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# Associate Product Owner

- **Company:** AXA
- **Location:** Bolton, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Confluence, JIRA, Scrum Methodology
- **Published:** July 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=587061d30fdc9e0c

## About the Role

AXA Commercial are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Associate Product Owner to support the successful delivery of innovative solutions. Working closely with the Product Owner and cross-functional squads, you'll help facilitate the delivery of high-quality products that meet customer needs and business objectives, bridging the gap between business and technical teams to ensure smooth, continuous improvement aligned with strategic goals., * Knowledge of product delivery or business analysis roles, ideally within agile teams.

 * Effective organisational and communication skills, capable of managing multiple priorities.
 * An understanding of agile frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban and experience creating user stories.
 * A proactive mindset with eagerness to learn, contribute and support delivery outcomes.
 * Familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence, or similar is desirable.
 * A background or interest in insurance, customer service, or digital transformation is a plus.

As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

## Description

* Collaborate with the Product Owner and squads to shape user stories, manage backlog items and oversee iterative delivery that adds value.
 * Work with stakeholders, users, and SMEs to refine requirements and develop clear user stories with acceptance criteria.
 * Support sprint planning, backlog refinement and delivery activities, working closely with developers, designers and testers.
 * Participate in agile ceremonies and serve as a key link between business and technology teams.
 * Track progress, identify blockers and escalate risks or issues to ensure timely resolution.
 * Contribute to product documentation, user testing and release activities for smooth deployments.
 * Use user feedback and metrics to support continuous product improvement and prioritisation.
 * Communicate dependencies, manage priorities and document key decisions, risks and assumptions for transparency.

Work arrangements:

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events.


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