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