Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.
People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.
ProductManager
Who are we?
Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international teamcomprisedof 23,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.
Purpose of the role
We are looking for avisionary, commercially mindedProductManager to ownthe strategy,roadmapand delivery of our global enterprise websites, driving measurable impactfor ourcustomersand globalbusiness.
As the Product Leader, you will champion the voice of the customer while carefully balancing business priorities, stakeholder expectations, and strategicobjectives Success in this role will require strong collaboration, influencing skills, and the ability to build trusted relationships across a diverse group of stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring our enterprise websites support the company’s strategicobjectivesand deliver measurable commercial value.
You will lead and manage the Product Owner, Product Analyst, and Site Managers, providing clear direction, coaching, and accountability while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture. Alongside this, you will work closely with the Platform Manager and Platform Development team, as well as the CRM and Marketing Automation teams,to ensure strong alignment across roadmap priorities, platform capability, delivery planning, dependencies, and operational considerations.
Acting as a key point of coordination across the product and delivery functions, you will ensure business needs, customer insight, technical constraints, and regional requirements are brought together constructively to support effective decision making and sustainable delivery. This role requires a thoughtful and collaborative leadership style, helping to navigate competing priorities, manage stakeholder expectations sensitively, andmaintainmomentum across both iterative optimisation work and larger global initiatives.
As a highly visible roleoperatingacross multiple countries and stakeholder groups, you will combine rapid, data-driven improvements with longer-term strategic initiatives, actively engaging stakeholders globally to drive alignment, confidence, and measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities
Own the product vision and roadmap,ensuring every initiative maps directly to customer needswhile supporting the company’s strategicobjectivesanddeliveringmeasurablecommercialvalue alignedto theoverall business strategy
Lead innovation within the product, proactivelyidentifyingopportunities to evolve, challenge existing approachesand processes, and drive meaningful improvements in user experience and business value.
Leadproductprioritisation decisions, applying a clear, value-based approach and confidently managingand communicatingtrade-offs, including what will not be prioritised.
Define clear success measures for product initiatives andestablishconsistent reporting frameworks tomonitordelivery, adoption, performance, and business value realisation.
Partner with thewider teamto ensure alignment on priorities and value, apply the wider operating model, and engage early to address any risks or challengesimpactingdelivery commitments and benefits realisation.
Drive the continuous improvement of our enterprisewebsites and CMS, ensuring our content-led digital experiences are scalable, localised,accessible, andcommerciallyeffective
Build strong relationships with senior stakeholdersacross the business,confidentlyinfluencing decisions, constructively challenging requests where needed,and drivingalignment on priorities,trade-offsand strategic outcomes
Act as the primary point of entry for teamdemand, ensuringfocusremainson the highest value opportunities.
Use data, insight, and evidence to inform decisions, working closely with the Product Owner and Product Analyst tovalidateopportunities and measure impact.
Lead and support the Product Owner, Product Analyst, and Site Managers, fostering a high-performance culture with clear goals, accountability, and shared ownership of outcomes.
Ensure delivery plans are realistic and achievable, working closely with the Product Owner, Platform Manager, and Platform Development team to align scope, sequencing, dependencies, and capacity.
Maintain a strong feedback loop from delivery into the roadmap, adjusting priorities based on progress, risks, and technical or operational constraints.
Support key product ceremonies and planning activities where product direction, trade-offs, or decisions arerequired
Own and track product performance KPIs, using data, insight, and user feedback to continuously optimise the customer experience, measure commercial impact, and communicate outcomes to stakeholders regularly.
Essential Skills
Significantexperiencein digital product management witha track recordof owning and delivering product strategy and roadmaps.
Strong prioritisation anddecision-makingcapability, with the ability to balance customer needs, business value, and delivery constraints to focus on the highest impact work.
Strong data-driven mindset, using insights and performance metrics to inform decisions and measure impact.
Accountability for product delivery and team performance, witha track recordof setting realistic commitments and delivering against them.
Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, driving alignment on priorities, trade-offs, and outcomes.
Ability to lead innovation and continuous improvement,identifyingopportunities to enhance product performance and user experience.
Experiencecollaborating withcross functional teamstodefineclear scope and dependencies toenableeffectiveplanning anddelivery.
Significant experienceworking with enterprise CMS platforms (e.g. Drupal), with the ability to drive platform evolution, optimisation, and delivery of content-led digital experiences.
Strong understanding of accessibility and regulatory requirements (e.g. WCAG, GDPR), ensuring these are incorporated into product decisions,prioritisationand delivery.
A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:
Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond
We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.
If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.
*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.
Permanent
We’re Howden, the people first insurance group with employee ownership at its heart.
From launching with just three employees in 1994, we’ve grown to over 23,000 people around the globe. Together, our expertise span the full spectrum of insurance: broking, reinsurance, underwriting, risk consultancy and employee benefits.
We rise to any challenge and are determined to use insurance as a force for good.
