Head of Development and Technology Strategy

Job Title:

Head of Development and Technology Strategy

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• This leadership role oversees the development and implementation of technology strategies across various business units.">
• Directly responsible for leading a team of software development leaders and developers to build scalable solutions.">

Key Responsibilities:

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• Develops and implements technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives, ensuring the required skills, resourcing, team composition, and processes are in place to deliver on that vision.">
• Contributes to divisional roadmaps for system & process transformations, including insurance products, and ensures technical alignment across responsible business development teams.">
• Engages in priority conversations across business projects from a development capability perspective to align with strategic initiatives and other deliverables.">
• Provides input into aligned divisional strategy on how technology can be leveraged best to achieve desired business outcomes and ensures all business lead technical solutions meet compliance and risk standards.">
• Manages incident management, root cause assessment, and remediation within own area or in association with recently delivered solutions.">
• Collaborates with heads of departments from every division that is part of the roles enablement function and delivery portfolio and supports and engages with HoD's and GM's within technology providing input into strategic plans.">

Leadership and People Management:

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• Fosters a positive team culture and empowers individuals to develop, deliver, and excel at their craft.">
• Promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring all team members feel valued and respected.">
• Develops an accomplished mentoring and coaching practice through guidance and feedback to support professional growth across all roles under your remit.">
• Cultivates a culture of continuous learning and peer-to-peer mentorship within both your leadership and delivery teams and develops the next line of leaders for our future as a conscious process of leadership and mentoring.">

Stakeholder and Sponsor Engagement and Communication:

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• Engages with various stakeholders, including GMs of business units, GMs of Development, and heads of different functional units (Architecture, Testing, Security, DevOps).">
• Understands and aligns with sponsors' objectives and priorities, ensuring that solutions and deliverable outcomes correspond effectively to their strategic goals and desired outcomes.">
• Communicates effectively, manages expectations, and provides progress updates to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with delivery timelines and objectives.">
• Provides input into steering committee packs and other organisational delivery reporting.">

Required Skills and Qualifications:

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• Broad and deep business domain knowledge required working in partnership with various respective business GMs within the roles remit.">
• High level of commercial acumen essential for crafting effective solutions to address intricate business challenges and attaining optimal results.">
• Deep understanding of industry best practices in software analysis, architecture, design, and development.">
• Strong ability to see patterns and solutions across multiple business verticals to allow for increased collaboration and reduced silo behaviors.">
• Highly experienced in multiple disciplines of an insurance business with a strong focus on customer experience and customer outcomes.">
• Competent design thinking and capable of comprehending and aligning business objectives with fit-for-purpose solutions that also align with the long-term technology roadmap of the organisation.">
• Possess strong decision-making skills allowing for autonomous operation within a predefined scope, while maintaining awareness to seek guidance or collaborate with others when necessary.">

Benefits:

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• Flexible work arrangements with options to work from home one day per week.">
• Generous leave policies, including volunteer days, additional paid 'ME' day, paid parental leave, and opportunities to purchase additional leave.">
• Comprehensive learning and professional development opportunities.">
• Opportunities to give back to the community through volunteering, fundraising, and donation programs.">
• Support for mental health and wellbeing, including access to fitness discounts.">
• Recognition and celebration of individual and team achievements.">
• Discounts on insurance products and services.">

Others:

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• A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring all team members feel valued and respected.">
• A focus on developing the next line of leaders for our future as a conscious process of leadership and mentoring.">