Managing Director, Head of Global Asset Operations bei Rgare

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 500 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

RGA's investment capabilities deliver strength, flexibility, and results that contribute to RGA’s success and competitive edge. Managing assets of over $115 billion, the Investments team is comprised of over 240 associates, with local presence around the world, delivering tailored solutions to global clients. The experienced global team balances risk and return to invest strategically and maintain a diversified, resilient, and high-quality investment portfolio aligned with the business needs of RGA and its clients and partners. Our flexible asset platform delivers a comprehensive suite of capabilities and asset solutions, positioning as a world class partner. 

A Brief Overview
 

The Head of Global Asset Operations designs and leads the global asset operating platform and teams that support all investment activities across public and private markets, derivative strategies, and collateral management, and is responsible for delivering excellence across asset operational capabilities, while managing the associated operational risks.

Reporting to the EVP, Chief Investment Officer and serving on the Investment Leadership Team (ILT), the ideal candidate is a disciplined strategic and inspirational leader who combines deep investment operations expertise with a proven ability to innovate, collaborate, and evolve processes to meet the needs of a growing global, complex investment platform.

This role is responsible for driving operational excellence by overseeing global daily activities and leading the vision, roadmap, and implementation of scalable, tech-enabled processes aligned with the firm’s long-term investment strategy. This seasoned leader brings global insight and best practices to evolve investment operations, partnering across investments, risk, finance, and reporting to deliver efficient, automated workflows and transparent, timely data.

What you will do

Global Operations Leadership

• Lead and oversee all operational activities supporting a breadth of public and private asset types, alternative equity, and derivatives, supporting business around the globe.
• Manage global collateral, margin, and liquidity operations across counterparties, ensuring robust controls and efficiency.
• Anticipate market and business trends to ensure operational readiness for new asset classes, strategies, and regulatory environments.
• Foster strong external relationships with custodians, administrators, counterparties, and technology providers to drive value and innovation.
• Establish consistent global standards while adapting to regional market structures and regulatory frameworks.
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing global operations team (25+ individuals) primarily based in the U.S., with team presence in London and Asia, supporting a 'follow-the-sun' model for timely, in-region activity.
• Serve as a trusted partner to investment, risk, finance, and technology leaders, ensuring seamless alignment across functions.
• Promote a culture of curiosity, continuous improvement, and accountability.

Operational Expertise

• Lead complex, global operational management and workflows, across front, middle, and back-office processes for various asset classes.
• Lead operational risk management efforts, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating operational risks, while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements across all regions. Ensure reporting via Investment risk team.
• Manage relationships with key external partners and service providers, actively contributing to vendor and system evaluations and selection process.  
• Lead resource planning and needs assessment, manage operations within established budgets, and define benchmarks and KPIs that align operational performance with financial outcomes. Leverage analytics and data visualization to deliver clean, actionable insights to senior leadership and key stakeholders.

Technology & Process Innovation

• Champion adoption of modern investment systems, data architecture, and digital tools to drive automation, transparency, and scalability.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt external best practices onto our operational platform.
• Partner with Investment Data & Technology Products and Global Technology and Enterprise Data teams to continuously improve processes and enable enterprise-wide reporting and analytics

Education and Experience
Required

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or related field
• 15+ years of experience in investment operations, with significant leadership responsibility across public and private assets, derivatives and collateral, multiple currencies
• 10+years of management experience; prefer experience in leading global teams and/or experience in managing assets in an insurance/reinsurance environment
• Proven record in operational improvement (prefer knowledge and experience with   methodologies like Lean, Agile)
• Experience with broad range of asset types and multiple currencies

Preferred

• Advanced degree or CFA
• Experience in evaluating and implementing new systems and/or operational improvements, particularly around private assets, loans, and derivatives
• Professional memberships/affiliations/accreditation or networks that support access to industry trend insight and best practices
• Experience working in virtual and/or remote team environments
• Exposure to multiple regulatory, accounting, and national requirements

Skills and Abilities

Key Competencies

• Global and strategic mindset with operational depth
• Tech-savvy and data-driven, with an eye for scalable solutions (experience with Aladdin, eFront, Murex a plus)
• External orientation — bringing best practices and market insights into the organization
• Ability to lead change, and to balance innovation with control and governance
• Ability to make timely and effective decisions that lead to results
• Expert level of investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Inspirational leader who develops talent and drives results
• Communicates and collaborates effectively across functions and builds strong partnerships to enable enterprise success (e.g., Treasury, Investment Accounting, Global Technology)

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

Compensation Range:

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.