Director of Strategic Technology Initiatives

At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone.

It’s about finding new ways to not only better people's lives, but to better the communities and environments we live in. And we build on this every day with our ambition to engage one billion people to live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives by 2030.

And to get there, we need leaders with the courage, clarity and humanity to inspire, guide and support their teams to thrive every day - in the work they do and the life they live. Our leaders always have and will play a vital part in our journey to help more people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives, build healthier societies and cultivate healthier environments that better everyone.

If you sound like that leader, read on.  

About the Role

• Lead and manage high-value strategic technology initiatives, including M&A.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery including planning, budgeting, execution, governance, and reporting.
• Engage Executive Committee sponsors on strategic priorities.
• Lead cross-functional teams across AIA Group and Local Business Units (LBUs) to deliver key initiatives.
• Manage the strategic planning, budgeting, and financial management.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning, organizing, structuring, and driving portfolio of high-value strategic and operational initiatives in Group Technology.
• Responsible for developing underlying initiatives’ objectives, execution plans & governance structure, whilst conducting periodic portfolio reviews, and reporting progress on a regular basis.
• Manage project budgets, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Oversee risk, issue, and dependency management across initiatives.
• Lead strategic planning including budgeting and investment priorities.
• Responsible for integrating and engaging initiative executive sponsors, and execution teams, across group and LBUs, and external partners ensuring alignment to initiative goals.
• Responsible for leading multiple cross-functional teams towards the delivery of initiatives’ objectives.
• Responsible initiative communications, driving decisions through executive committees, sponsor & project teams.
• Provide Change Management expertise and support strategic project and/or workstream leads.
• Responsible for managing vendor partners involved, ensuring vendor selection, contracting negotiations, onboarding, and integration into projects.

Minimum Job Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline; MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• Professional certification in Project Management (PMP) and/or Agile methodologies preferred
• 20+ years of experience leading complex, large-scale strategic programs and transformation initiatives within international insurance and financial services environments
• Proven track record in managing cross-functional, multi-geography teams, driving alignment and delivery across diverse business units and cultures
• Extensive experience engaging senior leadership, including C-suite stakeholders, with the ability to influence decision-making and drive strategic outcomes
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence, partner, and build trusted relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Deep understanding of organizational complexity, including integrated processes, data, and technology landscapes, with the ability to navigate and deliver successfully in highly matrixed environments

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

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