Bangalore/Gurugram, IndiaThis key role within the Global Technology Department will deliver specific and approved projects in the best interests of the customer, managing budget, scope, risks, issues, dependencies, schedule, and resources to deliver desired project benefits. This role will directly report to the Head of Global Technology Project Management helping to drive consistency in delivery standards and provide transparency through structured reporting and dashboards, and ensure alignment with key performance indicators and organizational OKRs. Join Us as a Project Manager - Make an Impact! The world is evolving fast, and businesses face new challenges every day. At AXA XL, we don’t just keep up—we lead the way! Our clients count on us to help them navigate risks, seize opportunities, and stay ahead in a competitive market. We’re on a mission to create a more sustainable and prosperous future by delivering solutions that go beyond insurance. We tackle complex challenges with innovation and strategic thinking, helping businesses thrive in an ever-changing world. As a Project Manager, you’ll be at the heart of this mission—driving initiatives that make a real impact for our clients. If you’re a problem-solver, a collaborator, and passionate about creating meaningful change, we’d love to have you on board. Ready to shape the future? Apply today!The Project Manager will act as a Governance lead, managing and actively seeking ways to optimize the Global Technology portfolio performance by centralizing oversight of methodology, compliance and tooling, the Governance lead enables the proactive risk management, accelerate decision-making, and enhances executive visibility. This position is essential to maturing our project management capabilities, supporting audit readiness, and driving a culture of accountability, performance, and continuous improvement. The governance function plays a critical role in ensuring delivery discipline, transparency, and alignment across the portfolio. This includes developing and overseeing the reporting framework as well as, improving and managing performance dashboards, driving adherence to lifecycle and compliance standards, and tracking progress against defined OKRs and KPIs. Through structured oversight and clear communication, governance enablers, data-driven decision-making, and continuous improvement across the organization.
What You’ll Be DOING
What will your essential responsibilities include?
- Adherence to project methodology, Global Technology processes & standards.
- Develop and manage a standardized reporting framework that supports project, program, and portfolio-level visibility.
- Ensure timely and accurate distribution of weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
- Translate complex project data into clear, actionable insights that inform strategic decisions.
- Build and maintain interactive dashboards (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) that reflect real-time health, risk, and progress across key initiatives.
- Align dashboards with stakeholder priorities, including delivery performance, risk indicators, and investment visibility.
- Ensure data integrity, consistency, and scalability across all reporting tools and platforms.
- Facilitate governance routines, including steering committee updates, risk and issue escalations, and lifecycle checkpoints.
- Maintain documentation and audit trails to ensure alignment with internal controls and compliance requirements.
- Monitor adherence to project standards and escalate deviations or non-compliance.
- Define, track, and evolve organizational OKRs and KPIs in collaboration with project leadership teams.
- Align performance metrics with strategic objectives, ensuring transparency and accountability across all levels.
- Analyze performance trends and provide recommendations for corrective action or continuous improvement.
- Support prioritization, sequencing, and alignment of initiatives to strategic goals through governance forums.
- Track portfolio performance against OKRs, budgets, timelines, and benefit realization metrics.
- Provide insight-driven recommendations to optimize execution and resource utilization.
- Serve as the central point of contact for governance-related reporting and performance conversations.
- Collaborate with project team members, PMO Governance and other areas as appropriate to ensure data-driven alignment.
- Drive transparency and consistency in how progress, risk, and outcomes are communicated across the enterprise.
- Develop clear, consistent communication materials (dashboards, scorecards, executive summaries) tailored to different stakeholder groups
- Serve as a liaison across business, delivery, and leadership teams to ensure unified understanding of progress, risks, and priorities.
- Facilitates cross-functional alignment by simplifying data into concise, business relevant narratives.
- Tooling Strategy & Governance Enablement.
- Own the governance and adoption of key project and portfolio management tools (e.g., JIRA, PV, PowerBI, MIRO).
- Partner with IT and business team to optimize tool configurations, workflows, and user experience.
- Provide training, onboarding, and documentation to drive consistent usage and increase data accuracy.
- Identify opportunities to mature governance practices, standardize reporting, and enhance operating rhythms.
- Benchmark against industry standards and internal performance to recommend enhancements.
- Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making and delivery excellence.
- Developing project communication and team collaboration materials.
You will report to the Head of Global Technology Project Management.
What You Will BRING
We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:
Required Skills And Abilities
- Performs tasks according to established procedures, with some ability to exercise discretion.
- Provides effective solutions to problems based on broad experience.
- Knowledge of business functions, including an understanding of various processes, procedures and systems required to carry out assignments.
- Understands how project deliverables provide business value or contribute to overall Program goals.
- Project Planning, Execution oriented, Analytical, Progress Evaluation, Risk management, Issue Resolution and Collaboration.
Desired Skills And Abilities
- PMP Certification (or equivalent) is a plus.
- Project Management Tool, PPM Tool, Office Suite, Financial Tracking.
- May provide guidance and support to other team members with less experience and breadth of influence.
Who WE are
AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.Learn more at axaxl.com
What we OFFER
Inclusion
AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.
It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
- Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
- Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
- Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
- Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
- Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity. AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Total Rewards
AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do.We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
Sustainability
At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future. Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.
Our Pillars
- Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society - are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature - from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard - by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
- Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We're building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
- Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.
- AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day - the Global Day of Giving.
For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.
