Your Job
1. Lead and oversee complex global change portfolios in Networks and Voice, ensuring alignment with the MRE Group’s strategic objectives
2. Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to create and implement a prioritized, multi-year change roadmap for Networks and Voice initiatives
3. Foster and maintain strong relationships with entity CIOs, Procurement, Information Risk Management (IRM), and Global IT leaders to support collaborative success
4. Drive the MRE Group’s Cloud and Data Center strategy, focusing on consolidating over 20 diverse data centers and advancing cloud and hybrid-cloud projects to reduce physical technical debt
5. Cultivate and manage strategic partnerships with key external vendors (e.g., Cisco, Aruba, Fortigate) to effectively deliver data center strategies
6. Manage budgets, forecasts, and resources, proactively addressing deviations and formulating multi-year strategies for transformation investments, while integrating operational impacts into plans
7. Ensure all activities comply with IT global standards and norms, promoting a secure and compliant operational environment
8. Inspire, mentor, and empower team members, fostering an inclusive environment that supports professional growth and successful project outcomes
9. Provide direction and oversight for the portfolio, applying appropriate project management methodologies and tools, while managing dependencies across IT and business areas
Your Profile
10. Over 7 years of experience leading globally distributed teams, with a focus on inclusive leadership, empowerment, and creating equitable opportunities for high performance and career development
11. Demonstrated success in leading large-scale IT Networks and Voice portfolios within complex, multi-layered organizations. Skilled at navigating high-dependency environments and fostering strong stakeholder collaboration
12. Adept at managing large-scale program budgets and driving cost optimization. Brings a proactive, mentoring approach to financial accountability, ensuring all portfolio impacts are strategically planned, forecasted, and reflected in future-year budgets
13. Broad experience across IT disciplines including Service Management, Networking, Cloud, Data Centers, Workplace, and Applications. Adept at integrating complex systems to deliver seamless business support
14. Proven ability to engage, influence, and align diverse stakeholders to deliver strategic change. Skilled in building trust and achieving consensus in high-impact decision-making environments.
15. An emphatic manager with a high focus on mentorship and enablement and well-connected to the business divisions globally
16. Versatile in applying methodologies such as SAFe, Agile, and Waterfall to support successful project outcomes. Selects and adapts methodologies to meet the unique needs of each initiative.
Application Instructions
In order to consider your application, we require your application to be submitted via our online applicant portal. In addition to uploading your CV, we recommend writing a cover letter to tell us more about why the position is of interest to you.
About us
As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 11,000 employees at over 50 locations, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance. By turning uncertainty into a manageable risk we enable fundamental change. Join us working on topics today that will concern society tomorrow, whether that be climate change, major construction projects, medical risk assessment or even space travel.
Together we embrace a culture where multiskilled teams dare to think big. We create the new and the different for our clients and cultivate innovation.
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Unlock your potential
17. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we embrace the power of differences and are convinced that diversity fosters innovation and resilience and enables us to act braver and better.
18. Continuous Learning: we believe that continuous learning is a key differentiator and critical for building new skills and accelerating growth.
19. Career Mobility: we actively support career mobility, and our strong global and regional presence offers a wealth of career growth opportunities for you.
Rewards & Recognition
20. Competitive salary: appropriate compensation for your high level of commitment.
21. Retirement provision: state of the art in-house pension solutions.
22. Work-life balance: promoting the compatibility of family and work in addition to overall work-life balance.
23. Health management: focus on your physical and mental health far beyond legal requirements.
24. Hybrid working: living the best of both worlds – we offer you a very flexible approach as well as the opportunity to work from abroad on an occasional basis.