Group Head of Strategic Risk & Risk Culture

• Location: Sydney

• Type: Permanent, full time

• Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

The opportunity

QBE is hiring a Group Head of Strategic Risk & Risk Culture to lead our global risk strategy and champion a culture of excellence, resilience, and innovation. Join us in shaping the future of risk.

Your new role

As the Group Head of Strategic Risk & Risk Culture, you’ll be at the forefront of QBE’s strategic direction—challenging and supporting executive leaders, overseeing stress testing programs, and ensuring our risk culture not only meets regulatory expectations but also empowers our business to achieve its strategic objectives. You’ll work closely with other executives, including the Group Chief Enterprise Risk Officer, Divisional Chief Risk Officers (CRO’s), and heads of Financial Performance, Risk Management, and Insurance Risk, influencing decision-making at the highest level.

• Lead the identification, management, and monitoring of strategic risk and risk culture across QBE Group and divisions.

• Advise and challenge business leaders on strategic risk, with a focus on financial performance.

• Define, implement, and continuously enhance the Groups stress testing and risk culture framework, championing a culture of accountability, transparency, and ethical decision-making.

• Prepare and present high-impact reports and briefings to the Board and senior management, enabling informed oversight of strategic risk and risk culture.

• Serve as the primary contact for strategic risk and risk culture matters with regulators.

• Mentor, develop and retain top-tier talent, fostering a high-performance culture aligned with QBE’s global risk operating model.

About you

• Proven executive leadership in risk management within complex, multi-geography insurance or financial services environments.

• Extensive experience engaging with Boards, Executive Committees, and regulators.

• Experience in general insurance Line 2 Risk with a strong understanding of underwriting financial drivers

• Outstanding strategic vision, analytical acumen, and ability to challenge and influence at the highest levels.

• Deep expertise in risk culture, stress testing, and regulatory frameworks.

• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

About QBE

We can never really predict what’s around the corner, but at QBE we’re asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We’re an international insurer that’s building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We’re proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries, we’re big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let’s make it happen!

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• ‘Hybrid Working’ – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

• Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest

• Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• 18 weeks’ gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

• Voluntary super contributions and company matching

• Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

• A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

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

• 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our Respect@QBE program

• 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards 

• 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

• 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

• Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion

• Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

• Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let’s make it happen! 

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QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at [email protected]

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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.