IT Product Owner - London

Company:Oliver Wyman

Description:

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 7,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities.

Oliver Wyman is looking for a Product Owner to join our ITS Team in London or Munich

The Opportunity:

Are you a technology-driven professional with a passion for agile methodologies and enterprise systems? Oliver Wyman Group is seeking a motivated and experienced Product Owner to join our Information Technology Services Business Systems team.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute meaningfully in a focused, team-oriented support and development role, implementing requirements and performing maintenance activities for our bespoke project pipeline management system.

Please Note: Oliver Wyman/MMC operates a hybrid working policy and we will require the successful candidate to work from our London Baker Street office at least 60% of the time.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Planning and Development:

  • Developing comprehensive project roadmaps.

  • Gathering and defining detailed requirements.

  • Creating and managing development tickets for each sprint, reflecting requested features and business/end-user needs.

  • Prioritizing backlog features based on value delivery.

• Design, Development, and Support:

  • Leading the design, development, and support of internal applications, primarily in agile scrum projects.

  • Building deep relationships with client groups.

  • Leveraging existing systems and processes to ensure seamless integration.

• Issue Resolution:

  • Work closely with end-users and ITS staff to resolve system-related issues rapidly and conclusively.

What we’d love to see from you:

• You'll have at least 3 years of experience as a Product Owner in agile scrum projects.

• Proficiency in requirements gathering, planning and executing scrum ceremonies, creating product roadmaps, and writing development tickets.

• You’ll hole a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology (IT) or a related field, or equivalent training/experience.

Additionally, you’ll:

• Be a structured, analytical thinker capable of operating at multiple levels of precision and detail.

• Have strong communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills; able to work well in a team environment.

• Possess effective time management and prioritization skills.

• Be a mature, organized, and creative self-starter with a professional attitude.

• Show proactivity in addressing personal technical knowledge gaps.

Why join us at Oliver Wyman?

Visit an Oliver Wyman office anywhere in the world and you will feel it: the buzz of people doing work that matters, with a sense of purpose. Our company comprises a diverse mix of talented people from varied backgrounds and areas of expertise who marshal creative thinking and analytical rigor. Our inclusive, collaborative, non-hierarchical culture allows new thinking to surface quickly. The best idea wins, and everybody is encouraged to contribute. This makes Oliver Wyman both an ideal adviser for organizations and an ideal place for exceptional people to realize their potential.

At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us!

• We’re individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do

• We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us

• We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion

• We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity

• We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.

• We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

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