Senior Manager – IT Development – Riva

River Stone International is an established global non-life run‑off insurance business specialist with more than 25 years of experience. Operating in the UK company and Lloyd’s of London markets, Bermuda, U.S., and Europe, River Stone International has transacted a wide variety of deals – from insurance and reinsurance portfolio transfers to company purchases, acquiring over $17.7 billion of gross liabilities since 2010 and with around $6.4 billion of liabilities currently under management.

The role holder will lead the software engineering and build workstream for Project Riva — a strategic redevelopment initiative to modernise River Stone’s legacy insurance systems. The role is accountable for the delivery of high‑quality, secure and scalable applications aligned to the target architecture and business objectives. This position will oversee multiple cross‑functional delivery teams, ensuring that design, build and integration activities support the overall transformation roadmap for the Riva platform.

Develop and implement a structured handover plan to transition the Riva platform and associated development products into BAU support functions.

• 1. Delivery & Execution
  • Lead end‑to‑end software development across multiple Agile work streams within Project Riva.
  • Manage the engineering delivery roadmap, ensuring milestones are met in line with programme timelines and business priorities.
  • Oversee system integration between Riva components and legacy or external systems.
  • Drive quality assurance through CI/CD, automated testing and secure coding standards.
• 2. People & Vendor Management
  • Manage internal developers and external delivery partners, fostering high performance and accountability.
  • Provide active coaching and mentoring to development teams, helping individuals navigate delivery pressures, prioritise effectively, and maintain quality during tight timelines.
  • Create an environment that encourages psychological safety, open communication and continuous learning, ensuring teams feel supported during periods of high intensity.
  • Guide teams in breaking down complex workloads, managing effort realistically, and maintaining sustainable delivery practices even when demands are high.
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  • Support skills development and knowledge transfer to permanent staff.
• 3. Architecture & Governance
  • Collaborate closely with the Enterprise Architect function to ensure adherence to architectural principles, design patterns and security standards.
  • Maintain control of codebase quality, integration consistency and non‑functional requirements (e.g. performance, scalability, resilience).
  • Participate in the Technical & Business design authorities as the delivery representative.
• 4. Stakeholder Engagement
  • Partner with Business Product Owners, Functional Leads and Programme Management to ensure development outcomes align with business needs.
  • Provide clear, timely communication of progress, risks, dependencies and decisions to the Riva Programme Manager.
  • Work collaboratively across IT Operations, Data and Security teams to ensure operational & అసzeugächen
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• 5. Change & Transition
  • Support system & QA testing, release planning and deployment into production environments.
  • Align development activity with the overall cutover and data migration strategy.
  • Work with support teams to define operational responsibilities, service levels and support processes.
  • Ensure knowledge transfer, documentation and training are completed for BAU teams before programme closure.
  • Establish post‑transition monitoring and performance baselines to validate platform stability and operational readiness.
  • Support the embedding of continuous improvement and change governance into BAU practices to sustain delivery momentum after the transformation phase.
  • Act as a key liaison between the transformation programme and BAU teams to resolve transitional issues and ensure continuity of service.

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• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related…