Head of Strategy Execution, COO Office EMEA (Open to all RGA EMEA locations) in London

A Brief Overview

Reporting to the COO, the Head of Strategy Execution establishes and leads the Strategy Execution Office, ensuring the effective delivery of EMEA’s transformation agenda and translating the strategic vision into a prioritised portfolio of initiatives.

What You Will Do

• Transformation Strategy, Prioritisation & Leadership: Translate the execution excellence vision into a prioritised portfolio of initiatives with clear scope, sequencing, timelines, and target outcomes. Lead the annual and ongoing prioritisation process, including the change roadmap and investment plan, using evidence‑based criteria and cross‑functional input.
• Governance & Operating Model: Establish and maintain the end‑to‑end change governance framework, including standards, templates, tooling, decision rights, escalation paths, and governance forums. Lead governance committees and partner with business and technical leaders to ensure clear accountability, robust oversight, and appropriate design authority standards across strategic initiatives. Lead the design and evolution of the EMEA operating model, ensuring alignment to Group standards and scalability across functions.
• Performance Management & Reporting: Own the performance framework for the transformation portfolio, including KPIs, benefits realisation, initiative health, strategic fit, and alignment to the EMEA scorecard. Oversee consolidated portfolio reporting for transformation committees and EMEA Leadership, providing a clear single source of truth on progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Capability & Change Enablement: Ensure sufficient SME capacity exists across the organisation to support delivery of prioritised initiatives, partnering with functional leadership and HR to strengthen change readiness and execution capability. Build organisational capability through training, workshops, knowledge sharing, and promotion of a culture of empowered ownership and continuous improvement.
• Delivery Enablement & Accountability: Drive accountability for delivery of approved initiatives through appropriate sponsorship, clear ownership within BAU functions, governance, performance tracking, and executive challenge. Oversee the allocation and reallocation of funding and resources in line with prioritisation decisions, enabling effective delivery through structured support, frameworks, and coordination.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the central connector for transformation across the region, building strong engagement with EMEA functional leaders, initiative sponsors, and Group Strategy Execution counterparts. Communicate the transformation strategy, progress, decisions, and delivery expectations clearly and regularly, while supporting and constructively challenging sponsors and leaders on outcomes.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Finance, Accounting, Economics, Actuarial Science, or a related field required. Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS), MBA, or other advanced degree preferred.
• Work Experience: 10+ years of program and portfolio management experience in complex, matrixed, or global organizations preferred. 7+ years people management experience required. 5+ years in senior leadership roles required.
• Skills & Abilities: Deep expertise in strategy execution, digital transformation, and performance management. Strong understanding of governance, prioritisation, and operating model design. Excellent stakeholder influence, executive presence, facilitation, and executive communication skills. Strong analytical capability, comfortable using business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, MS Excel). Ability to drive accountability and challenge constructively at senior levels. Proven ability to operate effectively across organisational and geographic boundaries. Strong leadership capability, with ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment. Advanced change management capability, including leading large‑scale transformation efforts.

What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
• Join bright and creative minds of RGA, experiencing vast, endless career potential.