IT Application Lead

Overview

Generali is a major player in the global insurance industry. GOSP - Generali Operations Service Platform is a joint-venture between Generali and Accenture that provides IT and Procurement services to Generali Group companies. Our purpose is to accelerate the Group's innovation and digitization strategy through the Cloud and shared platforms. Based in Italy, it has 5 branches across Europe and employs about 1,000 people. The candidate will be part of the Program NEXT team. The IT Application Lead is responsible for providing support for new implementations and ongoing maintenance for application assets, interacting with both technical and functional teams to ensure tasks are delivered as planned, acting as a key contributor for go-live and ongoing support, and assisting in planning for strategic initiatives and global operations. The IT Application Lead works with the business to understand functional processes and translate that understanding into business and technical requirements, assessing solution options, formulating plans and working with the business on application changes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and ensure the achievement of core solution milestones, set guidelines on resources and budget management, steer interaction with local stakeholders, and escalate key decisions and main risks to governance bodies.
• Ensure compliance with internal applicable policies.
• Maintain, monitor and support all systems and applications.
• Serve as IT solution consultant to business stakeholders and lead mapping of relevant technologies and IT services to support business plan execution.
• Ensure that solution implementation programs and projects are planned and executed in line with business strategy and established global IT standards and best practices.
• Vendor governance of Cloud Infrastructure activities.

Hard Skills

• Knowledge of IFRS principles (IFRS17 and IFRS9) and background in Actuarial Non-Life.
• Knowledge of Software Lifecycle, Lean Project Management, Agile and Waterfall, ITIL.
• Knowledge of SQL, programming languages, and relational databases.
• English professional level; other languages are an advantage (Italian, German, French).
• Knowledge of Cloud controls and the processes and systems for managing cloud services and resources from CSPs.

Soft Skills

• Analytical, synthetic and presentational skills.
• Successful teamwork experience and demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to autonomously manage relationships with stakeholders, internal and external.
• Able to adapt to sudden and frequent changes in activities and priorities.
• Strong goal-driven mindset, initiative, autonomy and proactivity.
• Ability to lead and to create trust and team spirit.

Additional Information

Contract Type: Tempo Indeterminato