Chief of Staff to the Group COO at Axis Capital in New York, NY

Job description

This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance. We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture. As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry. At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic, including age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any basis prohibited by the laws that govern its operations. Job Description: Chief of Staff to the Group COO Position Summary The Chief of Staff to the Group COO serves as the strategic execution partner to the Group COO, ensuring alignment, execution discipline, and measurable value delivery across AXIS's Operations, Data & Analytics, Technology, AI, Transformation, Architecture, and Information Security portfolios. Based on the current AXIS role profile, the Chief of Staff acts as the strategic extension of the Group COO and the primary integration point across these functions. This role converts strategy into action by driving portfolio governance, operating cadence, value realization, cross-functional execution, and executive decision support. The Chief of Staff enables the Group COO to focus on the highest-value strategic, operating, talent, and investment decisions while ensuring accountability for execution and outcomes. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & COO Agenda Shape and manage the Group COO's enterprise agenda and strategic priorities. Integrate Operations, Technology, Data & Analytics, AI, and Transformation into a unified operating model and execution roadmap. Surface key trade-offs, dependencies, risks, and recommendations for decision-making Portfolio Management & Value Realization Maintain oversight of the COO portfolio, including investment priorities, benefits realization, execution health, and resource allocation. Ensure major initiatives have clear business outcomes, ownership, success metrics, and accountability. Challenge initiatives that are not delivering measurable business value. Enterprise Execution & Transformation Drive coordination across complex cross-functional initiatives. Resolve interdependencies, delivery obstacles, and organizational barriers. Ensure transformation efforts produce sustainable business outcomes rather than activity-based progress. Data, Technology & AI Leadership Act as the COO's integration point across Data & Analytics, Technology, AI, Architecture, and Operations. Ensure investments are aligned to underwriting advantage, operational effectiveness, scalability, and business growth. Support responsible AI adoption, governance, workforce readiness, and value realization. Operations & Underwriting Support Effectiveness Partner with Operations and Underwriting leadership to improve capacity, efficiency, resilience, service quality, and scalability. Drive process modernization, workflow redesign, automation, and AI-enabled operating model improvements. Support AXIS's objective of increasing underwriting capacity without proportionate increases in operational cost or headcount. Governance, Risk & Resilience Operate the management cadence for the COO organization, including strategic reviews, investment governance, risk reviews, and performance management. Maintain visibility of operational, technology, cyber, AI, third-party, and execution risks. Track and coordinate significant audit, regulatory, control, an