Associate Partner – (Re)insurance Head of Data & AI

About the role

Synpulse is a leading global management and technology consultancy founded in 1996. We specialize in transforming financial institutions by providing expert advice in strategy, operations, and technology. Our mission is to empower our clients to navigate change and seize new opportunities in the financial services industry.

Job Requirements

• Preferred locations: New York, London, Toronto, or Zurich, or interest and ability to relocate, with flexibility for client-site work and international travel.
• Right to work in the respective hiring location.
• Preferred qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification.
  • Advanced degrees or certifications in Data, AI, or (Re)insurance are advantageous but not required.
  • At least 10 years of experience in transformation roles across management consulting, insurance, reinsurance, or Insurtech, with meaningful exposure to either P&C reinsurance or commercial insurance.
  • Hands-on experience in Data, Analytics, GenAI, or Agentic AI initiatives, including strategy, future-state design, requirements, architecture implications, and delivery support.
  • Demonstrated passion for experimenting with GenAI and Agentic operations in insurance, including the ability to turn emerging ideas into practical use cases, delivery assets, and client-ready narratives.
  • Track record of capability building, proposition development, mentoring, and knowledge sharing; experience supporting proposals is useful, but personal relationship origination and deal closure are not primary requirements.
  • Distinct know-how in the selected domain, covering process, operating model, information architecture, and core systems implications.
  • Business and data architect profile with strong data literacy and the ability to create and communicate future-state designs for how (Re)insurance operations will work in a Data, GenAI, and Agentic environment.
  • Extensive experience advising executive leadership teams and C-level stakeholders.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with strong commercial acumen.
  • Structured, precise in documentation, intellectually honest, and able to challenge senior stakeholders politely but directly.
  • Comfortable engaging with senior client stakeholders, synthesising complex topics on the spot, and translating technical concepts into compelling business narratives.
  • Freshly fluent in English; German is considered a strong asset.

Job Responsibilities

• Advise executive leadership teams on AI, Data, and business transformation strategies.
• Shape client future operating models and AI-enabled business capabilities and support them in defining long-term transformation agendas.
• Challenge client and internal assumptions where needed, bringing a clear, evidence-based view of what future insurance operations should look like and what needs to change to get there.
• Lead complex AI, Data, and business transformation programmes, from strategy through successful implementation.
• Drive measurable business outcomes across underwriting, claims, operations, and distribution.
• Stay visibly ahead of Data, GenAI, and Agentic trends and translate them into practical Synpulse points of view, offerings, and delivery methods.
• Further expand Synpulse's Data & AI consulting capabilities in commercial insurance and P&C reinsurance by acting as a catalyst for internal consulting transformation.
• Build, mentor, and inspire high-performing consulting teams and foster an AI-first consulting culture across international teams.
• Translate market trends into client-centric solutions in the form of innovative consulting offerings, frameworks, and reusable assets.
• Strengthen Synpulse's market positioning in AI and (Re)insurance.
• Bring distinctive subject-matter expertise into qualified sales conversations led by market-facing colleagues.
• Drive business development and identify new consulting opportunities.
• Lead proposal development and executive client pitches.
• Contribute to revenue growth across the Insurance Practice.

Job Benefits

• Strategic leadership role with significant influence and entrepreneurial freedom.
• Opportunity to shape Synpulse's global AI consulting practice.
• Direct collaboration with executive client stakeholders.
• International projects and cross-border collaboration.
• Competitive compensation package including attractive variable components.
• Continuous learning and professional development.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial, and people-centric culture.

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