Moody's Corporation
Director-Senior Project Director
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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.
Skills And Competencies
- Proven experience leading complex transformation programmes within financial services, insurance, actuarial or technology-led environments, required to deliver strategic change across multiple functions
- Strong people leadership and organisational skills, required to manage and develop delivery professionals and coordinate globally distributed teams
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, required to influence senior leaders and translate complex technical information for varied audiences
- Experience overseeing cloud-based, modular or scalable technology modernisation initiatives, required to lead the transformation of a complex product platform
- Strong programme governance and risk management experience, required to monitor performance, manage dependencies and address delivery risks proactively
- Hands-on experience using artificial intelligence tools to improve workflows, decision-making or operational efficiency, with the ability to identify practical applications within programme delivery
- Growing awareness of artificial intelligence risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical use when introducing AI-enabled capabilities
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Education
Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Finance, Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
Responsibilities
- Lead a global portfolio and strategic modernisation programme that strengthens actuarial and risk products, delivery and client value.
- Lead and develop a team of Delivery Managers responsible for actuarial and risk product initiatives
- Establish and execute a cohesive portfolio delivery strategy aligned with wider organisational priorities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of a strategic actuarial platform modernisation programme
- Define the programme vision, roadmap, governance approach and success measures in partnership with senior leaders
- Coordinate delivery across product management, actuarial modelling, architecture, engineering, customer success and business stakeholders
- Provide clear governance updates covering progress, milestones, dependencies, decisions and risks
- Monitor delivery timelines, resource utilisation, quality and agreed programme outcomes
- Identify programme risks and implement proportionate mitigation strategies
- Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes, ways of working and programme effectiveness
- Coach delivery professionals and foster a collaborative, accountable and high-performing team culture
- Identify appropriate opportunities to use AI-enabled tools to improve delivery insight, efficiency and decision-making
- Promote responsible AI use by considering governance, risk and ethical requirements throughout adoption
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About The Team
Our Moody’s Analytics Insurance Life team delivers actuarial and risk solutions that help insurers navigate complex financial and regulatory environments. The team strengthens Moody’s by modernising core product capabilities, improving the scalability and performance of our technology, and delivering greater value for clients. We use cloud technologies and artificial intelligence to support product innovation, improve delivery processes and explore new efficiencies while maintaining responsible AI practices. By joining our team, you will contribute to high-impact global work focused on modernising actuarial capabilities and accelerating digital adoption.
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.
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