Operational Excellence Lead at G MASS… · London

We are working with a Lloyd's managing agent to find an Operational Excellence Lead for their Underwriting function. This role drives consistency, efficiency and innovation across the Underwriting Teams, leading digital transformation and data-first initiatives in partnership with stakeholders across the business.

It's a strong fit for someone who enjoys modernising systems and processes, and who's comfortable working across a broad internal and external stakeholder base to keep Underwriting ahead of the curve. Please note the role carries no authority to underwrite or settle claims.

Responsibilities

• Lead key projects and workstreams supporting the business's wider Underwriting transformation and straight-through processing agenda, delivering scalable, efficient and automated systems and processes
• Act as product owner for Underwriting systems and processes, working closely with IT to understand, maintain and continuously improve how the Underwriting Teams operate across the full underwriting journey
• Drive consistency across Underwriting Teams, ensuring processes and workflows are applied in a standardised way
• Track developments in Insurance technology and products to help shape and evolve the Underwriting operating model
• Build and maintain relationships with external system, product and service providers, with the ability to influence their roadmaps and future development
• Contribute to and deliver workstreams within internal change and innovation forums spanning digital strategy, underwriting transformation and technology
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and workstreams in line with the business's change management framework, working closely with the Change team
• Analyse complex data and information to produce strategies, business cases and supporting documentation, including process maps
• Present findings and recommendations effectively to senior stakeholders and committees

• Minimum of 5 years' Lloyd's market experience
• Experience managing Underwriting-related projects
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Visio
• Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills, internal and external
• Confident analysing and interpreting complex data to support strategy and business case development
• Well organised, able to prioritise and coordinate multiple work-streams concurrently
• Clear, confident communicator, comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and committees

Salary: up to £90k