RenaissanceRe is a leading writer of Property & Casualty Reinsurance. For over 25 years, we have helped customers and communities recover and build resilience through our industry-leading ability to understand risk, source efficient capital and rapidly pay claims.Our global team shares a passion for solving our customers’ biggest problems through a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture that empowers employees and rewards creative thinking.
About RenaissanceRe
For over three decades, RenaissanceRe has helped its clients manage the risks of operating in a volatile and uncertain world. We’re experts in Property, Casualty, Specialty, and Credit reinsurance, consistently recognized for the innovative way we combine data, experience and technology to understand and manage large and complex risks across the world. We are also a business with a real social purpose - we help protect communities around the globe and enable prosperity for all. Our purpose drives us forward every day as we seek solutions to some of the world's most complicated challenges. To learn more, please visit us at Careers - RenaissanceRe (renre.com).
About Innovation and Technology
Innovation and technology are essential to our success at RenaissanceRe. We believe in strong business and IT alignment, working closely together to develop leading capabilities to support our globally integrated operating model. This joined-up thinking and passion for continuous improvement helps drive our cutting-edge systems – and it’s something we’re recognized for externally. From the start, our business has been founded with technology and data innovation at its heart. Today, we continue to invest in advanced risk and portfolio insights enabled by serverless financial modelling, a data mesh architecture, and artificial intelligence with innovative partners. The impressive scalability and performance this has enabled has helped us achieve industry-leading results.
RenRe offers a unique environment. We’re developing next generation technology that has real world impact. Working side-by-side with industry-leading risk specialists, we help to solve complex problems that help protect communities around the world. A tech-savvy career at RenaissanceRe is continually evolving, innovative and highly rewarding. Our primary offices are in Bermuda, London, New York, Zurich and Dublin.
About the Position
The AI Enablement Lead will be a member of the Innovation Enablement team, reporting to the Innovation Enablement Manager. The enablement team is responsible for raising AI skills to improve general productivity across the organization, facilitating AI innovation initiatives, and selecting enterprise platforms to support our automation ambitions. This year, we will be working to drive adoption of self-serve AI capabilities and evaluating market offerings to solve more advanced use-cases supporting business solution teams across Claims, Operations, Underwriting, Finance, Legal, Investments and Corporate functions.
This strategic AI Enablement Lead role is based in the London office and will be expected to travel primarily within the continental United States and to Bermuda, with select travel to other RenRe offices (Dublin and Zurich).
Responsibilities will include:
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Understanding potential AI use-cases and driving AI solution & skills development
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Monitoring the AI landscape for potentially useful GenAI capabilities and vendors
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Facilitating POC’s of promising tools in collaboration with stakeholders
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Driving enhanced AI literacy across the organization evidenced by increased usage of AI tools
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Facilitating an AI community of practice to build excitement and enable shared learnings
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Contribute to capturing and communicating research findings in the GenAI and automation space
An excellent opportunity to shape nascent initiatives, build an AI community of practice, evaluate emerging technologies, and develop value-enhancing productivity solutions with some really smart people in a dynamic and highly respected company.
To be successful in this role, essential skills and experience include:
GenAI and automation technology fundamentals:
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Deep understanding of GenAI and automation solution fundamentals and how to apply to solve productivity challenges
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Experience demonstrating how to leverage AI tools to streamline a diverse set of productivity challenges in an AI innovation, consulting or sales engineering function highly beneficial.
A passion for productivity - understanding and helping folks solve challenges with technology
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The ability to converse with clients to understand challenges and identify where GenAI solutions can support their productivity ambitions
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Strong training and mentoring and skills to empower clients to use self-service AI tools to streamline tasks
Communication and engagement:
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Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment supporting stakeholders at all levels
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Regular, pro-active engagement with business and IT teams
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Experience curating and communicating best practices to cross-functional teams
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Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
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Strong organisation skills with goal-driven focus
Pipeline management
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Keeping pulse of demand for GenAI solutions within the organization
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Tracking any active engagements, enquiries and follow up
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Assist in shaping the right sized execution mechanisms for efficiency AI initiatives
This role is ideal for someone who is hands-on, enjoys working with cutting-edge technologies and has a passion for creating efficient, innovative solutions in fast changing ecosystem, preferably with exposure to Insurance / Re-insurance.
Key Relationships
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Reports to: Innovation Enablement Manager
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Key Stakeholders: Business Function & Domain Leads
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Key Partners: IT leads, IT security & partner vendors
Leadership Competencies & Values:
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Impact: Sets clear objectives identifying the impact desired and aligns activities accordingly.
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Execution: Proactively identifies resources, actions and timelines needed to achieve objectives, effectively balancing tactical pressures with strategic priorities.
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Communication: Shares relevant information in a timely manner with team and stakeholders and conveys points of view in a way that influences opinions and demonstrates flexibility
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Client and solutions focus: Identifies process and service opportunities that enhance the external and internal client experience and outcomes
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Innovation: Stretches self and others to think differently and innovatively, drawing upon multiple sources for ideas and inspiration
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Learning mindset: Seeks out and explores new assignments, exposure, or challenges in order to enhance skills
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Values: Exemplifies and champions RenaissanceRe’s core values of Focus, Respect, Integrity, Precision, Passion
We believe that meeting these requirements will position you for success in the role. However, if you fulfill most – but not all – of the expectations, we still encourage you to apply, as we are eager to explore your potential and believe in the ability to grow and learn.
At RenaissanceRe, we believe in creating a workplace culture that fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our business. We have a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination and take proactive steps to make employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our collective success. It is RenRe’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/ civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Our people are our most valuable resource and core to our success. This is a fast-paced business environment, demanding a strong work ethic and a results-oriented approach. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, a comprehensive talent development program, and a reward system in which employees share in the success of the company. We are an engaged member of the communities in which we live and work and have a locally-led giving philosophy with generous employee matching program, global and local community grants and employee volunteerism.We seek diversity, create equity, and practice inclusion. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, disability, military status or other legally protected categories.
