About the Company
Our client is a global insurance and reinsurance business with a significant presence across Australia and New Zealand. They are executing an ambitious growth strategy and are investing heavily in change and transformation capability to support this.
About the Role
Candidates must have insurance product specialty knowledge in either property, construction or engineering and have rolled it out to a new market.
Benefits
- Lead a high profile, strategically significant growth program with genuine executive visibility
- Work across a global business with exposure to UK and APAC stakeholders
- Genuine opportunity to shape a Target Operating Model from the ground up
- Broad, senior scope spanning program delivery, governance, and cross portfolio alignment
Duties / Key Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the end to end Program Plan, aligning business requirements, functional design, and delivery timelines across the Change Portfolio
- Oversee integration of the Target Operating Model, working closely with the Operations Manager and underwriting, claims, and core functions to ensure products are operationally supportable at go-live
- Partner with the Program Sponsor and senior stakeholders across GSI, Outstanding Lakes, and IT, maintaining a robust communications plan throughout the program lifecycle
- Design and own the programu0027s governance framework, managing risks, issues, dependencies, and budget
- Lead and oversee Project Managers and Business Analysts, establishing effective delivery structures across geographically dispersed teams
Skills and Experience
- Significant, demonstrable experience in Program Management,
ideally within general insurance or reinsurance
- Specialist product knowledge across property, construction, and engineering insurance lines
- Strong understanding of the Australian insurance market, including relevant regulatory bodies and compliance requirements
- Proven experience partnering with Underwriting and Claims functions to shape operationally sound products
- Demonstrated ability to engage and influence stakeholders at Executive and Program Sponsor level
- Working knowledge of project methodologies including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid approaches
- Experience delivering global change and transformation programs, ideally with exposure to the APAC region
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complexity
Damien Sweeney is recruiting for this role on behalf of Allura Partners.
If youu0027re interested in this opportunity and feel youu0027re the right fit, please click "Apply" or contact Damien at
[email protected].
About Allura Partners
Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suites to lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to our proven private equity specialisation, weu0027ve become a trusted partner for major ASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search, recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, and results, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance, Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses and top-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.
📌 Senior Project Manager - Insurance Product (Property & Construction/Engineering) (Sydney)
🏢 Allura Partners
📍 Sydney