At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead technology strategy and drive innovation in a high-growth insurance business.
- Company: Dynamic global insurance company with a focus on technology and transformation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, leadership role, and the chance to shape technology direction.
- Other info: Join a collaborative environment with opportunities for significant professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on client outcomes and technology capabilities in a senior position.
- Qualifications: Proven senior technology leadership experience in the insurance sector is essential.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
We are working with a high-growth, global business in the insurance sector that is looking to appoint a Head of Technology to take responsibility for the strategic IT agenda in the UK. This is a senior leadership position for a key region, sitting on both the local leadership team and the global IT leadership team. The role offers the opportunity to leverage proprietary technology and data to drive innovative, high-quality client outcomes, as well as deliver exceptional technology capability for colleagues. This is a highly visible position, representing the wider technology function and driving both transformation and operational performance agendas. It provides the opportunity to influence product direction, customer outcomes, and the long‑term technology roadmap, while delivering tangible change across IT, data, and AI capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Represent technology within executive forums to drive business performance
- Act as the escalation point for complex technology issues across enterprise IT, product, and transformation teams
- Oversee the local product roadmap, ensuring alignment with local commercial imperatives and wider technology goals
- Support the reduction of technical debt and the migration from legacy tools to strategic platforms, driving adoption across internal teams and clients
- Work with third-party partners to ensure service goals are met, and that the wider technology function delivers effectively for the business, maintaining operational performance, resilience, and compliance within the digital ecosystem
- Partner with business stakeholders to realise measurable benefits from transformation initiatives
- Support client audits and maintain adherence to data, security, and regulatory standards
- Enable stakeholders to leverage data for market insight and performance management
Requirements
- Proven experience operating as a senior technology leader within the insurance sector (sector experience is essential)
- Significant track record of success in a matrixed or shared-service technology environment, including experience working with outsourced operations
- Strong influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively at executive and C-suite levels
- Experience leading large-scale technology transformation programmes and platform migrations
- Background in complex operational technology environments, with the ability to operate both strategically and in detail
- Strong commercial awareness, including involvement in client tenders and value proposition development
- Experience aligning business units with group-wide technology strategy and transformation objectives
- Deep understanding of Agile delivery frameworks
- Experience leveraging enterprise data platforms and business intelligence tools to drive business performance
We appreciate all applications; however, due to response rates, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Head of Technology, UK employer: Stanton House
As a high-growth global business in the insurance sector, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that empowers our employees to drive innovation and deliver exceptional client outcomes. Our commitment to professional development ensures that as the Head of Technology, you will have access to unparalleled growth opportunities, while our collaborative environment encourages you to influence strategic decisions and shape the future of technology within the organisation. Join us in the UK, where your expertise will be valued, and together we can transform the landscape of insurance technology.
