Portfolio & Transformation Mgt Office Lead

At Munich Re Specialty Group (MRSG), individuality and intellectual curiosity is a key driver for our success and innovation. We believe that leveraging a variety of perspectives and backgrounds, and empowering all employees to make an impact, will motivate us to perform at our best and give us a competitive edge. We know there is always more work to be done, but we’re committed to building a strong and inclusive culture where everyone is welcomed and valued for their “own expression of self-identity”.

About us

MRSG is part of the Munich RE group. We are known for our dedication to excellence and quality of service provision across both primary and reinsurance.

As well as operating in the Lloyd’s of London market, we conduct our business via a global network of service companies, with offices located in the UK, Ireland, the United States, Asia, including Singapore, Labuan and Dubai.

Our group of companies provide solutions covering Casualty, Marine & Cargo, Aerospace, Cyber, Political Violence, Trade Credit and Property, Contingency and Yacht. Our purpose is to inspire our clients and people with the confidence and freedom to explore, create and build – to enable people and businesses to thrive.

Portfolio & Transformation Management Office Lead

You will provide services and capabilities to the Head of Change & Change Team to support delivery of the transformation and alignment of the Munich Re Specialty Global Markets (MRS-GM) portfolio of change to company strategy, regulatory/mandatory requirements and desired outcomes.

Working closely with the Head of Change to ensure C-level and internal stakeholders have required level of insight relating to the portfolio through having relevant data and information available to drive prioritisation decisions

We need you to take an innovative and creative approach to demonstrate a true value add, opposed to a ‘traditional’ PMO function and set the strategy for the Portfolio & Transformation Mgt Office.

Responsibilities 

Maintain the portfolio prioritisation framework and work closely with Head of Change and business stakeholders to ensure the portfolio remains aligned to business priorities and can clearly articulate impacts if pivoting of priorities is required Work closely with the Change Leadership team to ensure the portfolio integrated roadmap and transition phases of the transformation has the correct and desired inputs Ensure the current governance is effective and materials are created and distributed in a timely fashion (e.g. Change Committee, Portfolio SteerCo, Budget & Governance meetings) Pro-actively create reports to demonstrate the health of the portfolio and be creative with how information is analysed and presented Working with the PMO team to create, maintain and update relevant slide packs / data sets for monthly meetings incl. Executive SteerCo, Portfolio Governance overview, monthly business function meetings and provide minute taking where required Be actively engaged and support (along with the team) the Change team with core project activities across the project lifecycle. This will include, but is not limited to, setting-up governance, getting to understand the projects and their outcomes in order to provide greater value-add, planning, resource management/mapping and RAID management Providing inputs at the early phases to ensure Prgramme/Project Managers are clear on the project framework and required governance Ownership of maintaining a central view of required and projected spend through engagement across the business functions Regular reporting on forecast against budget and identifying ways to utilise funds effectively Aligning with the Programme and Project Managers on the process for management of project specific budgets and providing inputs/support to ensure full transparency Working with IT PMO and Portfolio Management to bring an holistic picture of the overall Change & transformation spend for MRS-GM

Knowledge and Skills

Portfolio Management Office of large scale transformation programmes/projects Attention to detail and strives for accuracy and data quality Result focused, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic Demonstrable ability to proactively build relationships and manage stakeholders, including providing robust advice, constructive challenge, influencing decisions, delivering well constructed data and insights Exemplary presentation skills (both creating and presenting) The right attitude is more important than qualifications but if you have any PMO qualifications, that’s a bonus

Your career with us
At MRSG, you’ll find the flexibility, development and support you need to excel your career combined with a competitive salary and a benefits package that promotes wellbeing and work-life balance, on top of the standard features that include a non-contributory pension, private medical care, life assurance and more!