Associate Director, Product Owner

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**Associate Director, Product Owner**

Aon’s breadth of product offerings and global reach give us access to information providing a unique opportunity to build lasting and differentiating innovations for clients. But for Aon to capitalize on these opportunities requires a globally coordinated effort, an effort that the Aon Centre for Innovation and Analytics will provide.

The Product Owner will work with global stakeholders to understand their need and articulate a delivery method that adds value and supports the delivery of Health and Benefits’ strategy.

The Product Owner will be responsible for working with the business to develop requirements, systems design, manage and facilitate testing and design change management programs for major Health and Benefits initiatives..

**About ACIA**

Aon’s Centers for Innovation and Analytics are at the heart of delivering Aon’s Data & Analytic Services team’s mission to:

- Accelerate the rate of innovation through digital solutions to help better respond to clients’ evolving needs
- Provide foundational data and analytics capabilities in one place for 50,000 Aon colleagues and our global clients who use our risk and people solutions

Established in 2012, there are over 150 colleagues in Singapore’s Centre today including actuaries, software developers, data scientists, financial analysts and accountants. We are expanding rapidly and looking for dedicated individuals who can leverage emerging technologies and collaborate across Aon’s solution lines to help clients and colleagues make better, data-driven decisions today and tomorrow.

**What the day will look like**
- Undertaking process analysis and design new business processes as required
- Working closely with business SMEs to understand concept initiatives and developing business requirements specifications for H&B analytical initiatives
- Understand the data need from the business and challenge stakeholders in requirements
- Assisting Strategic Owner with strategy assessment and development for Global Health
- Handling development backlog through project management tools
- Defining sprint requirements and project management through to delivery
- Handling communications with project resources, IT and disparate local business units
- Co-ordinating with IT, systems design and development ensuring trace ability and quality against business requirements specifications
- Developing, handling and implementing user acceptance test plans for new systems development ensuring traceability to business requirements specification
- Conducting training of internal teams to ensure effective use of new processes and systems
- Identifying and highlight risks and issues to Strategic Owner for logging and resolution on project log

**Skills and experience that will lead to success**
- University degree, preferably in a finance or business related field
- Minimum five years’ experience in people risk / health and benefits industry
- Experience with data visualisation methods such as with Tableau, QlikView, Power BI
- Relevant experience working on Agile projects.
- Consistent track record in project environment with recognized analysis, planning and activity execution
- Insightful and analytical to foresee new business needs emerging from projects
- Collaborative, great teammate, organized, goal-oriented, committed and ability to solve business problems
- Effective reasoning and problem solving skills
- Good organizational awareness
- Strong written and interpersonal communication skills
- Understanding of project management processes and controls
- Naturally inquisitive with good negotiation and influencing skills
- Maturity to manage and resolve internal business discussions
- Results driven and take accountability for results.

**How we support our colleagues**

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage a diverse workforce. Plus, our agile, inclusive environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self at Aon. Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two “Global Wellbeing Days” each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions, but we also recognise that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it. We call this Smart Working

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

Aon values an innovative, diverse workplace where all colleagues feel empowered to be their authentic selves. Aon is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.