Head of Insurance - Celent in London

GlobalData operates an intelligence platform that empowers leaders to act decisively in a world of complexity and change. By uniting proprietary data, human expertise, and purpose‑built AI into a single, connected platform, we help organizations see what’s coming, move faster, and lead with confidence. Our solutions are used by over 5,000 organisations across the world’s largest industries, delivering tailored intelligence that supports strategic planning, innovation, risk management, and sustainable growth.

Location: London

Location type: Hybrid

Why join GlobalData? GlobalData is at a pivotal point in its growth journey and we need curious, ambitious, courageous people to support us in achieving our vision to deliver intelligence that transforms uncertainty into opportunity for the world’s most successful organisations. Our big ambitions mean that life at GlobalData is fast paced, entrepreneurial and rewarding. Working together in an intellectually challenging environment, where learning is super‑charged to keep us on our toes, the highly stimulating, fast‑paced, global environment we operate in, and our bold ambitions result in unique learning opportunities for our people.

The role… We are looking for an energetic and ambitious leader to shape the research and client agenda for the insurance sector within Celent and lead the team of analysts charged with creating content and delivering advisory and consultancy for executives within the insurance industry and the surrounding ecosystem of market participants. It is a player/coach role that requires the candidate to contribute their own fresh innovative content and ideas, while also overseeing the team’s production of research, presentations, data collection and curation, client events and webinars, interviews, surveys and briefings against major research and client projects.

What You’ll Be Doing…

• Grow profitably the client base and revenue of our Global Insurance team.
• Shape the technology research agenda and annual plan for the Insurance sector, engaging with client executives and the team to gather requirements for fresh and innovative content that is in‑demand and thought provoking.
• Lead the day‑to‑day activity of the team ensuring frequent and impactful content production and client service delivery, coaching and developing them to become expert analysts and managing performance against individual goals.
• Conduct your own leading‑edge research and client consulting, contributing towards the team’s overall result.
• Become a brand ambassador for Celent, as a high‑profile insurance technology strategy influencer.
• Improve Celent’s influence and impact growing our network of industry practitioners and exploring mutually beneficial partnerships (with the media, conference organisers, industry trade bodies, academics, and other influencers).
• Find smart ways to leverage content, horizontal themes and intellectual property across Celent and Global Data.
• Work with business development and client service teams to identify further opportunities for growth and achieve higher levels of existing client satisfaction.
• Ensure the integrity and quality of the team’s work, while also ensuring the protection of client confidentiality.

What We’re Looking For… We are looking for someone who is excited by the opportunities presented by emerging technologies within the insurance sector and who has an acute focus on business value, with a keen interest in how the market structure and technology solution landscape will evolve over the next few years. They will need to maintain an optimistic but grounded and pragmatic perspective on what’s possible.

Academic Background: Excellent academic credentials from a top university. MBAs or other advanced degrees (MS, PhD, etc.), in or with option in data or computer science is preferred.

Professional Experience: 10+ years’ experience in a top financial institution with responsibility for technology strategy or delivery; or 10+ years’ experience in a management consulting firm, or other research & advisory firm.

Skill And Expertise:

• Life and/or P&C subject matter expertise.
• Intellectual curiosity and the drive to learn about and master new areas of technology.
• Commercial and team leadership experience, with a collaborative approach to problem solving, and the ability to work in a global, culturally diverse environment.
• Outstanding communication skills both written and oral.
• Proven high impact public presence, speaking and facilitation skills.
• Strong understanding of research methods, qualitative and quantitative.
• Ability to work independently.

The candidate should have tech and business subject matter expertise and be able to build trusted relationships with senior executives across the insurance sector, whether they are the COO, CTO, business executive or technology solution provider CEO.

In addition to a rewarding career, we support our GlobalData colleagues with a range of benefits across health, finances, fitness, travel, tech and more. GlobalData believes strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. GlobalData is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.