Construction Proposition Lead

Following continuous success and growth across our wider Underwriting and Distribution areas, we are further expanding our Proposition team with a newly created Proposition Lead focusing on our Construction offering. This is a key role designed to elevate our construction proposition strategy, delivering alignment across market needs and driving the development of innovative, customer-facing solutions. This role will provide deep industry expertise, thought leadership and commercial acumen to differentiate our offerings and strengthen our market presence. Spanning across our international markets, European and UK construction offerings, you will use your subject market expertise to partner with colleagues internally whilst equally representing QBE at industry events and across our MTPs.

Your new role:

• Strategic Proposition Development: Define, refine, and implement a comprehensive construction proposition that aligns with market trends and client needs.
• Innovation & Competitive Edge: Lead the creation of solutions that enhance our ability to address emerging risks and capitalise on new opportunities.
• Market and Client Insight: Utilise data-driven insights to ensure our construction proposition remains relevant and highly competitive.
• Collaboration & Alignment: Work closely with underwriting, claims, risk engineering, and distribution teams to create a seamless, well-integrated proposition.
• Thought Leadership: Represent the company as a construction industry expert, influencing internal and external stakeholders with market-leading insights and strategies.

About you:

• Clear expertise within the Construction space across any Insurance discipline.
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to navigate a matrix environment, build strong internal and external relationships, and align QBE’s activity with client and broker needs.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex concepts clearly in both written and spoken form.

Why QBE?

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best, that’s why we have created “At My Best”. It’s our connection, our way of showing we have your back. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. It’s in the culture of our business, our QBE DNA, to support our people.

Everything we do is underpinned by our QBE DNA. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner. We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation. With more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate, and kind.

Benefits:

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.
• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.
• Private medical insurance – we fund fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all the family.
• Family friendly policies – we offer 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent.
• Short term remote work abroad - you can request up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad.
• Sustainable investing - we believe sustainable integration is important for long term financial, environmental, and social outcomes.
• Cycle-to-Work – benefit from regular exercise whilst making your commute greener and cheaper, select and bike and/or accessories up to the value of £5,000.

Skills: Coaching for success, Critical Thinking, Customer Value Management, Detail-Oriented, Influencing, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Navigating ambiguity, New Business Development, Prioritization, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Team Management, Waterfall Model.

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Equal Employment Opportunity: QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

About Us: We are an international insurer and reinsurer offering a diverse portfolio of commercial, personal and specialty products, as well as risk management solutions.