AVP, Principal Engineer - Tech Lead Portfolio & Capital Solutions

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 the Position 

We are seeking a talented, highly motivated Tech Lead with proven experience in managing data engineering teams. The successful candidate will lead a high performing team of data and BI engineers delivering world class solutions as prioritised to ensure alignment with strategic directives.  This is an excellent opportunity for a flexible individual with an energetic and enthusiastic approach who wishes to work in a fast-paced and rapidly changing business environment. 

Our technological platform is constantly evolving as we apply new and emerging technologies to our expanding business.  The Portfolio Understanding team within the Portfolio & Capital Solutions domain manages the data and business intelligence solutions at the heart of RenaissanceRe’s risk and underwriting strategy and supports a global userbase.  The nature of our business demands high levels of agility, which in turn requires our team to be technically superior. If you value a servant leadership philosophy, are eager to work with a dynamic team designing and developing high-performing data solutions, this job is for you! 

Key Relationships 

• Reports to: VP, Domain Engineering Manager 

• Key Stakeholders:  PACS Domain Leaders 

• Key Partners:  Portfolio Understanding Business Lead 

Key Responsibilities 

• Work closely with product management, architecture, and other engineering teams to deliver high quality data and business intelligence solutions. 

• Act as a steward for the quality of new development and ensure the stability, integrity, and usability of existing solutions on platforms including AWS Glue/Athena/S3/Redshift, Python, SSAS, SSRS & Power BI. 

• Manage performance of direct reports and provide appropriate feedback based on objective evaluations, including development plans and performance reviews. 

• Ensure agile delivery squads have what they need to deliver solutions effectively and efficiently. 

• Contribute to a culture of innovation and agile development best practices.  

• Collaborate with enablement teams, other team leads and team members to develop and implement standards across the teams. 

• Effectively communicate with senior management. 

• Contribute hands on to development activities where necessary. 

• Embrace the RenaissanceRe culture and consistently demonstrate it in day to day activities. 

Essential Skills 

• Experience in leading high performing engineering teams using a servant leadership philosophy. 

• Ability to co-ordinate well with a remote global team. 

• Effective leadership and collaboration inside and beyond the team with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Recruitment, management, and mentoring experience. 

• Extensive experience designing and developing high quality data and business intelligence solutions in a fast-changing environment. 

• Expertise in ETL, Dimensional Modelling, Reporting & Business Intelligence. 

• Must be very detailed-oriented. 

• Passion and ability to deliver on commitments and drive products and systems to success. 

• Clear communication and good interpersonal skills. 

Candidate Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline. 

• Prior experience in working in Financial Services/Insurance industry is a plus. 

• Prior experience with Agile development. 

• Experience working with cloud-based platforms – AWS strongly preferred. 

• Experience evaluating 3rd party solutions for use within the enterprise. 

Leadership Competencies & Values 

• Impact:  Sets objectives, delivers results, and implements policies/operational targets with direct impact on the department or individual work outcomes 

• Execution: Proactively identifies resources, actions and timelines needed to achieve objectives, effectively balancing tactical pressures with broader implications and downstream impact 

• Communication: Shares relevant information in a timely manner with stakeholders and conveys points of view in a way that influences opinions and demonstrates flexibility  

• Client and solutions focus:  Identifies process and service opportunities that enhance the external and internal client experience and outcomes  

• Innovation:  Stretches self and others to think differently and innovatively, drawing upon multiple sources for ideas and inspiration 

• Learning mindset:  Seeks out and explores new assignments, exposure, or challenges in order to enhance technical skills 

• 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 fulfil 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, colour, 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.