Job Description

Senior Program Director to lead a regional role in a major global underwriting transformation across business, technology and delivery.

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14th September, 2026

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Role Overview
n A leading general insurance organisation is seeking an experienced Program Director to act as the senior regional lead within a major global underwriting transformation program.
n The role will ensure the region's business and technology landscape is effectively represented within the global program, while positioning the regional business to successfully adopt and realise value from future-state underwriting capabilities.
n This is not purely a technology Program Director role. The successful candidate will operate across underwriting, business strategy, operations, technology and transformation delivery, with the seniority and influence to represent the region within a significant global transformation.
n Key Responsibilities

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- Act as the senior regional lead within a major global underwriting transformation program.
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- Ensure regional requirements, priorities and complexities are understood and represented within the global roadmap.
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- Influence global program decisions to support regional business and underwriting outcomes.
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- Translate the global transformation strategy into an executable regional roadmap.
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- Partner closely with underwriting, operations, business and technology leadership.
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- Lead regional adoption of future-state underwriting capabilities, processes and technology.
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- Manage complex dependencies between global and regional initiatives.
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- Establish solid program governance, risk management and executive reporting.
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- Lead multiple workstreams and senior delivery resources across a complex transformation environment.
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- Manage senior stakeholders across the region and broader global organisation.
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- Drive measurable business value and operational improvement, rather than simply delivering technology or project milestones.
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- Manage program financials, commercial considerations, vendors and delivery partners where required.
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- Ensure business, technology, data, process and change activities remain aligned throughout the transformation.
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14th September, 2026

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Role Overview




n A leading general insurance organisation is seeking an experienced Program Director to act as the senior regional lead within a major global underwriting transformation program.
n The role will ensure the region's business and technology landscape is effectively represented within the global program, while positioning the regional business to successfully adopt and realise value from future-state underwriting capabilities.
n This is not purely a technology Program Director role. The successful candidate will operate across underwriting, business strategy, operations, technology and transformation delivery, with the seniority and influence to represent the region within a significant global transformation.
n Key Responsibilities

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- Act as the senior regional lead within a major global underwriting transformation program.
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- Ensure regional requirements, priorities and complexities are understood and represented within the global roadmap.
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- Influence global program decisions to support regional business and underwriting outcomes.
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- Translate the global transformation strategy into an executable regional roadmap.
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- Partner closely with underwriting, operations, business and technology leadership.
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- Lead regional adoption of future-state underwriting capabilities, processes and technology.
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- Manage complex dependencies between global and regional initiatives.
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- Establish strong program governance, risk management and executive reporting.
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- Lead multiple workstreams and senior delivery resources across a complex transformation environment.
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- Manage senior stakeholders across the region and broader global organisation.
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- Drive measurable business value and operational improvement, rather than simply delivering technology or project milestones.
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- Manage program financials, commercial considerations, vendors and delivery partners where required.
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- Ensure business, technology, data,



process and change activities remain aligned throughout the transformation.
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Candidate Profile
n Priority will be given to candidates currently or recently operating as a:
n Program Director / Transformation Director / Underwriting Transformation Lead / Senior Program Lead
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- A large general insurance organisation
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- A tier-one consulting or transformation environment with significant insurance experience
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- An insurance technology organisation delivering major underwriting transformation
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Critical Experience:
n General Insurance & Underwriting

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- Strong and preferably recent general insurance experience.
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- Good understanding of the underwriting lifecycle, products, policy environments and insurance operations.
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- Direct exposure to underwriting transformation is highly desirable.
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Large-Scale Transformation

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- Proven ownership of complex, enterprise-scale and preferably multi-year transformation programs.
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- Experience operating across business and technology rather than purely technology delivery.
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- Ability to translate strategy into executable transformation roadmaps.
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Global / Regional Programs

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- Experience working within global programs where regional requirements need to be represented and influenced.
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- Ability to navigate competing global and regional priorities.
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- Strong stakeholder management across different business units and geographies.
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Technology & Modernisation

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- Strong understanding of enterprise technology transformation and how technology enables underwriting and operational change.
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- Exposure to insurance platforms, data, digital, cloud or core-system modernisation would be valuable.
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- Candidates who understand the relationship between underwriting, products, policies, data and technology platforms will be particularly relevant.
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Executive Leadership

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- Strong executive presence.
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- Comfortable engaging and influencing C‐suite and senior business, underwriting and technology stakeholders.
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- Able to communicate complex transformation issues clearly and concisely.
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- Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams and senior delivery resources.
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