Product Delivery Lead - Insurance Risk & Commercials

COMPANY OVERVIEW KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. Job Description: Principal, Technology Product & Delivery Lead for Insurance Commercial and Risk Technology Organization Overview KKR's Technology team is responsible for building and supporting the firm's technological foundation including a globally distributed infrastructure, information security, and the application and data platforms. The team drives a culture of technology excellence across the firm through efficient workflow automation, democratization of data through modern data and collaboration platforms, and more recently through research and development of Generative AI based tools and services. Technology is regarded as a key business enabler at KKR and is an important accelerator to drive towards global scale creation and business process transformation. The Technology team consists of highly technical and business-centric technologists with the ability to form strong partnerships across all of our businesses. Team Overview Our dedicated Product & Delivery function drives execution discipline across multiple technology teams with a goal to consistently deliver excellence serving our business needs. The Product & Delivery leads are responsible for defining the technology strategy, understanding the required capabilities, and delivery on the technology priorities for the business areas and functions they are partnered with. Position Summary We are seeking a Tech Product & Delivery Lead for Insurance Commercial and Risk to own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and delivery of technology solutions that power KKR's insurance commercial and risk operating model – from pricing and acquisition of new blocks of life insurance business, flow pricing and retail pricing, product design, and market/trend analysis through enterprise risk management and capital and asset-liability management (ALM). Partnering closely with the Commercial and Risk leadership team – as well as our Insurance Engineering team – this leader will shape the multi-year vision for Insurance Commercial and Risk technology, build and lead a team of product managers and delivery leads, and personally drive the most complex, highest-impact programs across the portfolio. The role acts as the senior bridge between Insurance Commercial and Risk stakeholders and engineering, ensuring deep understanding of business priorities to drive the right prioritization, modernization, and AI-enabled transformation of how KKR's insurance platform companies price and acquire new blocks of business, price flow and retail business, design new insurance products, and manage capital and exposure globally. Key Responsibilities Technology Strategy & Roadmap Define and own the multi-year technology strategy and roadmap for the end-to-end Insurance Commercial and Risk technology stack – spanning block acquisition pricing, flow pricing, retail pricing, product design and development, market trend analysis, enterprise risk management, and capital and ALM – ensuring alignment with the firm's insurance commercial and risk strategy and business priorities Drive prioritization and governance of the Insurance Commercial and Risk technology portfolio, balancing near-term operational needs (block pricing bids, flow and retail pricing model updates, risk reporting deadlines, and capital / ALM reviews) with long-term platform modernization aligned to the Insurance Commercial and Risk leadership team's vision Stay current on emerging trends across insurance pricing technology, actuarial and reserve modeling, product design tools, and capital markets analytics, and AI-driven risk solutions – bringing innovation into the roadmap and shaping the perspective of Insurance Commercial and Risk leadership on where to invest Stakeholder Partnership & Requirements Management Partner with the Commercial / Business Development, Actuarial Pricing, Product Development, Capital Markets, and Enterprise Risk Management teams to understand business requirements and translate complex insurance pricing, product, and risk processes into practical, scalable technology solutions Collaborate closely with engineering leads to design scalable, secure, and efficient solutions supporting the full block acquisition-to-close and pricing cycle (e.g., block due diligence and pricing, flow pricing, retail pricing, product design and filing, risk aggregation, and capital and ALM modeling) Serve as the senior technology partner to the Insurance Commercial and Risk function, facilitating cross-functional collaboration across Commercial, Actuarial Pricing, Product Development, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Technology, and building deep partnerships with insurance business leaders globally Technology Lifecycle & Delivery Lead a team of product managers and delivery leads, setting standards for discovery, requirements management, delivery cadence, and adoption across the Insurance Commercial and Risk technology portfolio Oversee end-to-end product lifecycle for all Insurance Commercial and Risk platforms – including requirements gathering, vendor selection, solution design, configuration, testing, rollout, change management, adoption, and continuous improvement Drive the development and implementation of platforms supporting th