Who are we?
Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 23,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.
People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-time
Role purpose
Own the identification, prioritisation, adoption, and value realisation of AI use cases across Howden.
This role sits at the intersection of business, delivery, and governance. You're accountable for ensuring AI initiatives solve real problems, are adopted in practice, and deliver measurable outcomes in a regulated enterprise environment.
This is a senior individual contributor role focused on delivery and impact rather than management or policy development. Success means shipping use cases that people actually use and that deliver demonstrable value.
You'll operate as one of two senior individual contributors in the AI Productivity team, working in close partnership with colleagues based globally.
Key accountabilities
AI use-case ownership & prioritisation
1. Lead discovery with brokers and corporate teams to identify high-value AI opportunities
2. Translate complex problems into clear, prioritised use cases with explicit success criteria
3. Make and support evidence-based recommendations on whether to build, iterate, or stop
Adoption & change
4. Own the rollout and adoption of AI solutions into real workflows
5. Design enablement, guidance, and operating rhythms that move AI from novelty to habit
6. Identify and address barriers when adoption stalls or value isn't being realised
Value, measurement & outcomes
7. Define baselines and success metrics that Finance and senior stakeholders trust
8. Track productivity, cost, risk, and quality outcomes post-launch
9. Produce clear reporting on what's working, what needs improvement, and why
Governance & responsible AI
10. Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and InfoSec to ensure AI use cases meet regulatory and policy requirements
11. Contribute to governance processes, risk assessments, and decision forums
12. Help ensure governance supports delivery rather than hindering it
Delivery partnership
13. Work in close partnership with other AI Productivity leads and Champions across the world
14. Shape requirements, acceptance criteria, and rollout plans together
15. Provide timely, grounded feedback from real usage to inform solution iteration
Stakeholder leadership
16. Act as a credible point of contact for senior business leaders
17. Lead Communities of Practice and develop training programmes with the training team
18. Challenge assumptions thoughtfully, manage expectations, and maintain delivery focus
19. Communicate trade-offs between speed, value, and risk clearly and calmly
20. Management of AI analysts
Skills & experience
21. Proven experience and examples of driving AI, automation, or advanced analytics initiatives from concept to live use
22. Demonstrable expertise in AI platforms
23. Experience of insurance industry
24. Strong workflow analysis and business case development capability
25. Comfortable defining and defending metrics for productivity and value
26. Experience partnering closely with vendors, engineers and data scientists on delivery
27. Confident engaging senior stakeholders without relying on positional authority
28. Clear written and verbal communicator
What this role is not
29. Not a deputy director or people-management role
30. Not focused purely on research or experimentation
31. Not a reporting-only analyst position
32. Not primarily a policy or compliance function
What success looks like after 12 months
33. A clear, trusted pipeline of AI use cases aligned to business priorities
34. Multiple AI solutions in active use, with adoption tracked and improving
35. AI benefits reported in a way Finance and leadership trust
36. Governance processes that are understood, practical, and effective
37. Strong delivery rhythm with the AI Productivity team, with good collaboration and high throughput
What do we offer in return?
A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:
38. Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
39. We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
40. We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond
Reasonable adjustments
We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.
If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.
*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.
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