Head of Strategy Execution, COO Office EMEA

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated

Head of Strategy Execution at RGA responsible for leading transformation and strategic alignment across EMEA. Collaborate with leaders to drive program execution and governance for effective delivery.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reporting to the COO, the Head of Strategy Execution is responsible for establishing and leading the Strategy Execution Office.
Ensuring the effective delivery of the region’s transformation agenda.
Translate the execution excellence vision for RGA and EMEA into a prioritised portfolio of initiatives with clear scope, sequencing, timelines, and target outcomes.
Lead the annual and ongoing prioritisation process, including the change roadmap and investment plan.
Establish and maintain the end-to-end change governance framework, including standards, templates, tooling, decision rights, escalation paths, and governance forums.
Own the performance framework for the transformation portfolio, including KPIs, benefits realisation, initiative health, strategic fit, and alignment to the EMEA scorecard.
Ensure sufficient SME capacity exists across the organisation to support delivery of prioritised initiatives, partnering with functional leadership and HR to strengthen change readiness and execution capability.
Drive accountability for delivery of approved initiatives through appropriate sponsorship and clear ownership within the BAU functions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Finance, Accounting, Economics, Actuarial Science, or a related field required
10+ years of program and portfolio management experience in complex, matrixed, or global organizations preferred
7+ years people management experience required
5+ years in senior leadership roles required
Deep expertise in strategy execution, digital transformation, and performance management.
Strong understanding of governance, prioritisation, and operating model design
Excellent stakeholder influence, executive presence, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
Strong analytical capability, with comfortable use of business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI and MS Excel).
Proven ability to operate effectively across organisational and geographic boundaries
Advanced change management capability, including leading large-scale transformation efforts.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementportfolio managementstrategy executiondigital transformationperformance managementchange managementgovernanceprioritisationoperating model designanalytical capability

Soft Skills

stakeholder influenceexecutive presencefacilitationexecutive communicationaccountabilityleadershipchange readinessorganizational effectivenesspartnershipinitiative ownership