Cloud Practice Lead

• Location: London, Leeds or Chelmsford

• Type: Permanent

• Hybrid role, happy to talk flexible working

The Opportunity

QBE Europe is recruiting a Cloud Practice Lead to join our well-established Technology Services function, based in London, Leeds or Chelmsford office. The EO Cloud Practice Lead is responsible for ensuring the cloud strategy and standards are adhered to across the EO division. The role focuses on enabling EO to gain maximum value from cloud services by establishing clear direction, consistent best practice, and effective engagement with projects, programmes, and stakeholders.

This role is not a hands-on engineering role. Instead, the postholder is expected to be technically well informed on Microsoft Azure, and good understanding of other cloud technologies. The role-holder should have the ability to translate cloud concepts into practical guidance that supports business outcomes.

Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role. QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion.

About QBE

At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. And we do it all with a human touch.

We’re an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries – which means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact. It’s an exciting time. We’re building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world? As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind.

The Opportunity

• Define, own, and evolve cloud practice, standards, and guidance for EO

• Act as a strategic interface between group cloud services team, delivery teams, architects, and senior stakeholders

• Ensure consistent, secure, and effective use of cloud across EO projects and services

• Provide clear advice to programmes and projects on cloud adoption, design approaches, and patterns

• Promote approaches that are scalable, reusable, and aligned to EO priorities

• Ensure security, risk, and compliance considerations are embedded into cloud usage from the outset

• Support alignment between EO initiatives and central or enterprise cloud capabilities

• Identify gaps, duplication, or inefficiencies in cloud usage and recommend improvements

• Champion shared learning, common approaches, and reuse across EO

• Influence decisions and outcomes across EO without direct line management responsibility

• Service quality assurance for outsourced cloud operations

About you

• Experience operating in a cloud strategy, practice, or technical leadership role

• Experience supporting multiple teams or projects to adopt consistent approaches

• Experience working in complex, multi stakeholder environments

• Strong understanding of cloud platforms and operating models, particularly Azure

• Awareness of cloud governance, security, and operational considerations

• Broad understanding of modern delivery approaches (e.g. agile, DevOps) without needing to implement them

• Awareness of automation, platform services, and engineering best practices

• Understanding of how cloud can enable business outcomes, cost efficiency, and scalability

• Strong awareness of Microsoft Azure. Ideally certified to Foundation level

• Working knowledge of other major cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP) for comparison and informed decision making

• Working knowledge of Python coding

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.

• Flexible working - balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part-time, job share and compressed hours.

• Pension – you are automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan, which entitles you to receive employer contributions of 10% of your basic salary.

To learn more about benefits of working with us, click Rewarding our people - QBE European Operations

Awards & Recognition

We value our employee’s experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2025:

• Winner: Commercial Lines Insurer of the Year, Winner: Reinsurer of the Year - QBE Re, Winner: ESG, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year, Winner: Insurance Personality of the Year - Chris Wallace, Executive Director UK insurance

• AXCO Global Insurance Awards 2024 Winner: Network Management of the Year

• Insurance Business UK 5-Star Cyber Awards 2024: QBE rated as a 5-Star Cyber Insurer

To learn more about our achievements, click here

Apply now and let’s make it happen!