Engineering Lead

Are you a senior technology leader with a hands-on approach to mentor and guiding technologists to deliver solutions along strategic directions?

If this sounds like you, then you have the prerequisites needed to be an Engineering Lead in L&H Re and a new member of our team!

About the role

Overall L&H Reinsurance business value chain is heavily supported by key actuarial functions starting with new business costing to valuation as well as portfolio performance monitoring and optimization for traditional L&H products and Financial Markets solutions. There is an array of data & tech capabilities that are home grown. The Engineering lead would enable actuarial platforms modernization of these capabilities and the primary responsibility would also include …

• Actuarial platform transformation to public cloud while reviewing technical architecture and proposing optionality for 'Future Ready Optimized design' (application and database layer)

• Optimization of high-performance modeling capabilities including consolidation and future readiness

• Effective organization of Actuarial data (input and results) for the efficient analysis and insights generation.

• E2e Integration of actuarial systems with rest of the L&H, Finance and Risk landscape with appropriate architecture types.

• Oversight of dev-ops and architecture governance align with evolving guidelines

The responsibility of the Product Area technical personnel, including coordination with vendors is also part of the role. We have also colleagues outside of the department that would need your time and dedication. As a mentor to people you will drive collaboration and knowledge sharing to benefit the areas you are close to.

We’re looking for leaders who …

• Are hands-on technologists, passionate about technology, eager to learn new technologies, inspiring your teams and sharing your knowledge

• Have extensive experience in leading agile cross-functional and continuous delivery teams

• Are a great mentor, strong relationship builder and a confident communicator with the ability to facilitate the technical skills of people they lead

• Are data driven and a pragmatic problem solver with an eye for business who loves creating order out of uncertainty and thinks strategically about tough trade-offs

• Have a resilient personality, comfortable with change and able to get over setbacks and motivate peers to do the same

• Have the ability to listen, comprehend the vision, challenge requirements and work out a realistic design

About the team

• Your peers are Engineering Leads, Center of Excellence(CoE) Leads within L&H Re

• Your team would consist of Architects, Application Engineers, DevSecOps Engineers. The team members would be combination of internals and externals.

The team has a consistent record of successful delivery and has a pipeline of tasks for the next few years with a focus on cloud transformation, which is a critical part of digital transformation

About you

To succeed in this role, you will possess …

• Demonstrable experience as a technology leader, having led projects spanning multiple teams or headed an IT division or organization

• Solid experience in Architecture and Engineering of Cloud based applications with modern tech stack

• Feel comfortable to work in a transformational and complex environment and can get things done in a fast-paced surrounding

• Over five years of experience in leading cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide programs, operating and influencing effectively across the organization and within complex contexts

• Substantial Technology background with experience in the transformation of IT landscapes including cloud-native solutions development, operations and knowledge of state-of-the-art technology

• Sound experience in creating applications with global regulations and data protection guideline requirements

• Experience in applying technology to seek business challenges and realize vision & strategy

• Combined agile practices with leadership and management skills across cultures, geographies and organizational levels

• Committed to continuous learning and self-improvement

• Excellent sales, negotiation, influencing and presentation skills

• Finisher attitude by getting things accomplished with a strong commitment to quality and timely customer service

• At ease with leaving your comfort zone dealing positively with ambiguity

• Proficiency in English is required