Head of Digital Enablement

Primus; London; Hybrid; Full time

Job summary

Primus is seeking a visionary Head of Digital Enablement to transform digital capabilities in the specialty insurance sector. This role involves leading product evolution, championing agile methodologies, and building high-performing cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will excel in stakeholder management and drive strategic transformations.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in digital transformation, product strategy, or agile enablement.
• Experience in regulated industries preferred.
• Strong grasp of modern digital delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead digital product evolution in specialty insurance.
• Establish and lead a core team in UX/UI and product.
• Align multidisciplinary squads around cross-domain challenges.

Skills

Leadership in digital transformation

Agile methodology

User-centred design

Change management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Job Description

Head of Digital Enablement

Location: London / Hybrid

Industry: Specialty Insurance & Financial Services

Day Rate: £900 - £1,100 p/day Inside IR35

Duration: 12 months – Opportunity to join on a permanent basis after

Lead the Digital Product Evolution in Specialty Insurance

We’re looking for a visionary Head of Digital Enablement to lead the transformation of digital capabilities across a forward-thinking business in the specialty insurance and financial services sector. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who blends strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. A builder who thrives on shaping agile, data-driven, and user-centric products from the ground up.

This isn’t about running traditional IT projects. It’s about building the muscle for continuous digital delivery, empowering cross-functional teams, embedding AI and analytics, and reshaping how products are imagined, built, and scaled.

What You’ll Be Driving

• Digital Operating Model – Champion agile, product-led, and insight-driven ways of working across the business.
• High-Impact Team Building – Establish and lead a core team of UX/UI, product, and business analysis professionals.
• Virtual Squad Leadership – Align multidisciplinary squads around domain-specific challenges across underwriting, finance, risk, and operations.
• AI & Data Integration – Ensure data insights, predictive analytics, and emerging AI tools are foundational in product design.
• Strategic Translation – Turn executive vision into actionable digital roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Product Discovery & Iteration – Define frameworks for prioritisation, experimentation, and ongoing improvement.
• Team Enablement – Coach stakeholders and teams in agile, lean product development and continuous value delivery.
• Culture Shift – Move the organisation from siloed delivery to empowered, cross-functional product teams.

What You Bring

• Proven leadership in digital transformation, product strategy, or agile enablement, ideally in complex or regulated industries.
• Strong grasp of modern digital delivery: Agile, user-centred design, lean product development, and rapid experimentation.
• Experience working alongside data science, engineering, or AI teams to embed intelligence into digital solutions.
• A track record of building and scaling high-performing cross-functional teams, especially in virtual or matrix environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into delivery, driving business outcomes and user value.
• Change leader who can influence culture and bring others on the transformation journey.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including C-suite engagement.
• Domain experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or regulated B2B environments is highly desirable.

Why This Role Stands Out

This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a digital enablement function in a company ready for transformation. You'll have the freedom to architect digital delivery from the ground up, shaping teams, defining ways of working, and embedding data and design thinking at the heart of product development.

This is ideal for a product-minded leader, someone who blends entrepreneurial mindset with delivery rigour, knows how to ship complex regulated products, and builds strong collaborative cultures wherever they go.

The Environment You’ll Thrive In

• Outcome-first and data-led
• Highly collaborative and transparent
• Open to experimentation and innovation
• Committed to modernising legacy systems and mindsets
• Focused on real business impact, not just digital for digital’s sake

Apply Now

If you’re ready to lead a new era of product and digital delivery in specialty insurance and financial services, we’d love to hear from you. Click apply now.