Senior Underwriting Governance & Strategy Lead

AXIS Capital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Medical plans for employees and family

Job summary

AXIS Capital in London seeks a Senior role to lead underwriting governance initiatives and support executive decision‑making. You will oversee governance updates, align guidelines with business plans, and collaborate with underwriting teams to identify trends and optimize strategies.

The role requires deep experience in (re)insurance governance, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to senior stakeholders. A hybrid work model is supported in the region.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years in a technical role in commercial lines (re)insurance.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a highly analytical subject.
• Professional experience in (re)insurance industry performance and/or governance management roles.
• Experience building relationships with leadership and influencing outcomes.
• Experience in best‑practice underwriting performance and governance frameworks.
• Ability to support executive decision‑making through structured analysis and clear narratives.

Responsibilities

• Act as key support to The Head of Underwriting Governance, Execution and development of underwriting strategy.
• Help implement and manage the Group’s underwriting governance framework and referral framework.
• Oversee updates to the governance framework and align guidelines to annual business plans.
• Assist in changes to underwriting strategies to maintain alignment with plans and market developments.
• Design, develop and implement new underwriting strategies across the group.
• Work with underwriting teams and CUO to identify trends and formulate remediation plans.
• Prepare high‑quality executive materials to support CUO and senior leadership decisions.
• Provide structured decision support with analysis, narratives, scenario analyses and trade‑offs.
• Leverage data analytics and AI tools to enhance underwriting oversight and governance reporting.
• Collaborate with data/tech/analytics teams to apply ML, automation or generative AI to improve execution and insight generation.
• Take on additional duties as appropriate to the role.

Skills

Underwriting governance experience

Data analytics

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in analytics or related field

Tools

BI platforms (Tableau/Power BI)

Management information systems

Decision-support tools

Job description

AXIS Capital in London seeks a Senior role to lead underwriting governance initiatives and support executive decision‑making. You will oversee governance updates, align guidelines with business plans, and collaborate with underwriting teams to identify trends and optimize strategies.

The role requires deep experience in (re)insurance governance, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to senior stakeholders. A hybrid work model is supported in the region.