Chief of Staff to the Chief Commercial Officer & CEO of Lloyd’s Americas

Lloyd's; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyd’s is seeking a Senior Advisor to the Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for driving commercial strategy and facilitating sustainable growth. This pivotal role entails collaboration with leadership teams, strategic project management, and serving as a liaison for executive presentations, thereby influencing Lloyd’s future within the market.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership and cross-functional program management skills.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with senior executives.
• Experience in strategic communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead business and cross-functional programs crucial for the Commercial unit's success.
• Prepare strategic briefings and presentations for executive and senior audiences.
• Build deep relationships with corporate senior executives and manage stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership best practice

Strategic analysis

Collaboration

Job description

Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance andreinsurance marketplace. We share the collective intelligence and risk sharing expertise of the market’s brightest minds, working together for a braver world.

Our role is to inspire courage, so tomorrow’s progress isn’t limited by today’s risks.

Our shared values : we are brave; we are stronger together; we do the right thing; guide what we do and how we act. If you share our values and our passion to build a future that’s more sustainable, resilient and inclusive, you’ll find a home at Lloyd’s – build a braver future with us.

As a senior and trusted advisor to the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) you will have a full understanding of key business priorities across the division and the full range of the CCO’s responsibilities including as an Exco member. You will work alongside the Global Commercial Leadership Team and be instrumental in developing and delivering the Lloyds Global Commercial strategy.

Fully immersed in the CCO’s accountabilities and key business priorities across the Function, Corporation and Market, (including ExCo), contributing to the development of strategy and vision for the unit, working closely with the Head of Strategy and wider leadership team to aid delivery of that vision and provide strategic and thoughtful advice and challenge to the CCO.

Deputising for the CCO as needed, you will need to :

• Lead business and cross-functional programmes and projects that are crucial to the success of the Commercial unit.
• Drive and role model leadership best practice; establish operating rhythm for Commercial leadership team and provide operational support to aid the smooth-running of the unit
• Play a key role in clearly articulating Lloyd’s strategy and performance agenda to an executive and senior audience (internally and externally up to c-suite level), leading preparation of messages and presentation delivery to ratings agencies, analysts, the market and further afield
• Provide key strategic briefings and recommendations for upcoming meetings by collecting and analysing all necessary information and liaising with relevant stakeholders
• Plan and recommend internal and external meetings including media and speaker engagement requests, liaising with Corporate Affairs as appropriate
• Build and maintain deep trusting relationships with Corporation senior executives and colleagues and successfully manage a broad group of stakeholders
• Own the secretariat of the Global Leadership Team and the subsequent meetings.

A natural collaborator, you will forge trusting partnerships with the commercial leaders driving forward the strategy to facilitate sustainable growth by enabling clear, transparent pathways to enter and thrive in the market from the rooms that matter ensuring our Markets’ ongoing and future relevance. As a newly created position, you will have the opportunity to help shape and evolve, you will need be able to deal with ambiguity as you plan the best way as a partnership to achieve the goals of the Lloyds Commercial Strategy.

Are you up for this unique challenge? If so, we welcome your application and in the meantime please contact if you would like a copy of the full role profile.