Head of Distribution and Underwriting Digitisation
6 months ago
**Primary Details**
Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
- **Location: Sydney**:
- **Type: Permanent, full time**
**The opportunity**
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Business Transformation team as Head of Distribution and Underwriting Digitisation. In this role you will provide the vision for Business lines technology and digital strategy and lead a team to deliver on the Technology and Digital roadmap aligned with our Agile ways of working. In support of Business's broader transformation and modernisation program, you will be a key interface between Business product lines, process simplification and process engineering, data, change delivery and technology functions. You will build strong relationships across QBE to leverage existing and market knowledge to ensure our delivery is strategic and aligns to QBE's long term digital roadmap vision.
**Your new role**
A day in the role may look a bit like this;
- As a Product Manager, lead the Agile Release Train squads via our two in the pocket model, alongside your Release Train Engineer.
- Develop the technology and digital visions and strategy for Business, which focusses on capability uplift and transform for our business partners and brokers, who trade with us via electronic channels.
- Coordinate with process simplification, data & analytics and Business product units, to design modern technology platforms and digital solutions for our underwriters and broker partners.
- Lead the build and delivery of underwriting and digital assets using Agile methodology, to agreed timelines, accountabilities, and governance controls.
- Lead the prioritisation of deliverables and initiatives aligned with technology and digital strategy back-logs.
- Develop and share insights from internal and external networks and environmental scans.
- Work closely across QBE's global network to ensure knowledge and asset sharing.
- Happy to talk flexible working.
**About you**
To be successful you will have....
- Extensive experience and a strong in-depth understanding of insurance product distribution, especially how general insurance brokers transact electronically with insurers such as QBE, for SME Business Package and Farm Package products.
- Extensive experience and a strong in-depth understanding of negotiated products lines / commercial insurance product underwriting processes and operating models.
- Extensive experience and knowledge on API orchestration platforms and solutions.
- Strong experience in leading Agile delivery value streams and squads.
- Sound understanding of DevOps ways of working model and methodology.
- Excellent strategy development, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong leadership, relationship management and communications skills.
- Knowledge and experience on technology platform data architectures.
**About QBE**
We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.
We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.
And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.
With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.
We believe this is our moment - what if it was yours too?
Your career at QBE - let's make it happen
**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:
- 'Hybrid Working' - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
- Our 'Thriving at our Best' wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
- The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
- Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
**Rewards & Recognition**
We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:
- 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
- 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
- Gold Employer status for 4 years in a row 2019 - 2022 Australian Workplace Equality
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