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This role develops and maintains strategic and operational road maps, manages governance, oversees key initiatives, and ensures effective performance measurement.\nThe successful candidate will drive intake management, maintain the COO scorecard, oversee Board papers, and craft compelling narratives for internal and external stakeholders.\nThis is not a traditional PMO or administrative support role.It requires judgment, challenge, and influence to not only track delivery, but also challenge priorities, identify duplication, surface risks and dependencies early, and support better decision-making across the COO leadership team.\nAt AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work majority of your week away from home. 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