Hybrid Director of Technology

at QBE Insurance

• Job title: Director of Technology
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Director of Technology directing the strategic planning and implementation of IT solutions within UK/European Insurance Division. Ensuring alignment between business strategy and technology strategy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the strategic view of business objectives and align IT solutions with business needs through consistent engagement with key stakeholders, including the relevant EMB member.
• Accountable for all Run and Change activities for all applications within Business Unit
• Collaborate within the Technology matrix, maintaining an enterprise view to deliver greatest value to your customer base, and proactively engaging and supporting practice management functions on frameworks, career development, controls, and governance.
• Collaborate with the business to identify portfolio projects, facilitate project resources and ensure effective delivery.
• Contribute to the development of the overall Technology Strategy for EO, as part of the CIO and Business Unit leadership teams to maximize productivity and performance.
• Manage the end-to-end program of IT projects for the business, leveraging project management & business analysis resources, along with central IT services.
• Forge strong professional and personal relationships by partnering with executive leaders, market leaders and Technology teams to champion and influence adoption of global technology solutions and services.
• Ensuring Operational Risks and Issues are effectively managed within the portfolio, and the estate is kept secure and current.
• Manage integration with other trains, including Data, in the delivery of transversal projects.
• Communicate updates and /or changes in the Technology strategy to all business stakeholders.
• Oversee the development of business cases, scoping papers and project initiation documents (Pre-Concept/Concept) for projects within the portfolio.
• Ensure that the department remains appropriately structured, resourced, trained and equipped to support the business and fulfil their functions.
• Apply the necessary controls and safeguards to protect business services from disruption through inappropriate, poor quality or uncontrolled change from any source.
• Drive and foster a culture of continuous improvement, motivation, collaboration, empowerment and entrepreneurialism within the Trains and Business Unit.
• Assist in the design & simplification of business products with a view to minimising technology debt, leveraging technology solutions & software packages.

Requirements

• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with senior stakeholders within the business unit
• Able to align business needs with technology solutions in a strategic way.
• Lead large scale, complex initiatives.
• Innovative approach to problem solving.
• Demonstrated practice of keeping current with new and emerging tools and technologies relevant to the line of work
• Effectively and clearly present thoughts to influence and persuade organizational leaders and key stakeholders to adopt innovative recommendations.
• Understand the potential consequences of a given decision, both small-scale and on the organization as a whole.

Benefits

• Flexibility to suit what matters most to you
• Wellbeing initiatives and benefits to support employees