Head of Strategy - COO

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Description Join us as the Head of COO Strategy and Portfolio Governance for AXA UK and Ireland (UK&I), where you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of our change initiatives. This key position within the Change Leadership team involves managing a substantial UK&I Change portfolio, ensuring effective governance, delivery assurance, and strategic alignment with AXA Group objectives. At AXA, we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team, and our customers. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients, or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.
Lead the governance and reporting for a sizeable investment change and transversal change portfolio, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy.
Develop, report, and communicate COO Strategy at all levels of the organization, ensuring the strategy meets both the Group ambitions in the Technology, Data, and Operational Excellence space and the COO function drives its agenda in support of UK&I business strategies.
Define and implement governance processes for the UK&I organisation, reporting up to senior management and ensuring compliance with corporate delegated authorities.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team, ensuring governance and oversight solutions meet the evolving needs of AXA UK&I.
Develop and maintain a project/program assurance capability, overseeing peer reviews and quality checks while promoting best practices across the organisation.
Act as the Business Application Owner for change tools, supporting roll-out, training, and day-to-day operations, while focusing on automation and streamlined processes.
Operate and enhance relevant control frameworks, proactively identifying areas for improvement to mitigate risks and improve outcomes.
Own the UK&I Portfolio Risk framework and reporting, collaborating with risk functions to plan and implement necessary activities.
Extensive experience in project/programme management in complex business settings, preferably within Financial Services.
Professional qualifications in project or programme management are preferred.
Strong understanding of the insurance industry, including regulatory and control environments.
Track record of successful business-wide programme delivery beyond just technical or IT contexts.
Relevant experience in Financial Services across different organisations is advantageous.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, influencing relationships at the highest levels.
Advanced planning and organising capabilities.
Competitive annual salary
~ Annual company & performance-based bonus
~ Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
~ Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
~28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
~ Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
~ AXA employee discounts
~ If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. hunt@axa-uk.co.uk .
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime

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