Senior Strategic Enablement Partner

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At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets (MRS-GM), it is our ambition to become the leading Primary Specialty Insurance provider, underpinned by an effective and adaptable strategy, superior products and industry leaders working in a supportive environment to achieve this.  

At the heart of our success is a strong culture where people are encouraged to be present, bold and curious, allowing them to achieve their individual goals.  

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Senior Strategic Enablement Partner, Underwriting Excellence

The Senior Strategic Enablement Partner will lead change enablement for the UW Workbench programme and deliver a unified change approach for Underwriting Excellence initiatives. This role will champion adoption of new ways of working, embed change practices, and energise cultural transformation to deliver measurable impact.

Responsibilities:

UW Excellence programmes Strategic Partnering & Advisory 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the GSI Underwriting Leadership Team, providing insights and guidance on change capability, progress, and impact throughout the transformation journey.
• Translate strategic objectives into a cohesive change portfolio roadmap for Underwriting Excellence, ensuring alignment across programs.
• Embed the GSI Change Enablement framework within Underwriting Excellence initiatives, focusing on measurable business value and adoption of new ways of working.
• Equip executives and leaders to effectively sponsor and role-model the change agenda.
• Define and reinforce cultural behaviors required to sustain transformation.

UW Workbench Change Strategy Design & Delivery 

• Lead the design and execution of change enablement and readiness strategy, approach and plan, ensuring smooth transition to new processes, systems and ways of working
• Align and engage key leadership stakeholders on the UW Workbench programme vision, roadmap and leadership action plan to support active and visible leadership involvement and ownership aligned to the programme objectives
• Conduct change impact assessments to identify specific groups, roles, capabilities and processes affected, quantifying the degree and nature of change
• Design and implement proactive mitigation strategies to address identified end-user adoption risks, potential resistance points and challenges
• Orchestrate, design and execute change narrative and messaging, strategic leadership alignment sessions, communications, engagement, change network, training and post-go live activities to drive end-user understanding, build knowledge and skills and accelerate adoption (including leadership briefings packs, product line onboarding toolkits, pre and post go live communications, training sessions to understand new process flows)
• Establish success measures and feedback loops to monitor adoption, adjust strategies and sustain momentum (e.g. surveys, pulse checks and focus groups)
• Maintain a shared set of change enablement practices, templates, and tools for consistency across initiatives

Knowledge and Skills

• Extensive experience in change management, strategic enablement, or organisational transformation within complex global environments.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into execution and influence senior stakeholders.
• Expertise in change frameworks (e.g., Prosci, Kotter) and familiarity with agile methodologies.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in insurance or underwriting transformation preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a matrixed global environment.
• Extensive experience in change management, strategic enablement, or organisational transformation within complex global environments.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into execution and influence senior stakeholders.
• Expertise in change frameworks (e.g., Prosci, Kotter) and familiarity with agile methodologies.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in insurance or underwriting transformation preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a matrixed global environment.

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Munich Re, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion foster innovation and resilience and enable us to act braver and better. Embracing the power of DEI is at the core of who we are. We recognise diversity can be multi-dimensional, intersectional, and complex, so we want to build a diverse workforce that includes a wide range of racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; economic and geographic backgrounds; physical abilities; ages; life, school, and career experiences; and political, religious, and personal beliefs. Additionally, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive work environment where this diversity is celebrated, valued, and has equitable opportunities to succeed.

All candidates in consideration for any role can request a reasonable adjustment at any point in our recruitment process. You can request an adjustment by speaking to your Talent Acquisition contact.

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