Title:

VP, Global Claims Delivery

Company:

Everest Global Services, Inc.

Job Category:

Technology

Job Description:

About Everest:
Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.

About the Role:

The Everest IT organization is looking to bring in an experienced VP, Global Claims Delivery to support our Global Claims Technology team, located at their US headquarters in Warren, New Jersey, USA. This is a hybrid position working 3 days onsite, 2 remote.

The Delivery Lead will be responsible for driving business transformation and delivering technology initiatives across Claims globally. With superior communication skills, the incumbent will ensure that the strategic programs are delivered with high quality, on time, on budget and in alignment to business objectives.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

Drive end-to-end delivery of strategic outcomes in alignment with stakeholders across business and technology.

Implement the overall technology vision of the products/programs, keeping in mind cross-functional impacts and integrations between Global Claims platforms and other applications across the enterprise.

Own and deliver the technical deliverables across programs and be accountable for the implementation across US, UK & Ireland, Europe, LATAM and APAC regions.

Provide management oversight and lead cross functional teams across regions to ensure alignment of program deliverables with business outcomes.

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders including Product Owners, Business SME’s, Release Train Engineers, Solution Architects, Tech Leads, Scrum Masters, Application Engineers, and Platform Partners.

Ensure timely delivery by identifying bottlenecks and removing impediments. Identify cross project dependencies, analyze risks, and ensure mitigation of potential risks.

Build an environment that promotes continuous improvement and innovation. Deliver business outcomes through excellence in delivery.

Provide technical guidance and leadership, collaborate with architecture teams to drive solution, and lead the integration with insurance applications across the organization.

Own program status communications and dashboards. Drive steering committee meetings and senior executive level governance meetings.

Mentor/Coach a team of Release Train Engineers, Application Engineers, Product Analysts and Quality engineers. Inspire/ Influence teams to achieve success.

Build an environment for continued success. Strive to understand our customers, our colleagues, and key stakeholders, valuing openness and building understanding and trust.

Work Experience and Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree (required) or Master’s degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

20 + years of demonstrable experience running global technology programs, 15+ years of leadership experience.

Experience in managing technology platforms for Insurance or Financial Services institutions.

Experience with Guidewire implementations (PolicyCenter/ClaimCenter/BillingCenter) globally across multiple geographies. Experience with Guidewire ClaimCenter Cloud migration preferable.

Experience leading global technology transformation programs and integrating with upstream/downstream applications.

Excellent communication and interpersonal and consultative skills to work effectively and build partnerships and relationships across the organization.

Advanced critical thinking skills with the ability to articulate an approach/solution effectively and succinctly for both business and technology partners.

Ability to support application delivery and technology operations using Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.

Effective collaborator with ability to develop teams and build positive relationships with peers and business partners.

For NJ only: The base salary range for this position is $225,000 - $265,000 annually. The offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, experience, qualifications and work location.

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What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

 

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

 

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

Warren, NJ

Additional Locations:

Everest is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, genetics, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. As part of this commitment, Everest will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Everest Benefits at everestbenefits@everestglobal.com.

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