Trading Platform Transformation Support

Who are we?

Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no‑limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 23,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.

People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like‑minded people driving change at Howden.

This role sits within Howden’s Trading Platforms Simplification programme and supports the delivery of a multi‑year transformation to simplify, modernise, and scale Howden’s global trading and broking platform landscape.

Reporting to the Group Head of Tech Enablement, you will play a key role in helping shape, analyse, and deliver platform transformation initiatives across regions and divisions as part of the Trading Platforms Simplification programme. The role blends structured problem‑solving, programme delivery support, stakeholder engagement, and hands‑on analysis across trading platforms, processes, and data.

You will work closely with the regional and divisional teams (including Operations, Technology, and Broking leadership teams), as well as Group Technology and Data, to support platform assessments, consolidation initiatives, and execution planning. This is a high‑exposure role, well suited to someone who already has experience in a transformation or consulting career who wants to build deep expertise in insurance trading platforms and large‑scale global change delivery.

• Support the design and drive the delivery of Howden’s Trading Platforms Simplification initiatives across regions, ensuring alignment with the overall transformation strategy.
• Assist in analysing the existing trading platform landscape, including platform usage, functionality, costs, and dependencies.
• Help evaluate platform solution options alongside regional teams and Group Technology, ensuring alignment with agreed architectural standards and business needs.

• Drive day‑to‑day programme management activities for trading platform transformation initiatives, including tracking milestones, risks, dependencies, and benefits.
• Lead the development and maintenance of transformation roadmaps, delivery plans, and reporting packs.
• Collaborate with regional workstream leads and programme managers to support consistent delivery approaches across platform consolidation initiatives.

• Support the development of business cases for trading platform simplification, including benefits analysis, cost modelling, and risk assessment.
• Lead data gathering, analysis, and preparation of materials for review by senior stakeholders.
• Track realised and forecast benefits against approved business cases.

• Support the execution of trading platform consolidation activities, including documentation of current and future state processes.
• Drive the development of playbooks, templates, and guidance to support consistent delivery (e.g. data migration, platform decommissioning, operational readiness).
• Work with subject‑matter experts to capture lessons learned and promote reuse of best practices across regions.

• Support governance forums and steering committees through preparation of materials, action tracking, and follow‑ups.
• Drive the production and collation of clear, concise transformation updates and reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Establish strong working relationships across senior leaders in Technology, Operations, and Broking teams to support effective delivery.

• Experience supporting and delivery transformation, change, or technology programmes within insurance or financial services.
• Understanding of insurance trading and broking operations and the…