Head of Insurance

This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board. About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With a decade of experience, we provide over 300 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy, and Fellows from our award-winning Fellowship programme. Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. About the Role: The insurance industry manages trillions of pounds in assets and serves as a critical safety net for millions of people. Faculty are at the forefront of transforming the industry with AI. We work with FTSE 100 insurers in the UK and some of the largest insurers internationally to re-conceive their products, services and operations. We're now searching for a Head of Insurance with deep knowledge and experience in the sector, and a passion for using technology to improve it. Role Specific Responsibilities: Revenue growth: Achieve or exceed revenue targets, primarily by acquiring new clients in the insurance sector. Sector strategy: Develop a strategy for growing the insurance sales pipeline that is aligned with the wider strategy for the Financial Services Business Unit and Faculty as a whole. Market positioning and strategic partnerships: Develop innovative client propositions and establish partnerships with other firms that can drive sales growth. Account planning: Design transformation programmes for insurance clients, encompassing organisational change that supports the application of AI into core insurance business activities such as underwriting. Delivery enablement: Provide oversight of deliverables for insurance clients, ensuring high-quality outcomes by closely working with delivery teams. Client management: Foster strong relationships with C-suite stakeholders. Thought leadership: Build Faculty's profile in the insurance sector by delivering original and creative insights about AI in insurance through high-profile speaking engagements and publications. Who We Are Looking For: Industry expertise: Deep knowledge of the fundamentals of the insurance business and the current key issues impacting it, acquired from extensive experience working in the sector. Applied AI knowledge: Broad understanding and interest in AI and its current and potential application across the insurance industry. Sales acumen: Skilled at selling and building strong relationships with clients. Creativity: Strong ability to identify new market opportunities and develop differentiated propositions that can set Faculty apart from other firms in the market. Persuasiveness: Exceptional communicator who can articulate complex ideas clearly for diverse audiences, from technical teams to C-suite executives, in ways that inspire confidence and followership. Commercial nous: Sharp commercial sensibilities, with the ability to deftly balance staffing for successful client delivery with pricing that secures client buy-in. Diligence: A consistent track record of ensuring applied AI projects are delivered according to deadlines. Leadership: Proven capability to inspire and motivate others, being both relatable and capable of having challenging conversations. What We Can Offer You: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

#J-18808-Ljbffr