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Munich Re; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global insurance firm in Greater London is looking for a Risk & Security Business Manager with over 12 years of experience in business and program management. The role involves leading a team focused on analytics, reporting, and financial management within a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cyber security and proven ability to manage stakeholders across various seniority levels. This position offers a unique opportunity for strategic thinkers to contribute significantly to the organization.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in business and program management within regulated financial services.
• 6+ years in cyber security and program management, preferably in the insurance sector.
• Proven experience in leading high performing management functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Risk & Security Business Management team.
• Oversee financials and workforce management.
• Develop and maintain reporting capabilities.

Skills

Business and program management

Reporting and analytics

Cyber security program management

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and professionalise Risk & Security Business Management, Analytics and Reporting capabilities (~10 FTE globally) in alignment with strategic program objectives
• Own value realisation by overseeing and guiding execution of the Risk & Security mission from a financials, workforce and vendor mgmt. perspective (e.g., manage against workforce targets)
• Operate and evolve financial, workforce, and strategic vendor mgmt., including to manage interfaces to relevant stakeholders and present in decision forums, e.g., workforce/sourcing meeting
• Operate and evolve Analytics & Reporting capabilities used, e.g., for Board of Management and other C-level updates, Risk & Security committees, Local Entity Risk Committees, including to achieve report quality and messaging objectives in partnership with data owners and customers
• Own, maintain and further develop the reporting platform; build a high performing team
• Manage ad-hoc requests and continuous improvements; own relevant projects

Knowledge and Skills

• 12+ years of experience with focus on business and program management, reporting/analytics, and transformation (having worked, e.g., as department CAO/COO, Chief of Staff, Program Mgr. and/or having led large PMO functions), in global, highly regulated financial service organizations
• 6+ years in cyber security, cyber program mgmt., ideally with one or more of the big players in the Insurance/Financial Services industry and with international experience
• Track record in building/leading high performing, efficient business management functions (financials, workforce/capacity management, vendor management, etc.) in a matrix structure
• Track record in building/leading high performing, efficient Cyber/Operations/IT Risk reporting functions (KPIs, KRIs, backend/tools (e.g., database, ETL processes), frontend (e.g., PowerBI), C-level messaging/presentations and aligning the same with various stakeholders, etc.)
• Strong pro‑active and self‑motivated driver, transformation agent, strategic thinker and communicator with a strong analytical and problem‑solving skill, resilient, and flexible
• Team player and stakeholder manager with confidence to engage various seniority levels

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!