Head of Sports, Media and Entertainment and Lloyd's

Join AXA XL as our Head of the Sports, Media & Entertainment team. A leadership role at the heart of a dedicated group of experts passionate about delivering tailored insurance solutions for some of the most dynamic and fast‑paced industries.

As the leader of this team, you will oversee the management of complex risks faced by sports and leisure businesses, productions, events, and entertainment companies worldwide. Your strategic vision and leadership will ensure we continue to provide comprehensive coverage and market‑leading support, helping clients navigate unforeseen challenges in these evolving sectors.

If you're a visionary leader ready to make a significant impact in a collaborative and innovative environment, this is your opportunity.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Working closely with the Chief Underwriting Officer, you will be responsible for developing an annual business plan that is consistent with AXA XL’s overall underwriting strategies and objectives.
• Continually monitor objectives for financial, marketing and client satisfaction success and provide guidance immediately when trending against plan.
• Set and drive strategic and operational objectives that will result in early “wins” to achieve short‑term success but not at the cost of jeopardizing annual or long‑term goals.
• Leveraging data tools, analytic reports and underwriting’s central capabilities, to allow for ongoing monitoring of product performance, budgets and forecasts.
• Collaborating with the business line leaders to identify and develop centers of excellence among underwriters for specific industries.
• Driving the new product development process in anticipation of market need.
• Driving Underwriting Excellence to support and ensure profitable growth by:
• Achieving business plan financial objectives and profitable growth as approved by senior management.
• Developing and implementing strategic underwriting plans for the segment or region, aligned with current and long‑term objectives.
• Working with the business line leaders to develop the underwriting appetite, segmentation strategy and portfolio management.
• Being an integral part of the underwriting process with focus on risk selection, structure and pricing.
• Collaborating with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Underwriting Governance to manage emerging risks and evolving trends.
• Provide leadership to the team.
• Collaborating with the Actuarial team, to improve pricing models and analytics necessary to support profitable risk selection and growth.
• Preserve and enhance profitability through the development of sophisticated underwriting and analytic techniques, pricing discipline, competitor analysis and the development of performance metrics and controls
• Support product management and innovation by developing analytical rigor, capabilities and processes that will enable the team to achieve their growth and profitability targets
• Ensure underwriting objectives, limits, product and product enhancements are all consistent with AXA XL’s overall strategy
• Through regular communication, discuss meeting underwriting excellence objectives through audits and loss activity consistent within AXA XL
• Assisting in producer relationships and maintaining visibility in the market:
• Working with the underwriting managers, sales and regional leaders to achieve cross selling objectives and develop marketing strategies.
• Developing new business opportunities via extensive broker and insured relationships.
• Supporting customer retention.
• Mentoring and coaching the underwriting team and developing a succession plan.
• Ensuring adequate communication and flow of information as appropriate.
• Partnering with actuarial, accounting, claims, and finance as required to support the underwriting strategies and service excellence.
• Assist in developing reinsurance strategies and managing limit accumulations to avoid earnings volatility while maximizing AXA XL's opportunities on placements.
• Partnering with the Chief Risk Officer and others to implement best practices and internal controls to support enterprise risk management (e.g., internal audit, FIC, Regulatory, etc.).
• Develop and execute a focused…