Insurance Consulting, Senior Manager (Life & Pensions)

Overview

As Senior Manager in Baringa’s Life & Pensions practice, you lead complex transformation programmes for insurers, pension providers and outsourcing partners. You will drive large-scale business and technology change across policy administration, servicing and distribution, while shaping target operating models and technology-enabled delivery. You’ll build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, coach teams, and contribute to growth and thought leadership. This is a chance to influence major transformation programmes at a leading consulting firm focused on modernising pension platforms and services.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous annual leave (5 weeks)
• Flexible working/hybrid policy
• Corporate responsibility days (3 per year)
• Wellbeing fund
• Profit share scheme
• Diversity and inclusion emphasis

Responsibilities

• Lead complex transformation programmes from mobilisation to delivery for Life & Pensions clients
• Deliver large-scale business and technology change across policy administration, propositions, distribution, servicing and operations
• Provide senior day-to-day leadership, guiding programme teams and client stakeholders to achieve outcomes
• Shape technology-enabled transformation, including operating model design, process redesign, platform implementation and change
• Build strong relationships with client sponsors and senior stakeholders as a delivery advisor
• Support growth of Life & Pensions practice through business development and account expansion
• Identify opportunities with existing and new clients to convert market demand into consulting engagements
• Lead, coach and develop teams, fostering an inclusive high-performing environment
• Contribute to thought leadership and capability building within Life & Pensions

Key requirements

• Strong Life & Pensions market experience and understanding of sector dynamics, product structures and value chains
• Proven delivery of large transformation programmes in consulting, insurer, pension provider or outsourcing contexts
• Experience across pension providers, third-party administrators and outsourcing partners
• Track record of technology-enabled change, including policy administration platforms, digital servicing or regulatory programmes
• Experience leading platform modernization, data migrations and legacy system replacements
• Exposure to growth areas like BPA, pension risk transfer, dashboards, SIPP/platform modernisation or administration consolidation
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage senior stakeholders in complex delivery environments
• Ability to turn strategy into practical delivery across business and technology agendas
• Experience supporting sales, account growth and proposition development
• Strong leadership, communication and problem-solving skills with credibility at senior levels
• Desirable: experience with core Life & Pensions platforms (policy administration systems)

• Leadership
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Policy administration platforms
• Digital servicing solutions
• Regulatory-driven programmes

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