Who are we?
We’re a specialist employee benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces. As part of the international Unum Group, we’re on a collective mission to help the working world thrive.
The roleWhat will you be doing?
Position: Digital Product OwnerLocation: Basingstoke or Dorking with hybrid working
What will you bring?
We are looking for a Digital Product Owner to take ownership of one of our key digital platforms – UnumSync, UnumOnline or Help@Hand. You’ll lead the product backlog, drive delivery through Agile teams and shape the future of our digital customer experience.
This role will focus on our customer facing digital asset, Help@Hand, so experience as a Product Owner for applications within a consumer-focused environment would be a strong advantage.
What you’ll do
- Own and prioritise the product backlog and roadmap
- Act as the key decision maker for your product
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Technology, Proposition, Marketing and Operations
- Utilise date to translate customer needs into features and enhancements
- Lead Agile delivery, ensuring focus on value and customer outcomes
- Track KPIs and continuously improve performance
About you
- Experience delivering digital products in an Agile environment
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes
- Customer-focused, proactive, and comfortable driving change
- Product Owner certification (PSPO/CSPO) desirable
The successful Digital Product Owner can expect:
- Generous Bonus
- Pension scheme
- Life, medical and income insurance
- Access to remote GP, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support, and medical 2nd opinion
- 27 days holiday with the option to buy and sell holiday up to 5 days (plus Bank Holidays)
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme with free on-site electric chargers.
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Why join us?
At Unum, we’ve created a workplace where people feel supported to progress and grow, and can see their ambitions coming to life.
As a part of our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace, we actively encourage applications from those with disabilities and those with long-term health conditions.
If you meet the essential criteria for the role and choose to opt in to the scheme during your application, you will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.
Company:
Unum UKSkills Required
- Experience delivering digital products in an Agile environment
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes
- Ability to use data to translate customer needs into features and enhancements
- Customer-focused, proactive, comfortable driving change
- Product Owner certification (PSPO or CSPO)
- Experience as a Product Owner in a consumer-focused environment (advantage)
Unum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Unum and has not been reviewed or approved by Unum.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits are described as starting day one and include medical coverage along with employer-provided life, short-term disability, and long-term disability. On-site amenities like a gym and café are also part of the health-and-extras package in some locations.
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Retirement Support — The retirement offering is positioned as a standout through a high employer 401(k) contribution. This retirement support is repeatedly framed as a key draw within the total rewards package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is characterized as generous, with additional personal days and company closure days also described. The time-off program is presented as broader than many peers on paper.
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What We Do
Unum is a company of people serving people. A Fortune 500 company, we help millions of people gain affordable access to disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental and vision benefits through the workplace — benefits that help them protect their families, their finances and their futures. Our products and services meet the needs of a diverse workforce that includes four generations, growing ethnic diversity and changing family dynamics. A strong commitment to social responsibility is one of Unum's core values. In fact, we place particular emphasis on contributing to positive change in the communities in which we live and work. Helping our communities become better is a natural extension of the commitment we make each and every day to our customers — to help employers manage their businesses and employees protect their families and livelihoods. We look forward to sharing industry news, community involvement, recognition and other info we hope you find interesting and informative. We encourage your comments and feedback so we can be a valuable resource for you and get to know you a little better.
