AI Engineering Platforms Product Owner
Salary: National: Circa £90,000 | London: Circa £100,000
Locations: Norwich, Bristol, Perth, York
Overview
Loves shaping the future of engineering through AI. If you’ve worked close to software development, understand how engineers build and ship great products, and are excited by tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude or Codex, this role gives you the chance to make a real difference.
Responsibilities
As Product Owner for AI Engineering Platforms, you’ll shape the vision, roadmap, and adoption of AI‑driven development tools across Aviva. You’ll work closely with engineers, platform teams, risk and senior leaders to help teams code faster, improve quality, and deliver more value for our customers. Your focus will be turning emerging technology into everyday tools that genuinely help our people.
Qualifications
* Strong hands‑on software engineering background: Proven experience designing, writing, and delivering production‑ready, secure and robust code in languages such as Python, Java, or C#. Confident with modern engineering practices including DevOps /DevSecOps, secure coding standards, automated testing (unit, integration and performance), scalability and performance optimisation, plus production code analysis and incident reviews.
* Technology adoption at scale: A track record of successfully rolling out new tools or engineering practices across large teams or organisations, including planning and delivering change management, training and enablement sessions for new technology.
* Vendor and platform management: Experience evaluating and managing third‑party technology platforms, including assessing vendor roadmaps, navigating procurement and security reviews, and ensuring solutions meet both engineering needs and business outcomes.
* Clear communicator and trusted partner: Excellent communication and stakeholder‑engagement skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with software engineers, data specialists, platform teams and senior technology leaders, adapting your message for different audiences.
* Governance‑led and data‑driven mindset: A solid understanding of risk, security and compliance in technology environments. Comfortable using metrics such as ROI, productivity, code quality and adoption to guide decisions and demonstrate value, with awareness of responsible AI principles and ethical AI use.
Benefits
* Salary: National: Circa £90,000, London: Circa £100,000 depending on location, skills, experience and qualifications.
* Bonus opportunity – 12% of annual salary (actual amount depends on performance and Aviva’s).
* Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
* 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
* Aviva‑funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
* Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
* Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme.
* Supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
* Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
* Make a difference, be part of Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
* We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.
EEO Statement
* We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences.
* Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we’d still encourage you to apply.
* We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.
* We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job.
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