This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital – a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance. We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture. As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.
At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in the selection process.
The Chief of Staff to the Group COO is the COO’s strategic partner, ensuring alignment, disciplined execution, and smooth delivery across AXIS’s top enterprise priorities—including Data & Analytics, Business Technology Solutions, AI, Transformation, and Global Operations & Underwriting Support. The role turns strategy into coordinated action, connects technology and operations with business needs, and ensures the COO’s agenda produces measurable results.
Responsibilities
• Advise and partner with the COO and leaders across D&A, BTS, AI, Transformation, and Global Operations.
• Coordinate and prioritize the COO’s enterprise agenda, ensuring focus on the initiatives that matter most.
• Identify risks, interdependencies, and bottlenecks early and drive resolution across teams.
• Maintain a full enterprise view of cross functional impacts—capacity, cost, risk, and change management.
• Support a high performance culture, including operating model alignment and prioritization.
• Develop and track KPIs, reporting, and progress against strategic objectives.
• Partner with Finance on spend, benefits realization, and efficiency initiatives.
• Prepare all executive and board level materials for the COO with consistent, clear messaging.
• Translate technical topics (AI, data, automation) into clear business implications.
• Partner with HR on organization design, talent needs, and skills for an AI driven environment.
• Maintain strong governance and decision routines; manage escalations when needed.
• Support communication, execution, and coordination of all COO initiatives.
Positioning & Authority
• Reports directly to the Group COO.
• Acts as the COO’s delegate on priorities, sequencing, and escalation decisions.
• Serves as the central coordination point across all COO aligned functions.
• Can request alignment shifts, sequencing changes, or pauses when capacity or priorities require it.
About You
• Strong executive presence and judgment in complex, high stakes situations.
• Ability to challenge priorities and tradeoffs constructively.
• Experience working within regulated, multi jurisdictional environments.
• Background in operations, strategy, transformation, or technology enabled change (ideally in insurance or financial services).
• Skilled at influencing without authority and coordinating complex, cross functional work.
• Strong communication, analytical thinking, and problem solving skills.
• Able to create polished, compelling executive level presentations.
• Practical, collaborative, and solution oriented.
What Success Looks Like
• A clear, sequenced, and well governed COO agenda.
• Predictable delivery with measurable outcomes.
• Strong connection between COO initiatives and improvements in expense management, underwriting support, and operational performance.
• Faster decision making, reduced friction, and fewer escalations across senior leadership.
For this position, we currently expect to offer a base salary in the range of $225,000.00 to $275,000.00. Your salary offer will be based on an assessment of a variety of factors including your specific experience and work location.
In addition, you will be offered competitive target incentive compensation, with awards based on overall corporate and individual performance. On top of this, you will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and much more.
Where this role is based in the United States of America, this role isExemptfor FLSA purposes.
