Job Description

Location: Edinburgh

Job Title: Product Owner

(Retirement Solutions)

Contract Type: Permanent

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 2nd November 2023

We're hiring a Product Owner to drive the future of retirement propositions, connecting customers to a wider range of retirement and innovative options. This role is future-focused, responsible for identifying and delivering new solutions, across the spectrum of products to enable holistic retirement planning, that optimise customer outcomes and support our strategic ambitions.



You'll set the vision for new retirement journeys, working in partnership with other Product Owners to ensure alignment and deliver innovative, joined-up solutions for customers.



Strategic thinking, initiative, and a deep understanding of the retirement landscape are essential, as is the ability to influence at all levels and champion change.

About the role

Shape and drive the strategy for connecting customers to broader retirement options, identifying opportunities for innovation and growth. Build and maintain a long-term roadmap for new retirement solutions, informed by market trends, customer needs, and regulatory change. Develop compelling business cases for investment in new propositions, using data and insight to demonstrate value. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and fellow Product Owners to deliver initiatives from concept to market, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer outcomes. Ensure all developments are compliant with regulatory requirements and deliver measurable commercial and customer outcomes. Monitor product performance, track benefits, manage budgets and risks, and use data to drive decisions and improvements. Coach and support Proposition Analysts, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and high performance within the team.

About you

Significant experience in product ownership, strategy, or proposition development within financial services, ideally with a focus on retirement, pensions, or wealth. Exceptional strategic thinking and initiative, with a track record of delivering innovative solutions. Strong understanding of agile delivery, backlog management, and product lifecycle. Comfortable with ambiguity and able to pivot quickly as priorities evolve. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence and inspire at all levels. Deep understanding of the retirement market, customer needs, and emerging trends. Analytical and data-driven, able to measure and articulate the commercial impact of product decisions. Tenacious, resilient, and positive, with a clear focus on delivering measurable outcomes for customers and the business. Collaborative, with a track record of working effectively with peers to deliver shared goals. Skilled in being the voice of the customer and the adviser within large change initiatives, considering impacts and making pragmatic commercial decisions.

About Royal London

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.



Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.



We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.