritisation and backlog refinement
• Identify, shape and prioritise new features and enhancements for complex London Market use cases, including opportunities to apply AI responsibly where it delivers measurable value
• Gather structured feedback from Velonetic, user groups, commercial, delivery and support teams; convert insight into validated product opportunities rather than unfiltered wish lists
• Act as a primary point of contact for stakeholders on matters relating to product direction, roadmap intent, feature scope, business value and prioritisation trade-offs
• Lead or actively participate in product user groups, roadmap forums, design reviews and consultation activities with internal and external stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with architects, SMEs, engineering teams and Build Leads to clarify requirements, resolve delivery questions and ensure the intended business outcome is understood
• Support commercial activity by explaining product capability, positioning roadmap direction and articulating business benefits to Velonetic and other stakeholders
• Maintain awareness of London Market modernisation, regulatory / process developments, competitor products and relevant insurance technology trends
• Demonstrate visible ownership of the products, creating alignment across stakeholders and inspiring teams to contribute to the product vision and roadmap