Job Description:

LEADERSHIP & TEAM MANAGEMENT SKILLS

• Demonstrate expertise in managing and coaching cross-functional teams, including full-time employees and contractors, across multiple geographic locations (e.g., USA East Coast and India).
• Foster a collaborative environment that promotes team productivity, professional development, and effective communication.

PRODUCT OWNERSHIP & USER EXPERIENCE OPTIMISATION

• Take ownership of platform product development, ensuring the delivery of seamless, compliant, and cost-effective user journeys for diverse user segments, including interactive users, application developers, and IT operations.
• Design and maintain clear, user-centric workflows that enhance user satisfaction and operational efficiency.

WE WELCOME CANDIDATES WITH RELEVANT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE IN A RELATED FIELD, AS WELL AS THOSE WITH DIVERSE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE.

Here are some of the key skills important for the role:

PEOPLE SKILLS

• Willingness to understand in-depth user problems and peculiarities of workflow in diverse user segments.
• Ability to communicate effectively across the wider stakeholder landscape.
• Evidenced management experience leading colleagues and execution partners.
• Emotional Intelligence (implied through effective communication and understanding diverse user needs).
• Cross-Functional Collaboration (working with architects, cloud engineers, stakeholders).

BUSINESS SKILLS

• Prior experience of engaging architects and cloud engineers to deliver user-facing solutions, particularly data-intensive applications.
• Prior experience of system administration, cloud engineering, solution engineering, and architecture (business impact of technical solutions).
• Stakeholder Management (collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders).
• Business & Process Improvement (improving workflows and ensuring platform efficiency).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Proven experience as a Platform Owner / Technical Product Owner / Senior Platform / Senior Infrastructure Engineer of a Cloud-based platform offering.
• Understanding of data science and developer workflows and best practices, such as CI/CD, model management lifecycle.
• Familiarity with data warehousing, cloud-based services, data governance & controls, AI & automation.
• Willingness to grow technical and management expertise; staying updated with evolving technology.
• Prior experience of machine learning and data application development and operation (useful to have).
• Experience in system administration, cloud engineering, solution architecture, and cloud automation technologies such as Terraform (useful to have).
• Azure Cloud certifications (a plus).

WHO WE ARE

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com