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Senior Programme Manager - Insurance, Transformation

Hays TechnologyLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 9 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a critical global market entry transformation for a renowned insurance client, offering significant career growth and the chance to build new operations from the ground up. If you're a seasoned Senior Programme Manager with a strong insurance background and a talent for navigating complex, regulated environments, you'll thrive in this dynamic, hybrid role. Apply now to make a substantial impact!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
London, United Kingdom
ComplianceStakeholder Management

Job Description

Senior Programme Manager - Insurance, Transformation, Global, Market Entry

Market Rate (Inside IR35)

London / Hybrid

6 months

I am currently working with a high-profile, instantly recognisable client who urgently requires an experienced Senior Programme Manager, with a strong Insurance background, to lead a strategically important transformation programme focused on establishing and scaling operations in a new market.

Key Requirements:

  • Proven experience as a Senior Programme Manager leading large-scale business and technology transformation programmes within the Insurance sector
  • Strong experience delivering market-entry, regional expansion, legal entity establishment or greenfield operational set-up programmes
  • Demonstrable experience managing regulatory, compliance and governance requirements within highly regulated environments
  • Experience coordinating multiple workstreams across business operations, technology, legal, compliance, product and third-party suppliers
  • Strong programme governance, planning, risk, dependency and stakeholder management expertise
  • Experience driving organisational readiness, operational mobilisation and transition into BAU
  • Proven ability to establish delivery structure and governance quickly within complex programmes
  • Strong executive stakeholder management skills, with experience operating at C-suite and board level
  • Experience working with globally distributed teams and third-party delivery partners
  • Good technical understanding, with the ability to engage confidently on technology, integration and supplier-related discussions
  • Ability to manage ambiguity whilst driving delivery against demanding regulatory and commercial timelines

Nice to Have:

  • Experience launching new insurance products or services
  • Experience establishing new business operations in a previously untapped market
  • Immediately available

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