Insurance Tech CTO – AU/NZ Transformation Leader

NACBA; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Insurance Technology Leader to serve as Insurance CTO for Australia and New Zealand. Set the technology agenda for strategic clients, guiding transformation, architecture and governance across General Insurance, Life Insurance, Health Insurance and Superannuation.

The role blends deep domain knowledge with executive advisory capability, enterprise architecture leadership and strong delivery governance across Consulting, Engineering, Cloud and AI.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in insurance technology, consulting and digital transformation.
• Extensive experience with General Insurance, Life Insurance, Health Insurance or Superannuation.
• Proven track record advising C-level executives and leading enterprise-scale transformation programs.
• Deep expertise in Guidewire, Duck Creek or comparable core insurance platforms.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Advise client CIOs, CTOs, Chief Architects and executives on enterprise technology strategy and transformation roadmaps.
• Translate insurance objectives into pragmatic architecture, modernisation, data, AI, cloud and engineering strategies.
• Provide technology leadership in governance forums and strategic reviews.
• Develop market-facing perspectives on emerging insurance technologies and ecosystem change.
• Build trusted relationships across strategic accounts in Australia and New Zealand.
• Lead technology solutioning for major pursuits and complex multi-service opportunities.
• Guidewire/Duck Creek and platform transformation across portfolios.

Skills

Insurance technology leadership

Executive advisory

Enterprise architecture

Strategic account management

Tools

Guidewire

Duck Creek

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Insurance Technology Leader to serve as Insurance CTO for Australia and New Zealand. Set the technology agenda for strategic clients, guiding transformation, architecture and governance across General Insurance, Life Insurance, Health Insurance and Superannuation.

The role blends deep domain knowledge with executive advisory capability, enterprise architecture leadership and strong delivery governance across Consulting, Engineering, Cloud and AI.