Manager - IT Area I - Engineering

RenaissanceRe is a leading writer of Property & Casualty Reinsurance. For over 25 years, we have helped customers and communities recover and build resilience through our industry-leading ability to understand risk, source efficient capital and rapidly pay claims.

Our global team shares a passion for solving our customers’ biggest problems through a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture that empowers employees and rewards creative thinking.

About RenaissanceRe

For over three decades, RenaissanceRe has helped its clients manage the risks of operating in a volatile and uncertain world. We’re experts in Property, Casualty, Specialty, and Credit reinsurance, consistently recognized for the innovative way we combine data, experience and technology to understand and manage large and complex risks across the world. We are also a business with a real social purpose - we help protect communities around the globe and enable prosperity for all. Our purpose drives us forward every day as we seek solutions to some of the world's most complicated challenges. To learn more, please visit us at Careers - RenaissanceRe (renre.com).

About the Position

RenaissanceRe is seeking a senior and forward-looking VP, IT Manager – Security Architecture to build, formalize, and lead our Security Architecture function. We are looking for a strategic leader to design the blueprint for this function and embed it into the fabric of our global operations.

This role goes beyond day‑to‑day delivery and focuses on establishing and scaling a sustainable Security Architecture capability. You will use your experience to help shape and evolve how Security Architecture operates at RenaissanceRe, ensuring that security is not an afterthought but a core component of every infrastructure and application lifecycle. 

Key Relationships

Reports to: SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Design & Roadmap: Architect and launch the formal Security Architecture function, defining its mission, operational framework, and long-term roadmap.
• Security by Design: Partner with software engineering to move beyond ad-hoc support and establish a "Security by Design" culture, embedding automated security gates into the SDLC.
• Infrastructure Evolution: Lead the design of resilient, next-generation IT infrastructure, moving from reactive fixes to proactive, architected security models.
• Policy & Standard Stewardship: Lead the development and maintenance of clear security standards, policies, and reference architectures.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Act as the primary bridge between security and technical functions to align technical security controls with business growth and regulatory requirements.
• Solution Oversight: Provide oversight and guidance on the deployment of security solutions, ensuring they are integrated, scalable, and meet the highest compliance standards.

Candidate Qualifications

• Proven Track Record: Extensive experience in cybersecurity with a demonstrated ability to design and implement security programs or functions from scratch.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Comfortable working in evolving environments, partnering with others to establish clear structures and sustainable ways of working.
• Technical Depth: Strong expertise in network security, cloud architecture (Azure/AWS), and secure software development practices. Experience contributing to or implementing Zero Trust approaches is beneficial.
• Familiarity with Emerging Risks: Experience in analyzing the risks of AI and defining the appropriate controls to mitigate them.
• Pragmatic Balance: A unique ability to balance rigorous security controls with the operational needs and velocity of a fast-moving business.
• Influential Leadership: Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and champion security architecture through partnership, communication, and shared accountability across the organization.
• Collaborative Spirit: A team player who can lead through influence and collaboration rather than just authority.

We believe that meeting these requirements will position you for success in the role. However, if you fulfil most – but not all – of the expectations, we still encourage you to apply, as we are eager to explore your potential and believe in the ability to grow and learn.

At RenaissanceRe, we believe in creating a workplace culture that fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our business. We have a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and discrimination and take proactive steps to make employees feel valued and empowered to contribute to our collective success. It is RenRe’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/ civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our people are our most valuable resource and core to our success. This is a fast-paced business environment, demanding a strong work ethic and a results-oriented approach. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, a comprehensive talent development program, and a reward system in which employees share in the success of the company. We are an engaged member of the communities in which we live and work and have a locally-led giving philosophy with generous employee matching program, global and local community grants and employee volunteerism.

We seek diversity, create equity, and practice inclusion. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, disability, military status or other legally protected categories.