Data & AI Strategy and Value Assurance, Senior Manager

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Senior Manager – Data & AI Strategy and Value Assurance.

Location:

London or Sydney (Hybrid). Strategic enterprise role shaping Group Data & AI direction and value realisation. Happy to talk flexible working.

Opportunity:
How do you turn data and AI strategy into measurable enterprise value? This is a senior, highly visible role at the heart of Group Data, leading the refresh and execution of QBE’s enterprise Data & AI strategy and ensuring strategic investment delivers tangible outcomes. You’ll work closely with Group and Divisional leadership, Ventures, IT and the wider business to align priorities, shape enterprise-wide OKRs, and assure the value of a complex Data & AI portfolio.

Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role. QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion.

QBE is an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries. We’re building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

• Lead and support the refresh of the enterprise Data & AI strategy, working closely with Divisional Heads of Data, Ventures, Group Leadership, IT and senior business stakeholders.
• Facilitate Group and Divisional Data OKR alignment, partnering with Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO) and divisional data leaders to ensure strategic coherence and execution.
• Lead business case development for enterprise Data & AI initiatives, ensuring robust articulation of benefits, costs and value.
• Design and lead processes and framework to enable oversight and assurance of Data & AI value delivery across the strategic portfolio, including escalation of risks and issues where required, keeping pulse with key stakeholders to ensure right outcomes are being delivered as business expectations.
• Ensure value of data & AI strategy and related initiatives is understood, including visibility of the work at Board, Group and divisional SLT.
• Build strong relationships with key business stakeholders at both group and divisional levels, ensuring their concerns are at front and centre in driving the right outcomes via strategic programmes.

You are a senior data and AI leader with a strong track record of shaping enterprise strategy and, critically, translating that strategy into measurable business value. You bring a strategic, outcomes‑led mindset and are comfortable operating in complex, highly regulated environments.

• Proven experience leading or contributing to enterprise-level Data and/or AI strategy, with clear ownership of value realisation, investment assurance and benefits tracking across a complex portfolio.
• Insurance experience, with sufficient domain understanding to work credibly with brokers, underwriters and senior business leaders, and to design data strategies grounded in commercial and operational reality.
• A background in large consulting environments as well as time in industry, enabling you to balance strategic thinking with the practical realities of execution.
• Experience shaping strategy, aligning multiple divisions, and guiding delivery across different business contexts.
• The ability to navigate and execute strategy in complex, matrixed organisations, understanding where execution risk sits and how to manage it proactively.
• Confidence engaging at the most senior levels of the organisation, including preparing materials and papers for executive forums and interacting with senior leaders at Group Executive level.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to drive alignment and progress without formal authority.
• Credibility working with Divisional Heads of Data, IT, ETO and senior business stakeholders to align priorities, OKRs and outcomes across multiple divisions.

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances.

• Analytical Thinking
• Business Data Analytics
• Coaching for success
• Collaboration Tools
• Commercial Acumen
• Critical Thinking
• Data Quality Assessments
• Influencing
• Intentional collaboration
• Managing performance
• Navigating ambiguity
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Management
• Strategic Planning

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates. We are an international insurer and reinsurer offering a diverse portfolio of commercial, personal and specialty products, as well as risk management solutions. Our product portfolio includes property, motor, crop, energy, marine and aviation. We employ a team of around 13,000 people in 26 countries around the world.

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