Transformation Strategy Lead

DXC Technology; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Technology is seeking an experienced Transformation Strategy Lead to shape and drive multi-roadmap transformation for the London Market business in the UK. You will manage complex stakeholders, define governance and ensure strategy translates into deliverable change across architecture, change management, and PMO functions.

You will oversee four integrated roadmaps, partnering with Velonetic, ISB and other teams to deliver measurable business outcomes, with governance and reporting at the

Qualifications

• Experience shaping and driving transformation across complex businesses.
• Ability to translate strategy into deliverable change with governance.
• Proven track record coordinating cross-functional teams and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own, develop and maintain four integrated strategic roadmaps for transformation across the London Market.
• Translate strategic priorities into structured, achievable activity with defined outcomes.
• Lead a matrix team across architecture, change, PMO and work-package leads.
• Coordinate Design Authority with Enterprise and Business Architects.
• Establish intake/exit governance with clear acceptance criteria and success measures.
• Ensure requirements are agreed and signed off before build begins.
• Monitor dependencies, risks and benefits against baselines and SLAs.
• Report progress and ensure alignment with measurable business outcomes.

Skills

Transformation strategy

Roadmap management

Stakeholder management

Architecture liaison

Tools

PMO tools

Job description

Job Description

DXC Technology is a leading enterprise technology and innovation partner, helping organisations modernise, secure and operate complex technology environments.

Our Insurance Software business sits at the heart of the global insurance industry. DXC is the No. 1 provider of core technology to the insurance industry, combining deep insurance expertise with software, services and technology to help insurers modernise their operations, reduce complexity and accelerate transformation.

Through the DXC Assure platform and wider Insurance Software & BPS portfolio, we work across Life & Annuity, Property & Casualty and specialty insurance, helping customers protect their existing technology investments while introducing new digital capability and transforming their businesses.

This is an exciting time to join the business as we continue to focus on modernisation, innovation and transformation across the insurance market.

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Transformation Strategy Lead to play a key role in shaping and driving transformation across our London Market business.

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of business strategy, technology, architecture and change, taking ownership of four integrated strategic roadmaps that translate business priorities into clear, achievable transformation activity.

You’ll work across a complex stakeholder environment, partnering closely with Velonetic, the ISB and teams across the wider business to ensure transformation priorities are clearly defined, technically feasible and aligned to measurable business outcomes.

This role requires someone who can see the bigger picture while providing the structure, governance and constructive challenge needed to turn strategy into deliverable change. You’ll bring together multiple teams and perspectives, manage dependencies and help ensure the right decisions are made at the right time.

What You'll Be Doing

As Transformation Strategy Lead, you’ll provide overall ownership and direction for four integrated transformation roadmaps, ensuring they remain aligned with business priorities and customer needs.

Your key responsibilities will include

• Own, develop and maintain four integrated strategic roadmaps across the London Market business, providing a clear view of priorities, dependencies, outcomes and planned change.
• Translate strategic business priorities into structured, achievable transformation activity with clearly defined outcomes and measures of success.
• Work closely with the customer to agree and prioritise roadmap activity, balancing strategic objectives, technology considerations, dependencies and delivery requirements.
• Lead and coordinate a matrix team across architecture, change, PMO and work-package leads, creating alignment across multiple areas of the transformation.
• Lead the Design Authority alongside Enterprise and Business Architects, ensuring proposed change is technically feasible and aligned with the wider architecture.
• Ensure key design and architecture decisions are captured effectively, creating a clear decision record to support future transformation activity.
• Own the intake and exit governance process, ensuring scope, assumptions, requirements, acceptance criteria and measures of success are established at the beginning of each initiative and tested at completion.
• Ensure requirements are appropriately agreed and signed off before build activity begins.
• Assess proposed changes before commitments are made, ensuring the potential impact on agreed roadmaps, priorities and delivery is understood.
• Maintain roadmap baselines under effective change control, working closely with the Change Control Manager to manage change in a controlled and transparent way.
• Ensure operational impacts are understood and agreed before changes progress to cutover.
• Connect roadmap initiatives to clear, measurable business outcomes and acceptance criteria, creating greater visibility of the value expected from each piece of work.
• Maintain a consistently high standard of outputs before they are shared with Velonetic or the ISB.
• Manage relationships across the customer and supplier environment, with clear ownership, expectations and accountability.
• Establish and monitor agreed SLAs, ensuring performance and responsibilities are visible and understood.
• Track benefits against agreed baselines, including supplier contribution and contractual IP.
• Ensure strategic roadmaps are approved, published and refreshed quarterly, giving stakeholders a clear and current view of transformation priorities and progress.

What Success Looks Like

You’ll bring greater clarity and alignment to a complex transformation environment, ensuring strategy can be translated into realistic and achievable change.

Success will mean:

• Transformation initiatives are technically feasible and clearly connected to meaningful business outcomes.
• Roadmap priorities are agreed collaboratively with the customer.
• Business requirements, scope, assumpt