Business Application Lead at Lloyd's of… · London

Business Application Lead Location: Lloyd's UK: London Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance andreinsurance marketplace. We share the collective intelligence and risk sharing expertise of the market’s brightest minds, working together for a braver world. Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow’s progress isn’t limited by today’s risks. Our shared values: we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that’s more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you’ll find a home at Lloyd’s – build a braver future with us. Lloyd’s are seeking to recruit a Business Application Lead to play a critical role in shaping how our technology supports the Lloyd’s market. These are senior, strategic roles where your voice matters, your decisions count, and your impact is visible. You’ll work at the intersection of business, technology and operations. Partnering closely with senior stakeholders, Change leaders and our delivery partners, you’ll help ensure our applications are resilient, effective and focused on what matters most. What you’ll be doing Building strong relationships You’ll act as a trusted partner to senior business stakeholders and Operations. Listening carefully. Challenging thoughtfully. And helping teams navigate priorities, risks and opportunities together. You’ll also work closely with Change and Domain Leads to make sure ownership is clear and work lands in the right place. Owning services end to end You’ll help define what good looks like for service performance, resilience and cost. And you’ll hold delivery teams and partners to account for delivering it. You’ll produce clear, timely management information that shows performance, trends and risks. No noise. Just insight. Driving continuous improvement When issues arise, you’ll lead resolution with a calm, structured approach. You’ll look beyond symptoms, identify root causes, and make sure lessons are learned and applied. Because fixing today’s issue shouldn’t create tomorrow’s problem. Being the application expert You’ll act as a subject matter expert across Lloyd’s regulatory, supervisory and operational platforms. Supporting incidents, escalations and risk discussions with confidence and credibility. You’ll maintain a deep understanding of our application landscape and business processes. And you’ll use that knowledge to shape better outcomes. Shaping solutions and strategy Working with Architecture teams and Accenture, you’ll assure solutions are feasible, well designed and aligned to our enterprise standards and strategic priorities. You’ll help turn insight into impact. Managing partners and value You’ll be the link between internal teams and our strategic suppliers. Managing escalations. Supporting contract discussions. And helping drive service quality, value and accountability. You’ll also define and track KPIs, support cost optimisation, and create feedback loops that genuinely improve performance. Supporting change and transition You’ll support the introduction of new applications and services, including review and sign‑off. And you’ll work with Domain Delivery Leads to prioritise BAU, small change and transformation work. What you’ll bring You’ll support the introduction of new applications and services, including review and sign‑off. And you’ll work with Domain Delivery Leads to prioritise BAU, small change and transformation work. Working in a highly outsourced IT environment Strong knowledge of IT applications and services within the Lloyd’s or wider insurance market Senior stakeholder engagement, with the confidence to influence and challenge Service management and ITSM frameworks (ITIL v4, COBIT), especially Incident, Problem, Change and Release Managing third‑party suppliers and service agreements Application and service ownership across complex environments Data analysis, reporting and performance management Budget management, forecasting and cost optimisation Microsoft technologies (O365, SharePoint, Teams) and public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) You’re curious. You focus on what matters. And you’re comfortable owning outcomes. Diversity and inclusion are a focus for us – Lloyd’s aim is to build a diverse, inclusive environment that reflects the global markets we work in.  One where everyone is treated with dignity and respect to achieve their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making workplace adjustments, we offer regular health and wellbeing programmes, diversity and inclusion training, employee networks, mentoring and volunteering opportunities as well as investment into your professional development. You can read more about diversity and inclusion on our website. We understand that our work/life balance is important to us all and that a hybrid of working from the office and home can offer a great level of flexibility.  Flexible working forms part of a total reward approach which offers a host of other benefits over and above the standard offering (generous pension, healthcare, wellbeing etc).  These include financial support for training, education & development, a benefit allowance (to spend on our flexible benefits such as gym membership, dental insurance, extra holiday or to partake in our cycle to work scheme), employee recognition scheme and various employee discount schemes. By choosing Lloyd's, you'll be part of a team that brings together the best minds in the industry, and together with our underwriters and brokers, we create innovative, responsive solutions allowing us to share risk and solve complex problems. Should you require any additional support with your application, or any adjustments, please click the following link; https://cleartalents.com/apply/lloyds-msa1645695881 Please note, clicking on this link does not register your application for the vacancy