Practice Lead for Business Architecture

Title:

Practice Lead for Business Architecture

Company:

Everest Insurance Company

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.  

The Business Architecture Practice Lead will be the head of the Business Requirements Delivery team for the Global Business Architecture function at Everest.  This team will have accountability to deliver detailed specifications for business systems supporting Reinsurance and Insurance.  Additionally, the Practice lead will define, document, and then manage processes and responsibilities for the Business Analysis function.

The Practice Lead will work across the Reinsurance and Insurance business organizations, including Product Management, Underwriting, Actuarial, Operations, Compliance, Distribution, and Marketing to understand and drive requirements for Reinsurance and Insurance business systems.  This role will closely collaborate with the IT teams supporting and implementing these business systems (e.g., UWS, Xuber, EZ Flow, and new systems like UW Workbench and Agent Portal). 

The Practice Lead will be accountable for the quality and on-time delivery of Business Analysis artifacts and will be expected to foster and encourage a collaborative working environment across multidisciplinary teams.

Knowledge and Skills

• At least 15 years’ experience working with complex Insurance Industry solutions and systems in a leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience in developing processes supporting business analysis and requirements documentation.  This would include development of processes and metrics to ensure adherence to standards and delivery of high-quality artifacts.
• Deep experience in technology project management.
• Experience and certification in Agile methodology processes, practices, and artifacts.
• Demonstrated experience in large technology implementation efforts.
• Strong ability to lead through influence.
• Demonstrated experience leading in large multi-disciplinary team environments.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Leadership and management of a Business Solution Analysis team.

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. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  

• 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.