Data & AI Strategy and Value Assurance, Senior Manager

Data & AI Strategy and Value Assurance, Senior Manager

Role highlights

• Location: London or Sydney (Hybrid)

• Strategic enterprise role shaping Group Data & AI direction and value realisation

• Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

How do you turn data and AI strategy into measurable enterprise value?

This is a senior, highly visible role at the heart of Group Data, leading the refresh and execution of QBE’s enterprise Data & AI strategy and ensuring strategic investment delivers tangible outcomes.

You’ll work closely with Group and Divisional leadership, Ventures, IT and the wider business to align priorities, shape enterprise-wide OKRs, and assure the value of a complex Data & AI portfolio.

Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role. QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion.

About QBE

At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. And we do it all with a human touch.  

We’re an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries – which means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact. It’s an exciting time. We’re building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner. 

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world? As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind.

Your new role

As Data & AI Strategy and Value Senior Manager, you will play a pivotal role within Group Data, working across divisions and functions to shape direction, prioritisation and outcomes.

Key accountabilities include:

• Leading and supporting the refresh of the enterprise Data & AI strategy, working closely with Divisional Heads of Data, Ventures, Group Leadership, IT and senior business stakeholders.

• Facilitating Group and Divisional Data OKR alignment, partnering with Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO) and divisional data leaders to ensure strategic coherence and execution.

• Leading business case development for enterprise Data & AI initiatives, ensuring robust articulation of benefits, costs and value.

• Designing and leading process and framework to enable oversight and assurance of Data & AI value delivery across the strategic portfolio, including escalation of risks and issues where required, and keeping pulse with key stakeholders to ensure right outcomes are being delivered as business expectations.

• Ensuring value of data & AI strategy and related initiatives is understood, including visibility of the work at Board, Group and divisional SLT.

• Build strong relationships with key business stakeholders at both group and divisional levels, and ensuring their concerns are at front and centre in driving the right outcomes via strategic programmes.

About you

You are a senior data and AI leader with a strong track record of shaping enterprise strategy and, critically, translating that strategy into measurable business value. You bring a strategic, outcomes‑led mindset and are comfortable operating in complex, highly regulated environments.

• Proven experience leading or contributing to enterprise‑level Data and/or AI strategy, with clear ownership of value realisation, investment assurance and benefits tracking across a complex portfolio.

• Insurance experience, with sufficient domain understanding to work credibly with brokers, underwriters and senior business leaders, and to design data strategies grounded in commercial and operational reality.

• A background in large consulting environments as well as time in industry, enabling you to balance strategic thinking with the practical realities of execution.

• Experience shaping strategy, aligning multiple divisions, and guiding delivery across different business contexts.

• The ability to navigate and execute strategy in complex, matrixed organisations, understanding where execution risk sits and how to manage it proactively.

• Confidence engaging at the most senior levels of the organisation, including preparing materials and papers for executive forums and interacting with senior leaders at Group Executive level.

• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to drive alignment and progress without formal authority.

• Credibility working with Divisional Heads of Data, IT, ETO and senior business stakeholders to align priorities, OKRs and outcomes across multiple divisions.

Benefits  

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances.

To learn more about benefits of working with us, click  Rewarding our people - QBE European Operations ; Our employee benefits | QBE Careers | QBE AU

Awards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2025:   Winner: Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year, Winner: Reinsurer of the Year - QBE Re, Winner: ESG, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year, Winner: Insurance Personality of the Year - Chris Wallace, Executive Director UK insurance

• AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year 

• Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer 

• Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2023: QBE rated as a 5-Star Employee

To learn more about our achievements, click here  

Apply now and let’s make it happen!  

If you’re looking for a career that combines your expertise and your empathy, click Apply today. 

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.