Senior Vice President for Technology
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Location: PHI - Manila
Time Type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago
Job Requisition ID: 320627
Primary Details
The role is the primary interface between the GSSC business unit and the regional IT teams, ensuring alignment between business strategy and IT and driving continuous operational efficiencies. Acting as the IT trusted adviser and point person for the GSSC management team, the Head of Technology will need to champion the requirements of GSSC, including identifying and developing critical IT business solutions, and ensure that their voice is heard.
Assumes end-to-end accountability for delivery of IT services for the GSSC included in the Portfolio, including Build and Supply, projects, development, support, and work requests/BAU. Accountability also encompasses facilitation of the project pipeline and program management accountability for all IT projects within the GSSC.
Primary Responsibilities
- Strategy and Planning
- Act as the single owner for all Technology services that GSSC provides to the various divisions and ensure the services provided meet the relevant business needs in terms of quality, efficiency, and speed.
- Expand the Technology Services footprint in GSSC in terms of headcount and revenues.
- Define and implement a strategy and operating model for insourcing selected critical Technology skills back into QBE.
- Maintain the strategic view of business objectives and needs and align delivery of IT solutions with business needs through consistent engagement with key stakeholders.
- Ensure each project and service within the portfolio delivers against its proposition aligned to the organizational strategy.
- Contribute to the development, communication, and delivery of a clearly articulated change strategy to support overall business targets.
- Develop and deliver a roadmap for the GSSC IT priorities and take overall responsibility for ensuring that roadmap is delivered to an appropriate standard of quality and to the timeframes agreed with the business.
- Policy, Process and Procedures
- Encourage high standards of relationship management to achieve a high standard of customer awareness of technology services.
- Collaborate with business leaders to help design and deliver plans and determine the technological needs and process competencies critical in delivering those plans.
- Manage and coordinate the annual change planning for the GSSC.
- Ensure compliance to relevant legislation and information security policy adherence.
- Technical Performance
- Lead the identification and assessment of new technologies to determine their potential value to the company.
- Provide subject matter expertise on business demand and assist the business in determining the value-add of business demand.
- Establish close relationships with the regional IT teams.
- People Management
- Provide leadership and support to local IT team individual accountability through an ongoing performance management approach.
- Drive and foster a culture of continuous improvement, motivation, collaboration, empowerment, and entrepreneurialism within the department.
Required Education
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Required Experience
- 10+ years relevant experience.
Preferred Competencies/Skills
- Expert knowledge of relationship management and change management methodologies.
- Excellent customer relationship management skills.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
About Us
We are an international insurer and reinsurer offering a diverse portfolio of commercial, personal, and specialty products, as well as risk management solutions. Our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine, and aviation. We employ a team of around 13,000 people in 27 countries around the world.
How to Apply:
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
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