Business Engagement Lead for UK/Lloyds
UK London
As AXA XL continues to invest in its endtoend capabilities the Business Engagement Lead will ensure effective coordination across businesses and functions to help evaluate prioritise and drive the change successfully throughout the organisation.
The Business Engagement Lead will be the key contact for all change initiatives (technology and nontechnology) for UK / Lloyds with a view to challenge and prioritise and provide holistic views to the change portfolio.
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What will your essential responsibilities include
The Business Engagement Lead will be responsible for:
- Day to day engagement be an effective and challenging Lead to
- Work with the UK / Lloyds region to help guide strategy as it relates to investments and its prioritisation. Ensure global business architecture alignment
- Identify highlevel solutions and drive connections with other functions where similar solutions have been put into place.
- Keep abreast on change landscape / the overall AXA XL project portfolio and its change impact. Report on change portfolio to business stakeholders
- Develop and maintain contentrelevant expertise and business knowledge around business process flows & applications to assess inward impacts.
- Serve as SME for towards other projects i.e. participate in respective project meetings as needed
- Project Engagement oversee an effective launch and ensure successful of a program:
- Work closely with business to assess and vet initial ideas
- Trigger preproject analysis business case and benefits / costs analysis; help business understand and connect with the right change and IT capabilities across Ops&Tech and support in navigating required processes and methods. Ensure global business architecture alignment of solutions identified
- Drive successful project initiation in coordination with Transformation and Change Delivery Team and broader organization.
- Identify crossfunctional dependencies and risks throughout different project executions and drive resolution
- Stay informed and provide guidance on business initiatives throughout program
- Support business in change management on project rollouts
- Where requested provide guidance / assistance to other key team members assigned to a development role / opportunity
- On occasion drive program on specific initiatives
In this role you will report to the Head of Transformation & Change Delivery.
AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any colleague or applicant for employment on the basis of race color national origin religion sex gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation age disability genetic information veteran status military status or any other category protected by local law.SHARE your talent
Were looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
- Experience in managing large scale programs (well established) preferably in the insurance industry and in an international environment
- Proven stakeholder management skills to influence and impact at both programme and individual project level
- Previous experience in strategy consulting will be of advantage
- Ability to quickly switch between different issues or projects with conflicting priorities
- Excellent organisational and time management skills communication and presentation skills
- Effective ability to multitask across a number of initiatives.
- Ability to develop and implement best practice and framework methodologies.
- Proven business acumen coupled with technology knowledge and expertise in software development life cycle
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills to drive alignment with various functional/BU stakeholders
- Proven negotiation skills influence and creativity to achieve successful outcomes around scope schedule costs/budget issues/risks and resources.
- Knowledge and preferably prior experience in working in an Agile environment
- Ability to deal with change effectively with familiarity of the entire working process
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Inclusion & Diversity
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender sexual orientation age ethnicity and origins marital status religion disability or any other protected characteristic.
At AXA XL we know that an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce enable business growth and are critical to our success. Thats why we have made a strategic commitment to attract develop advance and retain the most diverse workforce possible and create an inclusive culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and can reach their highest potential. Its about helping one another and our business to move forward and succeed.
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender LGBTQ ethnicity and origins disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Learn more at axaxl/aboutus/inclusionanddiversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Sustainability
At AXA XL Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an everchanging world AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 202326 Sustainability strategy called Roots of resilience focuses on protecting natural ecosystems addressing climate change and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars:
- Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems the foundation of a sustainable planet and society are essential to our future. Were committed to protecting and restoring nature from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
- Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather increasing temperatures and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. Were building a net zero strategy developing insurance products and services and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societalled solutions.
- Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. Were training our colleagues engaging our external partners and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
- AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them known as AXA XLs Hearts in Action programs. These include our Matching Gifts program Volunteering Leave and our annual volunteering day the Global Day of Giving.
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