Chief Technology Officer - Paris, France - AXA Group

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Environment at AXA

Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by your mission? Here at AXA, we work together as one global team to set new standards, empower our customers to live a better life and lead the transformation of our industry. Join our team to develop yourself, learn and bring your views and competences. We are looking for people who make use of their creative space and who are ready to develop future solutions for our clients. We offer the necessary freedom of scope, as well as work models that fit your need and a corporate culture in which we welcome your ideas. Take the initiative and join a company where there is plenty of room for you to develop We look forward to having you on board

The headquarters of the AXA Group, based in Paris 8th and 17th, brings together the Group's corporate activities. It coordinates the various entities with the Group's strategy and is responsible for managing international projects. The headquarters has approximately 800 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (39 nationalities).

AXA Group Operations and Group Emerging Technologies & Data

In the last years, significant work has been done to digitize AXA's business model so far. Nevertheless, due to massive technological changes, customers' expectations and behaviors have evolved significantly. Thus, we are convinced that we must accelerate our technological transformation to achieve our ambition to become an innovative tech-led company. The opportunities offered by data and new technologies are massive both for our traditional insurance business and for new services to achieve our Payer to Partner ambition.

AXA Group Operations sets the tone and must play its role as one of the major catalysts of AXA's global transformation. We are the ones triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.

Within AXA Group Operations, Group Emerging Technologies & Data (GETD) explores and scales the value of data, digital, and emerging technologies (AI, IoT, Geospatial, Blockchain, Quantum Computing, etc.) with the potential to disrupt the current insurance business model and to shape future opportunities in order to better partner in our customers' lives. GETD and its spin-offs consist of 200+ inspiring minds located in Paris, Barcelona, London, on the EPFL campus in Lausanne (Switzerland), and on Stanford campus in San Francisco (USA) incubating and deploying solutions in co-creation and collaboration with AXA operating entities and strategic partners around the world.

In particular in partnership with Stanford University, we are incubating, developing and deploying solutions "making the insurance contracts computable". are the interface of law and technology. They represent a standardized semantic model that can be easily readable by everyone, from legal experts to regular customers – and it is a way to express the terms of contracts directly in machine executable code: is the basis for automation, standardization and simplification which drive positive impacts both in terms of customer experience (transparency and personalization) and operations efficiency.

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Purpose of the Job

As Chief Technology Officer, you will oversee the architecture working directly with stakeholders to understand the business strategy and to define the capabilities required to meet the long-term needs of the Computable Contracts solution. You're the primary point of engagement for Computable Contracts' relationship with AXA Group functions (Group Technology Office, Group Technology Operations, Group Security) and with any relevant third parties such as technology and research partners. Your role will encompass several significant functions including, but not limited to: Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Technical Architecture, Security Architecture, and Cloud Infrastructure Engineering.

We expect a design and development of the Software-as-a-Service products in a pragmatic way to ensure ease of implementation, industrialization as well as alignment with business needs. We don't intend to "play" with technology, we do really seek for impact. Hence, the ideal candidate will have experience in tech-driven programs or product-oriented companies with an entrepreneur mindset, meaning a wide understanding of technologies coupled with a sense of strategy and business impact. We expect you to be autonomous and able to learn. Openness, curiosity, respect, and engagement are requested.

Main Responsibilities

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Expected Skills and Experience

As a world-leading insurance company, we act for human progress by protecting what matters. With 153,000 employees in 54 countries working with 105 million customers, we've created a truly dynamic and vibrant community. Inclusion and diversity link closely with our values, and together we're nurturing a culture of
respect, for each other, for our customers and the communities around us. Join AXA and you'll feel like you belong, are included and can thrive. You'll be able to shape the way you work and truly grow your potential as you seek out new opportunities, push boundaries and benefit people in critical moments of their lives. This is your chance to build the tomorrow you want. Know you can.

AXA is becoming a sustainable tech-led company and at AXA Group Operations we are one of the major catalysts for this transformation.

We set the tone by triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.

We are present across 17 countries with committed, highly qualified teams. We leverage technology, data, sourcing, security and investment allocation in a global way, but also achieve economies of scale and synergies when necessary.

At AXA Group Operations, we want to be recognized in three fields of action:

We bring together the expertise, cultural diversity and creativity of over 8,000 employees worldwide and we're committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of employment (gender, LGBT+, disabled persons, or people of different origins) and to promoting Diversity & Inclusion by creating a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.