AVP, MGCC‑Asia Technology (Core Insurance Systems & Quality Engineering)

MetLifeVisit website ↗·Posted 2 weeks ago

Location

Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Required Skills

AICI/CDAgile

About the Role

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MetLife in Asia has adopted a nimble approach to each market across the region and has successfully established a diversified geographical footprint in Asia that spans across nine markets Australia, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Korea, India, Malaysia, Nepal and Vietnam.

Position Title: AVP, MGCC Asia Technology – Core Insurance Systems . Quality Engineering Transformation (Japan) -
Please note this is an executive officer level leadership role

Location: Pune, India

Reports To: India Head of Asia Technology (VP)

Role Value Proposition**
:

The AVP, MGCC Asia Technology – Japan is the senior technology leader accountable for delivery, modernization, quality outcomes, and financial governance for Japan’s Core Insurance Systems (CIS) delivered from MGCC, India. In addition, the role owns the QA / Quality Engineering transformation for all Japan technology deliverables, leveraging automation and AI to improve speed, stability, and production quality.

CIS includes policy administration, agent commission systems, and corporate systems, predominantly built on mainframe and legacy platforms. A core expectation of this role is to bring strong mainframe and policy administration modernization experience, and to drive this transformation in close partnership with Japan technology leaders.

Core Insurance Systems, Mainframe . Legacy Modernization

• Provide end‑to‑end technology leadership for Japan Core Insurance Systems, including policy administration, commission systems, and corporate systems

• Own delivery, operational stability, security, and financial governance

• Define and execute mainframe and legacy modernization roadmaps in partnership with Japan technology leadership

• Drive platform evolution through decoupling, API enablement, data modernization, and tooling modernization

• Balance modernization initiatives with business continuity, operational risk, and regulatory requirements

Quality Engineering . QA Transformation

• Own QA and Quality Engineering strategy for all Japan technology deliverables

• Transition from manual, phase‑based testing to AI and automation‑first, continuous quality engineering

• Leverage AI and intelligent automation to improve regression efficiency, defect prediction, and test coverage

• Embed automated testing into Agile and CI/CD pipelines as standard engineering practice

• Establish common QA platforms, metrics, and governance across Japan portfolios

Budget . Financial Management

• Own and manage technology budgets for Japan platforms delivered from MGCC, India

• Drive financial planning, forecasting, and cost optimization across run and change portfolios

• Ensure transparency of spend, vendor costs, and modernization investments

• Partner with Finance and Japan leadership to align technology spend with business outcomes and value realization

Vendor . Partner Management

• Govern strategic vendors supporting mainframe, modernization, and QA capabilities

• Ensure vendors align to modernization‑ and automation‑led delivery models

• Drive outcome‑based delivery, cost optimization, and capability uplift

Talent . Capability Building

• Build strong capabilities across mainframe engineering, legacy modernization, QA automation, and AI‑enabled testing

• Upskill teams from legacy and manual testing models to modern engineering roles

• Develop leadership depth and succession for critical Japan platforms

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:

• 15. years of technology leadership experience, preferably in insurance or financial services

• Deep experience with Core Insurance Systems, including policy administration, agent commissions, and corporate systems

• Proven track record leading mainframe and legacy modernization initiatives

• Experience with cloud platforms and cloud‑aligned modernization approaches

• Demonstrated experience driving enterprise‑scale QA / Quality Engineering transformations

• Strong experience managing large technology budgets and financial governance

• Experience working with Japan or cross‑border Asia stakeholders

Personal Characteristics

• Transformation‑oriented, pragmatic technology leader

• Strong balance of modernization vision and financial discipline

• Collaborative, culturally aware, and outcome driven

• Strong people leader with execution focus

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