Solution delivery F/M

We are looking for a Solution Delivery F/M who will contribute to the smooth implementation and maintenance of Global assets and local assets. You contribute to have a fully managed and controlled IT applicative landscape as per AXA Group Standards from Architecture, Security and Operational Resilience perspective. You also contribute to the localisation of global initiatives such as the Application Landscape Simplification of the applications. You report to the Application Tribe Lead.

AXA Partners aims at becoming AXA Group preferred networks & service company and a powerhouse for partnerships development. The France Solution Delivery team is a key enabler for this business transformation (with key topics on offer, distribution, operations and network management), being able to advise local and regional business on technology choices, while ensuring the consistency of the regional solution offer with AXA Partners IT strategy.

In the same time, to be able to profitably scale up its model and improve its ability to invest, AXA Partners must strongly reduce the fragmentation of the IT landscape, all the more in a context of tight financial margins. Solution delivery will play an active role to optimize the IT delivery effort by activating capacity management, sourcing and applicative convergence levers.

• You will contribute to the deployment group assets and the management of local assets.
• You will seize convergence opportunities in order to rationalize, mutualize and optimize the solution offer.
• You will get the most out of the outsourcing partner in order to industrialize the delivery.

Finally, AXA Partners IT must thrive to ensure the right level of performance and service quality in order to meet business expectations.

• You will be in charge of defining service level agreements with the business and monitoring their applications in the delivery with the outsourcing partner.
• Besides, you must encourage and maintain continuous improvement process of work practices and delivery quality.

Your missions will include:

• Contribute to the IT delivery of projects for both global and local assets:

From business requirements to E2E testing phase. Ensure smooth delivery including BAU Target Operating model.

• Manage operationally the delivery of BAU:

Monitor corrective and evolutive maintenance for local solutions. Report on SLAs to France IT Management and business stakeholders. Ensure IT Service Continuity Management as per business expectations.

• Follow DevOps and Agile principles.
• Document and maintain the Applications repository.

Take part to AXA Partners Application squad governance and community.

Required profile:

Technical/ Functional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Technical skills:

• +5 years of experience in a context of matrix and regional organizations.
• Technical background (solution delivery, software development, software architecture, solution design).
• Proficient in Python with experience of data analysis using Pandas library.
• Knowledge of existing and new technologies (eg Cloud, Content Management Systems, PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, API management ).
• Fast IT focused: ability to leverage AGILE methodologies, DevOps and other rapid development frameworks.

Soft skills:

• Customer centric.
• Community management.
• Reactivity and ability to anticipate.
• Resilience and rigor skills.
• Fluent in English.
• Pragmatic and result oriented.

Education, Professional Qualifications and Experience

• Masters or PhD in Computer Science or BAC+5 Engineering School ("Grande Ecole").
• DevOps certification or at least understanding of DevOps practices.
• Strong Security and Operational resilience background.

AXA Partners is committed to diversity and inclusion, on an equal basis.

Join a company that helps protect the forests! At AXA Partners, we plant a tree for every new recruit (with a permanent contract).

About AXA

AXA Group is the world leader in insurance and asset management. We protect and advise our clients at every step in their lives, by offering products and services which satisfy their needs in the areas of insurance, personal protection, saving and asset management. AXA is the leading insurance brand worldwide, with over 100 million clients.

Our mission: Empower people to live a better life.

Our values: Customer First, Courage, Integrity and One AXA.

About the Entity

AXA Partners is an AXA transversal business unit offering a wide range of solutions in assistance services, travel insurance and credit protection. AXA Partners' role is also to implement innovative solutions emerging from the AXA Innovation unit.

Combining passion with advanced expertise, we design and deliver worldwide solutions for partners and communities. We protect what matters, when it matters.

What We Offer

By joining AXA Partners, you will work in a responsible company, which offers a real culture of expertise & diversity. Our focus is on accelerating the development of everyone's skills, whilst offering attractive and competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development and growth.