Lead Product Owner - Data and AI Platform

XL CATLIN
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Job Description - Lead Product Owner - Data and AI Platform (12002662D20250219)

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12002662D20250219

Lead Product Owner – Data and AI Platform

Location: London, UK

(Closing date for applications will be 14th March 2025)

AXA XL values data and AI assets as vital for risk management and seizing new business opportunities. They need to be high quality and delivered in a value-first rapid fashion, providing competitive edge while boosting company operational efficiency.

The Innovation, Data, and Analytics (IDA) team delivers on this vision through strategic use of digital, data, and AI technologies to stand out from competitors. To advance our data and AI capabilities, we're recruiting a Lead Product Owner – Data and AI Platform to oversee the platform's ongoing operation and development and grow its adoption throughout AXA XL.

The platform facilitates the entire lifecycle of data, machine learning, and AI, including scalable data transformation, engineering, deployment, and operations. It now integrates Azure AI for advanced document handling and provides shared AI functionalities for end user applications. Our technology primarily utilises the MS Azure ecosystem, especially Azure Databricks and Azure AI services.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

  • Manage and coach a team of 7 FTEs, and multiple contractor staff. These are split between user-facing Platform Steward roles and cloud product ownership and admin roles. Staff is based in the USA (East Coast), UK and India.
  • Through the team, be accountable for productivity and user experience in ‘interactive user’, ‘application developer’ and ‘IT operations’ segments. Focusing on creating, maintaining, and publicising clear, compliant, and economical user journeys.
  • Be accountable for platforms’ compliance and operational efficiency in meeting enterprise standards on data governance, data security / privacy, role-based access controls, AI governance. Making it easy for users to remain compliant and productive at the same time.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders – such as Global Technology CTO - to grow platform capabilities, particularly where they enable economical and rapid delivery of end user applications: e.g. managed AI capabilities, standardised deployment journeys, architectural patterns, playbooks etc.
  • Be the voice of user in discussions with functional counterparts such as Global Technology, Governance, Information Security.

In this role, you will report to the Division Lead, Data and AI Platforms.

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

  • Established experience as a Platform Owner / Technical Product Owner / Senior Platform / Senior Infrastructure Engineer of a Cloud-based platform offering – preferably in data science or analytical areas.
  • Prior experience of engaging architects and cloud engineers to deliver user-facing solutions, particularly data-intensive applications.
  • Understanding of data science and developer workflows and best practices, such as CI / CD, model management lifecycle and others.
  • Willingness to understand in-depth user problems and peculiarities of workflow in diverse user segments. Ability to communicate effectively across the wider stakeholder landscape.
  • Willingness to grow technical and management expertise and keep up to date with fast-evolving space.

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks.

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

Location

Location: GB-GB-London

Work Locations

GB London 20 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0BG

Job Field

Data & Analytics

Schedule

Full-time

Job Type

Standard

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