Senior Product Owner – Insurance – Bern – Contract
We’re supporting a key programme within a consulting environment in Bern, looking for a Senior Product Owner to step into a critical role within a modernisation initiative in the non-life insurance space.
This is not a “steady-state” PO role – you’ll be expected to add value immediately, working hands-on with engineering teams in a fast-moving, agile setup.
- Location: Bern
- Start: ASAP
- Duration: Until end of 2026 (very likely extension)
- Workload: 80-100%
The Role
You’ll join an established agile team (Bern + Hamburg) working on the modernisation of contract management processes across non-life insurance products (e.g. liability, property, motor, household).
This role is heavily delivery-focused – sitting directly with developers, refining features, setting priorities, and ensuring real business value is delivered.
Day to Day Role:
- Own and prioritise the product backlog with a clear focus on business value
- Work hands-on with developers to refine and shape features
- Translate complex insurance requirements into actionable user stories
- Ensure solutions are fit-for-purpose and deliver tangible outcomes
- Take ownership of feature acceptance and quality
- Actively drive agile ceremonies (refinement, planning, reviews, retros)
- Support incident analysis and continuous improvement
Ideal Background / Experience:
- 5-6+ years’ experience as a Product Owner / Business Analyst in IT
- Strong background in agile delivery environments (SAFe preferred)
- Essential: Deep experience in non-life insurance (ideally Swiss market)
- Proven ability to work closely with engineering teams (not just stakeholder-facing)
- Strong hands-on approach – comfortable refining features and making decisions
- Solid technical understanding (APIs, microservices, modern architectures)
- Able to challenge, prioritise, and drive delivery
Nice to Have
- Experience in insurance transformation / modernisation programmes
- Jira & Confluence
- Experience working with distributed teams (onshore + nearshore)
- Strong coordination / light leadership capability
To apply for this role, please send your CV or call Ric Marshall at Oliver James for more information.
Senior Product Owner – Insurance – Bern – Contract
