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The Client Technology team own the technology roadmap that supports the Willis Client journey. The team has several inter-related delivery and operations workstreams across client portal capabilities and client records management.

Within this globally distributed team this role will be lead the operational excellence of our Azure-based production platform. This is a key role responsible for ensuring service reliability, secure-by-design practices, and continuous improvement across our DevOps and service management functions. Reporting to the Head of Client Technology within CRB Business Technology you will work closely with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to accept into production scalable, secure, and high-performing services.

We are seeking a detailed oriented, process minded experienced Platform Operations Manager to lead our service management and DevOps practices to strengthen our production acceptance, proactively monitor and fix, improve customer satisfaction and to drive continuous improvement across our platform operations.

The Role

Service Management & Reliability

Own the cost, health and performance of the production environment

Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortem processes

Monitor SLAs, SLOs, and KPIs for platform services

DevOps & Release Management

Oversee CI/CD pipelines and ensure smooth and secure build acceptance into production
Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment processes
Champion automation and infrastructure-as-code practices
Partner with security teams to ensure compliance, threat modelling, and secure deployments
Drive adoption of secure coding, scanning, and monitoring tools across the platform

Continuous Improvement

Identify and implement improvements in operational workflows

Drive initiatives to reduce toil and improve system resilience

Foster a culture of learning and operational excellence

Reporting & Communication

Produce regular reports on KPIs, platform performance, incidents, and improvements

Communicate effectively with stakeholders across engineering, product, and leadership

Maintain clear documentation of operational procedures and standards

Team Leadership

Manage and mentor a cross functional team

Support career development and performance management

Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams

Qualifications

The Requirements:

Experience: Essential
Proven experience in platform operations, DevOps, or SRE leadership roles
Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure PaaS services (e.g., App Services, Azure Functions, AKS, Azure DevOps)
Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and cross-functional team collaboration
Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident management tools
Strong grasp of security best practices and secure-by-design principles
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Proven experience in end-user management

Experience: Preferable
Experience with ITIL or other service management frameworks
Background in software engineering or systems architecture
Knowledge of security and compliance in production environments
Certifications in Azure (e.g., AZ-400, AZ-305) or ITIL
Experience with compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2)
Background in software engineering or systems architecture
Knowledge of General Insurance (London Market / Lloyd’s and Industry) products and services

Skills/other

Excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal, and written communication with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the Company

At WTW, we believe difference makes us stronger. We want our workforce to reflect the different and varied markets we operate in and to build a culture of inclusivity that makes colleagues feel welcome, valued and empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment throughout our organisation. We embrace all types of diversity

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