Director, Tech Advisory, Insurance Business Unit

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence. 

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity. 

The Director, Tech Advisory is a senior leader within Moody’s Insurance Business Unit, responsible for shaping the future of insurance analytics, risk management, and workflow transformation. You will lead a high performing team of technical architects, specialists, and developers, delivering innovative solutions that redefine client risk workflows and unlock new value across the global insurance ecosystem. 

Working closely with senior stakeholders CUOs, CROs, CEOs, and market innovators — you will design and demonstrate cutting edge architectures, proof of concept analytics, and migration strategies that help clients realize the full potential of Moody’s Intelligent Risk Platform (IRP) and broader risk and data offerings. 

This is both a strategic and hands on role: you will champion best practices, enforce technical and architectural standards, and ensure the delivery of scalable, secure solutions. You will influence Moody’s product roadmap, expand market partnerships (including InsurTechs and alternative capital providers), and contribute to revenue growth through technical leadership in strategic pursuits. 

With a focus on property catastrophe, casualty analytics, cyber risk, and regulatory transformation (Solvency II, IFRS 17, Lloyd’s, NAIC, climate risk), you will set new benchmarks for innovation while enabling clients to adapt to evolving market and regulatory pressures.

Key Responsibilities 

Client Advisory & Engagement 

• • • Lead strategic advisory and technical solutioning engagements with insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and alternative capital providers. 
    • Collaborate with Partners and senior executives to design enterprise architectures, integrations, and implementation strategies. 
    • Build and maintain relationships with C suite stakeholders, leading executive level initiatives and proof of concept collaborations. 
    • Represent Moody’s at industry events, speaking engagements, and conferences, raising visibility and market influence. 

Risk Workflow Transformation 

• • • Redesign client exposure, catastrophe, and risk management workflows using IRP and related Moody’s solutions. 
    • Develop repeatable, scalable architectures and frameworks that can be leveraged across the insurance market, including ILS and asset manager workflows. 
    • Guide clients through migrations from bespoke solutions to enterprise scale SaaS platforms. 
    • Ensure design, architecture, and test plans are robust, documented, and executed with discipline. 
    • Drive cross functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Advisory to embed innovation into client solutions. 

Project Leadership & Governance 

• • • Oversee Moody’s role in partner led and client led implementations, ensuring delivery quality, repeatability, and compliance with best practices. 
    • Establish and enforce technical governance standards , architecture reviews, coding guidelines and testing protocols across client engagements.
    • Collaborate internally to align delivery execution with product strategy and business objectives. 

Business Development & Strategy 

• • • Partner with Relationship Management and Sales to identify growth opportunities and shape strategic pursuits. 
    • Contribute technical leadership to pipeline development, proposals, pricing models, and contract resolution. 
    • Develop business cases for investment and resourcing to support Moody’s growth in insurance analytics. 
    • Act as a thought leader in the market, influencing industry direction and positioning Moody’s as a partner of choice. 

Team Leadership & Development 

• • • Lead and grow a team of 8–12 technical resources (architects, specialists, developers), managing a mix of permanent and contractor staff. 
    • Provide coaching, direction, and measurable objectives aligned to organizational goals. 
    • Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, accountability, and technical excellence. 
    • Mentor and develop talent through structured feedback, performance reviews, and skills development plans. 
    • Champion initiatives to enhance team productivity, delivery quality, and innovation. 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s or MBA preferred. 
• 12–15 years of experience in (re)insurance, broking, alternative risk transfer markets, or technology delivery. 
• Proven leadership of high performing technical teams with a track record of successful delivery. 
• Experience with AWS, SaaS delivery, and enterprise solution architecture. 
• Strong understanding of insurance market dynamics, regulatory frameworks (Solvency II, IFRS 17, Lloyd’s, NAIC, climate risk), and risk modeling. 

Skills & Competencies 

• Expertise in catastrophe modeling, exposure management, and insurance analytics. 
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale SaaS capabilities, with strong knowledge of engineering governance practices. 
• Strong technical credibility,  familiarity with coding (Python, R) and modern cloud native development practices.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences. 
• Motivated by driving innovation, enabling client transformation, and delivering high impact outcomes. 
• Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands-on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions to solve business challenges. Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use. 

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.