Vice-President - Life & Health - IMEA Market

Vice-President - Life & Health - IMEA Market

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Working model: Full-time, primarily office-based

The opportunity

Guy Carpenter is looking for a senior Life & Health leader to join the Dubai team and take ownership of the Life & Health business across the IMEA market, with a strong focus on the Middle East and GCC.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who combines technical depth, strong market credibility, and the commercial instinct to build and grow business. The successful candidate will lead client and reinsurer engagement, drive strategic growth across the region, and manage a small team in support of the wider Life & Health agenda.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Life & Health business across IMEA, with particular focus on the Middle East and GCC
• Build and maintain strong relationships with insurance company clients and reinsurance market partners
• Originate and develop new business opportunities across the Life & Health space
• Provide technical leadership across pricing, underwriting, structuring, and broader Life-related market discussions
• Represent Guy Carpenter as a credible senior market voice in the region
• Lead, support, and develop a small team including technical analytics and broker support resources
• Work closely with clients and markets to deliver commercially strong and technically sound solutions
• Partner with regional leadership to shape business strategy and support long-term growth

Candidate profile

We are looking for someone with:

• Strong current or recent experience in Life business across the Middle East
• A technical background in actuarial, underwriting, pricing, structuring, or related Life disciplines
• Proven ability to combine technical credibility with commercial relationship-building strength
• Existing market relationships across insurers and reinsurers in the region
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in English
• The presence, credibility, and leadership capability to head a regional function
• People management experience

Preferred background

• Experience gained within insurer or reinsurer environments is strongly preferred
• Existing exposure to GCC markets is highly valuable
• French language skills would be an advantage, but are not essential

Why this role stands out

This is not a pure technical role and it is not a pure marketing role. It is a rare opportunity for a senior Life & Health professional who can operate at the intersection of technical expertise, market engagement, and business growth.

The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping and expanding a strategically important business across the region.

Working model

This role is based in Dubai and is expected to be primarily office-based. Flexibility may be considered on an exception basis in line with business needs.

At Guy Carpenter, a Marsh business, you can be your best. We work on challenges that matter with colleagues who help bring out our best. Our uniquely collaborative environment will empower you to focus on your personal and professional success, learning from top specialists in the (re)insurance industry and leading you towards a rewarding and impactful career.

Guy Carpenter is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Guy Carpenter, visit guycarp.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.