About the Role
Lead complex, enterprise-wide customer programs focused on digital and AI-driven change within the insurance industry. Partner with C-suite stakeholders and Sapiens leadership to drive delivery excellence, accelerate customer value, and ensure measurable business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end program delivery, including initiation, planning, execution, and closure, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Define, track, and manage program milestones with clear definitions of done and agreed exit criteria.
- Manage program risks and dependencies, identifying, assessing, and mitigating them before they become issues.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the customer’s business, including P&L drivers, operating models, competitive pressures, and regulatory environments.
- Orchestrate cross-functional teams, including Sapiens employees, offshore resources, SI partners, and customer teams.
- Lead and develop delivery teams, managing the full talent lifecycle.
- Drive AI-native execution models, leveraging AI tools for status tracking, risk summarization, reporting, and other program management functions.
- Partner with Customer Success to manage the Customer Value Journey and ensure customer health.
- Identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities during delivery and convert insights into pipeline opportunities.
- Ensure delivery milestones align with commercial billing triggers.
- Manage program financials, including budget ownership, forecasting, and cost-to-serve awareness.
Requirements
- 15–18 years of experience leading complex enterprise software programs.
- At least 5 years in senior delivery leadership.
- Proven track record managing multi-workstream programs in insurance or financial technology environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in milestone-based delivery governance, including exit criteria design, scope control, change order management, and delivery framework design at enterprise scale.
- Experience leading global cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
- Practical comfort directing AI tools across program management functions, evaluating AI-generated outputs, and operating an AI-native delivery model.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including running steering committees and presenting to senior leadership.
- Comfortable managing difficult conversations with clarity.
- Experience with Scaled Agile (SAFe), hybrid delivery models, and SaaS implementation programs is preferred.
- PMP, PgMP, or PRINCE2 certification is advantageous.
- Relevant technical or business post-graduate qualifications are a plus.
Skills
- Insurance domain knowledge (Life & Pension, Property & Casualty, or equivalent specialty lines)
- Familiarity with Policy Administration Systems and the insurance technology landscape
- AI transformation experience
- Program financial management
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
- Scaled Agile (SAFe)
- Hybrid delivery models
- SaaS implementation
Experience Level
- 15-18 years of experience
- 5 years in senior delivery leadership
Education Level
- Post-graduate qualifications
About the Company
- Sapiens is transforming the insurance industry through digital and AI-driven change.
