Group Technology Consultant - London, United Kingdom - QBE

QBE

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Primary Details

Time Type:
Full time

Worker Type:
Employee

Group Technology Consultant

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future. We're an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries.

Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength, and embrace change to their advantage.

Summary

Direct the strategic planning and implementation of enterprise-wide information technology systems to ensure business processes lead to a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

The role is the primary interface for Enterprise-wide solutions and the business/divisions, ensuring alignment between business strategy and the Enterprise IT roadmap.

The role will maintain an awareness of the global needs of QBE and employ and promote the benefits that a common approach to information technology deployment will bring to the business.

They will coordinate the promotion, acquisition, development, and implementation of information systems and services to support those responsible for the managing the business function.

The role must also drive and enable the achievement of business goals, advance transformative change and contribute towards the overall effectiveness of the Group.

We will be very welcoming to applicants from a Management Consulting background - Big 4 etc

Primary Responsibilities

Establish and support the functional teams in the generation and execution of the IT Strategy Roadmap, ensuring global alignment and in accordance with industry best practice.
Develop Functional Platform services capability, strategic plan and priorities by partnering with group, divisional & IT Heads to define business needs, assessing industry trends to identify opportunities to enhance existing and planned solutions and developing service delivery standards to produce desired results and increase efficiency, responsiveness and effectiveness.
Strong governance approach and bringing enterprise thinking together and facilitating architecture forums.
Forge strong professional and personal relationships by partnering with executive leaders, market leaders and information technology departments and sharing information to champion and influence.
Strong presentation and storytelling skills to all levels of the organization about technology.
Drive the adoption of continuous improvement initiatives on Enterprisewide tooling.
Adhere to technology security and privacy strategy by partnering with the appropriate teams.
Continuously seek out opportunities to consolidate and align hardware, software, technology, tools, processes and vendors used to provide services across the group.
Build positive, open and constructive relationships with key stakeholders to ensure service delivery meets current and future business needs.
Develop clear engagement and charging models to ensure alignment and transparency to supported business partners.
Plan, allocate and manage financial budget by anticipating expenditures, accurately forecasting resource needs/costs and properly accounting for expenses to meet requirements and achieve fiscal responsibility.

Your experience so far

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
10+ years relevant experience (ideally from a Big 4 management consulting firm) but not essential.
Strong presentation and storytelling skills to all levels of the organization about technology.
Excellent customer relationship management skills, capable of establishing and maintaining relationships across the business and influencing design and policy where required.
Establish longrange objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Excellent customer relationship management skills, capable of establishing and maintaining relationships across the business and influencing design and policy where required.
Confident and credible, capable of offering insightful commentary and advice both to the business and peers and team members.

We are here to support you

We are here to support you We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances.

As an QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

- 'Hybrid Working' - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

Our 'At My Best' wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
BCS Organisational Membership

Some of the awards QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include: