Willis Re (UK) Limited

Willis Re (UK) Limited is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Protection to lead the advancement of data protection practices across the organization. The role requires strong UK data protection knowledge and experience in implementing compliance frameworks. The successful applicant will shape data protection policies, ensuring alignment with legal requirements and business operations. The position offers an opportunity to drive organizational change and strengthen trust in data handling.

Willis Re (UK) Limited is looking for a Technology Head of AI & Emerging Tech to own the strategy for AI and automation. You will lead the delivery of innovative AI solutions across various functions while ensuring alignment with business priorities. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in digital transformation, proven capabilities in delivering AI/ML solutions, and a strong focus on responsible AI practices. The position offers a dynamic hybrid working model.

Role Overview The Senior Manager, Data Protection will play a key role in shaping and advancing Willis Re's data protection framework across the business. This position is responsible for a myriad of responsibilities associated with data protection and is integral to the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of data protection policies, standards, and controls, ensuring alignment with legal, regulatory and business requirements. The role will partner closely with colleagues across Legal, Compliance, Technology, HR and business leadership to embed strong data protection practices into day-to-day operations, projects, and strategic initiatives. This includes advising on data handling, retention, sharing, transfers, and incident management, while assisting the business to manage privacy and data protection risk in a practical way. The successful candidate will help drive global regulatory compliance with data protection and privacy requirements, as well as protect Willis Re from internal and external data compromise. To accomplish this, the role will obtain hands on experience with implementing and improving the effectiveness of traditional and emerging data protection technologies. About You You are an experienced technologist with a strong understanding of U.K. data protection requirements. You can solve complex problems in a practical, business focused way, are highly organized, detail oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced environment. You combine sound judgement with strong communication skills and can challenge constructively while maintaining a collaborative approach. You are proactive, credible, and solutions oriented, with a genuine interest in helping the business use data responsibly, protect customer and employee information, and strengthen trust through effective data protection practices. Experience & Qualifications Strong technical acumen to understand data flows, systems, applications, security controls, and technology change to assess data protection risk. Strong working knowledge of UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. Proven experience developing, implementing and maintaining policies, standards and procedures. Strong background in reviewing complex governance and technical requirements and implementing effective practical solutions. Ability to interpret legal and regulatory requirements and translate them into business controls. Strong understanding of risk management and control frameworks. Experience delivering training and guidance to business users and stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders. Experience within insurance, reinsurance or another regulated industry is advantageous. Equal Opportunity Statement We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please email us at .

Overview The role Willis Re is a technology led reinsurance broker built on a cloud native, modular and data driven platform. As the Technology Head of AI & Emerging Tech, you will own the overall technology strategy and roadmap for AI, automation and next generation capabilities. As a member of the technology leadership team, you will turn innovation into scaled capabilities across broking, placement, analytics, and client servicing-balancing speed with safety, and experimentation with operational excellence. You will partner closely with the Product Manager, Brokers and business leaders to design simple and scalable solutions and move them from pilot to production with clear accountability. Operating in a hybrid delivery model, you will set standards, govern risk and ensure alignment to global architectures and security requirements, while enabling regional flexibility where needed. Key Responsibilities Define and own the technology strategy for AI, aligned to business priorities; translate value propositions into a roadmap. Lead delivery of AI solutions across pricing support, submission triage, document and market data extraction, client insight, workflow automation and co pilot experiences for employees. Establish responsible AI governance and controls in partnership with Cyber, Data Protection and Legal, covering model risk, data privacy, transparency, human in the loop and auditing. Build the target operating model for AI engineering and MLOps, including model lifecycle management, monitoring, incident response, versioning and cost/performance optimisation. Set global standards for AI platforms, toolchains and integration patterns; ensure interoperability with enterprise data platforms and adherence to security and compliance requirements. Drive rapid experimentation with clear exit criteria; scale successful pilots into reliable, maintainable services using automated testing, observability and release practices. Develop and manage strategic vendor and partner relationships, balancing build vs. buy decisions and negotiating commercial and risk terms that protect value. Provide executive level communication and storytelling on technology strategy, risks and outcomes; partner effectively with Product Managers, Brokers and clients to shape solutions that fit market workflows. Assist Product Managers to ensure solutions land successfully with business teams. Maintain horizon scanning and technology assessment, identifying pragmatic opportunities to introduce new capabilities that enhance agility and global scalability. About you You are a business minded technology leader who turns AI and advanced technology into practical capabilities. You combine strategic clarity with hands on depth, moving comfortably from business conversation to solution design and delivery oversight, and you anchor decisions in risk and value. You thrive in a start up environment and are comfortable operating beyond your usual remit to get things done-partnering with business, engineers and regional leaders to unblock delivery and drive adoption. You communicate crisply with business leaders, make trade offs explicit and hold clear ownership for outcomes. Skills and experience Significant experience leading digital transformation, with proven delivery of AI, automation and emerging technology in complex, cloud first environments. Proven capability to architect end to end solutions as well as deliver them, from reference architectures and integration patterns through to production rollout and adoption. Proven delivery of AI/ML and GenAI solutions in production, including document intelligence, NLP, search/summary, recommendation, decision support and workflow automation. Strong grasp of responsible AI, security and compliance, including model risk management, privacy, data residency, human oversight and auditability. Hands on understanding of AI/MLOps practices and platforms, including model lifecycle, observability, cost control, CI/CD, feature stores and data integration. Experience defining and governing enterprise standards and architectures for AI platforms, APIs and integration, aligned to global patterns with regional flexibility. Demonstrated ability to partner with business leaders, translating business requirements into scalable solutions. Vendor and partner management expertise, including evaluation, contracting and ongoing performance management tied to value realisation. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with credible engagement at all levels and across multi region teams. About Willis Re We combine specialist broking with analytics, modeling and research to help insurers optimise risk transfer, strengthen balance sheets and achieve sustainable growth. Our approach is relationship driven, transparent and outcome focused. At the heart of Willis Re is a focus on delivering the most cutting edge analytical solutions to enable more informed, better decision making for risk selection, portfolio optimisation, and capital management. The launch of Willis Re brings a strategic advantage of being unhindered by legacy, an ability to leverage data, statistical models and advanced technologies with the best knowledge and expertise to deliver more efficient and effective reinsurance outcomes. This places Willis Re in a unique position to build a truly analytically driven business, focused on creating solutions for the reinsurance industry that are future led and forward thinking. Willis Re will also leverage recognised technical expertise from WTW's Insurance Consulting & Technology business including their advanced modelling and analytical capabilities. Alongside this will be WTW's Research Network, an award winning business supporting and influencing science to improve the understanding and quantification of risk. Diversity & Inclusion We are committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please email us at .

Role Summary We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst (BA) to support a major front office delivery programme. This multi workstream initiative will deliver a combination of new tools, systems, and business processes tailored for Specialty Brokers operating across London and Bermuda. The BA will play a critical role in understanding broker workflows, capturing operational and technical requirements, shaping solutions, and supporting the deployment of both tactical and strategic capabilities. Key Responsibilities Requirements & Analysis - Work closely with the Programme Lead, Project Manager, and front office Specialty Brokers to elicit, analyse, and document business and system requirements. Facilitate workshops, interviews, and structured walkthroughs to understand current pain points, process gaps, and future state needs. Translate business requirements into clear, concise documentation for technology teams and external vendors. Process & Documentation - Create detailed process maps, user journeys, and operating transitions to support solution design and decision making. Contribute to business cases, functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and other programme artefacts as required. Maintain documentation throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring accuracy, version control, and alignment with programme standards. Solution Delivery - Support the assessment of tactical and strategic solution options, contributing analytical insight and structured evaluation. Assist with vendor engagement, system configuration oversight, and validation of functional designs. Collaborate with testing resources to define UAT scenarios, support execution, and triage defects. Stakeholder Engagement - Act as a liaison between brokers, analytics, operations, and technology partners. Communicate progress, risks, and issues to programme leadership and stakeholders in a clear, timely manner. Build strong relationships with operational and front office colleagues to ensure solutions are practical, efficient, and well adopted. Implementation & Change Support - Assist in preparing training materials, operational guides, and reference documentation. Support change management activities, including communications, readiness assessments, and post deployment feedback loops. Provide hands on support during solution rollout and early life support phases. Skills & Experience Essential - Proven experience as a Business Analyst within insurance or reinsurance broking, ideally in Specialty or London Market environments; strong understanding of broker front office processes such as placement, quoting, endorsements, and document production; demonstrable experience producing process maps, requirements documentation, and user stories; excellent stakeholder engagement skills; strong analytical skills with a structured, methodical approach to problem solving. Desirable - Experience in start up or build out environments within insurance or financial services; knowledge of Broking, Slip/Quote systems, CRM platforms, or document management tools. Personal Attributes Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working in a fast paced, evolving environment. Confident communicator able to simplify complex issues and present information clearly. Detail oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. Adaptable and solutions focused with the ability to work across multiple workstreams. EEO Statement We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, age, gender, gender expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, orientation, or any other legally protected categories. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please email us at .