Engineering Programme Delivery Director
Swiss Re
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Madrid • 🇪🇸 Spain
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💰 €98,000 - €163,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
SDLC
About the role
- Drive delivery of high-value engineering transformation programs, ensuring alignment with GDTO priorities and Swiss Re's broader corporate strategy.
- Translate strategic ambitions into clear roadmaps with measurable outcomes for insourcing, stable teams, engineering management uplift, and shared platform adoption.
- Oversee program lifecycle execution including scope, milestones, planning, cross-domain coordination, staffing, financials, and benefits tracking.
- Identify and proactively manage program-level risks, structural impediments, capacity bottlenecks, and cross-team interdependencies.
- Partner with senior leadership, business sponsors and technology SMEs to align objectives and ensure seamless integration of new capabilities into BAU.
- Prepare and deliver executive papers, progress reports, risk assessments and strategic recommendations.
- Manage third-party delivery partners, ensuring accountability for time, cost, quality and performance standards.
- Lead, coach and develop programme managers, fostering an inclusive culture focused on delivery excellence.
Requirements
- Extensive experience (10+ years) in programme management of technology, transformation or financial services
- Solid understanding of Engineering organisations, including SDLC, Agile, ITIL, engineering methods, DevOps, and cyber and data risk frameworks
- Proven ability to act as a bridge between technology and business teams
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to influence at senior levels
- Resilience and adaptability in dynamic environments
Benefits
- additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based annual bonus
- hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
programme managementSDLCAgileITILDevOpscyber risk frameworksdata risk frameworks
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillsinfluencing skillsresilienceadaptabilitycoachingleadership