EssentialGood understanding of General Insurance systems, preferably Commercial Insurance systemsHave demonstrable practical experience of working with senior executives to prioritise needs to maximise the value deliveredExceptional organization skills, collating and organizing issues / actions / workAbility to complete user stories, business specifications, use cases, functional specifications, workflow diagrams, gap analysis, business case, and ROI analysis documents, as requiredHave demonstrable practical experience of working with remote teams in a multi-site environment with previous exposure to remote programming teams.Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and toolsExperience of designing and working within clearly structured frameworks and approachStrong Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and ability to network across stakeholders, motivate and get things done.Process orientated, an organiser with strong planning ability and attention to detailExcellent stakeholder management skills.Flexible, influential style.
- Professional demeanour - executive presence; ability to independently interact with leaders.
- Personal drive to achieve significant change in relatively short periods of time
- Desirable
- Minimum 8 years' business experience
- Exceptional presentation, engagement and storytelling skills.
- Knowledge / experience of the insurance lifecycle / products / channels or systems in use.
- Demonstrate flexible and innovative ways of working, with creative / out-of-the-box thinking
- Strategic thinker, proactive and solutions oriented
- Collaboration across business and IT disciplines to achieve process performance results
- A solid understanding of how people go through change and the change process
- Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal to internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to decompose complex issues, find solutions and summarise in plain English.
- Willing to roll his / her sleeves up to get things done.
- Influence, coach, manage stakeholders to get things done and effect change quickly.
- Resilience - ability to adapt to / cope with change.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
- Leadership - driving team members to be accountable and responsible for actions.
- Pro-active interested involvement with department objectives and service levels.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Effective teamwork within a diverse work environment.
- Ability to manage team workload, morale, staffing issues where appropriate.
- Strong work ethic.