Director

As Engineering Director in Finance Data and Technology (D&T) Actuarial Reserving, you will

lead a team of Engineering Managers. You will be responsible for driving the strategic direction

of the technology architecture, ensuring delivery excellence, and fostering a culture of

innovation and collaboration.

You will:

• Drive IT Architecture across your product area in alignment with Organization's standards

• Analyze high-level business requirements and integrate them into the application

landscape.

• Be accountable for non-functional aspects such as performance, reliability, and security

• Be actively involved in prioritizing project deliveries and change requests

• Continuously optimize the actuarial reserving system landscapes

• Oversee resource planning and cloud cost management

• Ensure teams adhere to development best practices and internal standards

• Oversee people management, performance feedback, development planning, and

formal reviews.

• Participate in Organization's wide IT initiatives

• Co-lead a product area together with the Product & Delivery Director, ensuring

seamless collaboration between engineering and product functions (What and How)

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the technology strategy for your domain, aligned with business

goals.

• Lead and mentor Engineering Managers

• Oversee architectural decisions and technical standards across teams.

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including actuaries, Product & Delivery

Directors, Engineering Directors, and operation teams.

• Ensure compliance with internal governance frameworks and external regulatory

requirements.

• Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling, and delivery pipelines.

• Contribute to Organization's wide technology and engineering initiatives.

About you: (education, linguistic ability, professional experience, leadership qualities, soft skills)

As a successful candidate for this role, you possess:

• Proven leadership experience in engineering management within insurance/financial

services

• Strong background as software engineer

• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms (Azure) and

data engineering, including working on a Spark based platform

• Preferably experience with Java, Python, Databricks, Angular

• Excellent relational database skills (modelling, SQL) and track record working with

structured financial data

• Proven experience in the actuarial reserving business domain, exposure to both P&C

and L&H a plus

• Solid understanding of actuarial modelling platforms incl. market standard SW and

integrations to financial reporting systems

• Proven experience implementing complex actuarial and/or finance system capabilities

and guiding platform change

• Ability to lead through influence and drive change across complex environments

• Experience leading distributed teams across different locations and cultures

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in English