Job Title: Ways of Working Analyst
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Secondment until 31st December 2026
Salary Range: £35,200 - £52,800 DOE
Location: Hybrid - Any UK Ageas office
Closing Date for applications: Tuesday 17th March
Ways of Working Analyst: The Ways of Working (WOW) Analyst plays a key role in supporting the Integration Management Office (IMO) by providing analytical and planning support across all aspects of Ways of Working (WOW) and maintaining and developing close working relationships with value stream and squad-level amigos. The role will help to provide momentum and ensure progress across WOW enterprise priorities.
Main Responsibilities as Ways of Working Analyst:
1. Identify, refine and deliver items on the ways of working backlog that align to the WOW Lead’s vision and roadmap.
2. Maintain the end-to-end delivery plan for all aspects of ways of working, including links into QBR, culture change and broader IMO dependencies ( delivery of synergy benefits), including milestones tracking, decision tickets, RAID log, and action trackers, using the appropriate tooling ( JIRA, Confluence).
3. Develop deep relationships with key stakeholders across IMO, QBR and the Value Stream leadership teams.
4. Codify and support the embedding of patterns which will help move our ways of working further towards our target state.
5. Act as an expert and champion around our change framework Innov8, identifying opportunities to communicate, embed and iterate this approach.
6. Act as a role model and expert around target state ways of working including espousing data-driven decision making, ensuring single points of accountability, acting as a servant leader and adoption of tooling (Jira, Confluence and Slack).
Skills and experience you need as Ways of Working Analyst:
7. Previous experience of working in a Programme Office and/or Change Team.
8. Previous experience working in a large scale, complex transformation programme with agile ways of working.
9. Experience and interest in Agile frameworks, programme delivery models and the software development lifecycle.
10. Knowledge of Jira or other similar workflow tools is essential.
11. Knowledge of Confluence, including ability to configure and integrate with Jira content.
12. Domain knowledge and experience across the Insurance value chain.
13. Highly organised and strong attention to detail.
14. Good communicator with strong interpersonal skills, including at senior levels.
15. Strong written, analytical and numerical skills.
16. Ability to manage and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:
Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
Supporting your Wealth- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
Supporting you and your Family-Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
Supporting you back to work- Return to work programme after maternity leave.