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Head of People

2 months ago

Hamilton, Canada Hiscox Full time

job description:
**Head of People **- Re & ILS
- Join us on our journey to build a market-leading People function as we transition from a ‘big small’ company to a ‘small big’ company in the FTSE100. _

**Location**: Bermuda or London

**Other Information**:In person support required of a team in London and Bermuda so frequent travel is required.

About Hiscox Re & ILS

Hiscox Re & ILS is the reinsurance and insurance-linked strategy (ILS) business unit within Hiscox Group. Our team of circa 150 curious and collaborative individuals are committed to providing top quality service to brokers, clients, quota share partners and ILS investors through an innovative range of reinsurance products and third-party capital opportunities.

**The role**

The Head of People is the strategic people partner for Hiscox Re & ILS, reporting directly into the Re & ILS CEO and to the Chief People Officer. The day to day focus of the role is working in close partnership with the Re & ILS_ _CEO to drive the people agenda.

There is an ambitious change agenda across the company. Front and centre of this is ensuring Hiscox has the right talent, leadership, future skills and business model to be market leading. Areas of focus for Re & ILS include ensuring we have robust processes and technology in place as well as an effective Organisation Design (OD) to support the execution of our priorities.

You will work closely with Centres of Excellence (CoEs) (Reward and Performance, Careers and Experience, People Operations) to deliver activity in line with the Group priorities and build a strong pipeline of talent, ensuring the business remains competitive and equipped for the future. You will sit on the People Leadership team and the RE & ILS leadership team and will be expected to contribute to the Group Hiscox People Strategy.

**Key responsibilities/deliverables**
- Lead the development of an effective people strategy that is aligned to the business priorities and linked to the Global People Strategy
- Partner with the CEO, Re & ILS on all people matters, providing short and / or longer-term interventions as necessary
- Be a member of and develop trusted partnerships with the Business Unit’s (BU’s) leadership team, provide challenge, guidance, coaching and advice; enhancing leadership team effectiveness
- Deliver strategic workforce planning and capability development
- Partner with the BU Leadership team to positively impact employee engagement and retention, encouraging two way communication and a culture of speaking up
- Actively promote a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) to create an environment where everyone can perform at their best
- Work as part of a global People Leadership team, contributing to the wider agenda and representing the BU by deeply understanding the BU activities and ambitions
- Work collaboratively with CoEs. Be the custodian of talent management, succession planning, strategic reward and recognition. Utilise workforce data and analytics to deliver insights and challenge the status quo
- Ensure the People function is an integral part of the BU and highly respected by all its stakeholders
- Be a visible and active member of the People Leadership team, leading or supporting global initiatives to ensure consistency on policies and procedures

person specification:
**Ideal experience**

**Global/matrix** - experience of partnering with global client groups and or working in a matrix environment and leading teams in these complex environments

**Remuneration** - credible managing remuneration conversations with the business and able to manage remuneration with support from the CoE reward colleagues

**Talent management** - proven capability and experience in strategic talent management, change management, OD and DEI

**Ability to operate within the People operating model context** - will play a key leadership role in ongoing transformation of the People function, evolving the function towards a more advisory / partnership-led model

**Leadership competencies**

**Curious**
- Future-focused, inquisitive and open-minded; seeks out evolving and innovative ways to add value to the organisation
- External orientation; understands the external landscape and brings market insights

**Skilled influencer / Senior management credibility**
- Worked as part of a leadership team and possesses the presence required to influence to gain the necessary commitment and support from diverse stakeholders - can evidence being able to influence with cultural and organisation dexterity
- Facilitates discussions to enable people to collaborate with each other independently; promotes collaboration across multiple parties
- Experience to assess the business context and takes a point of view; not a ‘follow the leader’ mindset
- Builds and delivers professionalism through combining commercial and People expertise to bring value to the organisation, stakeholders and peers

**Driven to deliver**
- Focuses the team’s

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