Head of Digital Factory

at  XL Catlin

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We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Significant IT and business/industry work experience in a Digital Factory Model, including experience in managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing senior level management and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrable ability to solve complex problems/issues
• Excellent communications skills which are adapted to different audiences and can effectively drive consensus within the Digital Factory including the Journey Owners, Product Owners and delivery team(s)
• Adept at vendor management, both commercially and interpersonally, with a clear understanding of Digital Factory model
• Ability to articulate problems, create solutions, and present analysis with proper detail and rigor for the target audience
• Thought leader in implementing agile practices with experience leading teams through change
• Expert knowledge of modern application development (specifically utilizing Cloud and microservices architecture) and using agile delivery methods with a significant background in application development
• Ability to design product strategy and roadmap and work within a Digital Factory
• Experience with User story development, personas definition, backlog prioritization
• Ability to measure the success of the product – KPIs identification and tracking
• Advanced experience / capability in Financial forecasting and business case justification
• Must have good understanding of Agile methodology and be familiar with multiple SDLC
• Previous experience leading development and delivery teams in delivering high quality, low defect solutions
• Track record for metrics-driven results is a plus
• Experience in planning and executing multiple complex, large scale initiatives or operational areas.
• Highly advanced analytical abilities with operational vision.
• Stakeholder management
• Proven planning and organization skills, creating own work schedules, prioritizing workload, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales
• Adaptable to new/different strategies, programs, technologies, practices, cultures, etc. Comfortable with change, able to easily make transitions.

• Driving the design and set up of the AXA XL Digital Factory with appropriate stakeholders. Working with the CTO and strategic vendor to create a scalable digital factory model
• Provide management oversight, strategy and direction to digital delivery squads within the customer journey
• Provide high-level organization goals and objectives
• Collaborates with business stakeholders on opportunity identification issue resolution and governance.
• Control and manage budget for the GT spend within the Customer Journey scope
• Ensure the scope of services, organization model, and key processes required to deliver services are properly executed in line with the overall Factory Model
• Manage relationships from Procurement - Portfolio Managers to suppliers within the Factory model
• Supports delivery through escalation of risks and issues that cannot be resolved by Digital Delivery squads
• Define and execute actions plan for concerns raised as a result of audits
• Close working relationship with Chapters / Guilds to ensure that performance management is
• In collaboration with Procurement, manages RFI/RFPs, contract negotiations and delivery of contract terms. Also manages clean term Solution Delivery Centre of contracts with vendors who consistently underperform
• Ensure that business cases for application investments, such as technology upgrades, productivity tools, and continuous service improvement initiatives are developed
• Review and approve contracts for a predetermined level of authority
• Supports delivery through escalation of risks and issues
• Provides audit support for both internal and external assessments;
• Articulates policies and standards as appropriate and provides all required evidence on a timely basis. Owns the completion of any action plans.
• Ensures the Solution Delivery Centre adheres to Information Security policies and standards for secure coding and manages risk acceptances