AI Lead

Hollard Insurance Company; North Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work options

Flexible work patterns

Work-life balance

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Hollard Insurance is seeking an AI Lead to set the direction for adoption, governance and scaling of AI across the organisation. You will partner with the CDAO to define the enterprise AI strategy and own the governance plane above AI models and agents.

The role focuses on integrating AI with data governance and architecture, delivering high-value use cases and establishing phased roadmaps with executive sponsorship. Hybrid/remote work options available.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in AI, ML and AI solution development.
• Proven track record delivering complex AI transformation initiatives.
• Experience in regulated environments with knowledge of model validation, compliance and audit requirements.
• Strategic leadership translating business vision into AI solutions.
• Strong understanding of AI lifecycle management, including monitoring and explainability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CDAO on developing and executing the enterprise AI strategy.
• Lead strategic AI initiatives that transform business operations, customer experience and competitive positioning.
• Create enterprise standards for AI development and AI governance practices in partnership with data governance and strategy teams.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify, shape and prioritise high-value AI use cases.
• Define the approach for each use case including build-versus-buy, success measures and risk considerations.
• Define the vision, target architecture and phased roadmap for the AI management plane with executive sponsorship.
• Define how AI agents are identified, authorised and constrained with data access and escalation paths.

Skills

AI strategy

Leadership

Regulated environments

AI lifecycle management

Job description

Lead the AI Ownership by setting the direction for adoption

Opportunity to work with one of Australia's largest general insurers

Develop roadmaps for AI capability maturity and organisational transformation

• Lead the AI Ownership by setting the direction for adoption

• Opportunity to work with one of Australia's largest general insurers

• Develop roadmaps for AI capability maturity and organisational transformation

About Hollard

Hollard Insurance is part of the Hollard Group of Companies and a top 5 General Insurer in Australia and New Zealand. We underwrite a broad range of general insurance products, including motor, home, contents, business, bicycle and pet, in proud partnership with some of Australia's biggest consumer brands and broker businesses. As an independent and privately owned company, we believe we can go further together -- for our people, customers, communities and partners -- through an innovative approach to providing insurance.

Our state-of-the-art facilities in North Sydney reflect our commitment to providing innovative workspaces that support hybrid and remote work.

About the Role

The AI Lead is a strategic partner to the CDAO in executing Hollard's enterprise AI vision. You will set the direction for how AI is adopted, governed and scaled at Hollard, and make sure AI work is integrated with Hollard's data governance, architecture and technology frameworks.

You will also lead the definition and ownership of Hollard's AI management plane: the governance, policy and orchestration layer that sits above our AI models, large language models (LLMs) and autonomous AI agents. This capability is not yet in place at Hollard and is expected to be introduced in the near term.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the CDAO on developing and executing the enterprise AI strategy.

• Lead strategic AI initiatives that transform business operations, customer experience and competitive positioning

• Create enterprise standards for AI development and AI governance practices, in partnership with the Data Governance, Regulatory and Strategy team.

• Work with business stakeholders to identify, shape and prioritise high-value AI use cases

• Define the approach for each use case, including AI technique, build-versus-buy and partner selection, success measures and risk considerations

• Define the vision, scope, target architecture requirements and phased roadmap for the AI management plane, and secure CDAO and executive sponsorship.

• Define how AI agents are identified, authorised and constrained, including access to data and systems, permitted actions, human-in-the-loop checkpoints and escalation paths.

About You

• Demonstrable experience in AI, machine learning and AI solution development.

• Proven track record delivering complex AI transformation initiatives.

• Experience in regulated environments, with a working knowledge of model validation, compliance and audit requirements

• Strategic leadership experience, with the ability to translate business vision into AI solutions

• Strong understanding of AI lifecycle management, including monitoring, explainability and evaluation.

• Exceptional leadership skills that builds credibility and innovation at all organisational levels.

Working at Hollard

At Hollard, you'll discover an environment where you can truly make an impact. We offer the best of both worlds -- the opportunity, agility and creativity of a company growing with scale, alongside a focus on becoming a catalyst for enduring, positive, social change.

We're a tight-knit team, where authentic voices and unique perspectives matter. We work supportively, collaboratively and inclusively to help shape our future and create shared value for our communities.

Hollard proudly promotes flexible work including remote work, non-traditional work patterns, and work-family balance. We're also unapologetically committed to creating a workplace that values your diversity with a true sense of inclusion. We actively seek to hire for your different lived experiences, including as it relates to disability, ethnicity, faith, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, gender diversity, sexual orientation, age, neurodiversity.

We're building something special. Working closely with our industry partners to reshape insurance for the better, we're people changing insurance.

Please note:

A full background check will be completed on the successful applicant.

We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies and kindly request that no unsolicited resumes are sent to Hollard in relation to this role or others. Only direct applications will be considered.