About Us
CIC Insurance Group is a leading insurance and financial services organisation with more than five decades of experience helping individuals, families, and organizations achieve financial security.
We have grown into a dynamic Group offering life, general, micro insurance, asset management, and investment solutions, with operations in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Malawi, and are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange.
Our tagline, “We Keep Our Word,” reflects our unwavering commitment to integrity, transparency, and delivering on our promises to our clients, partners, and communities.
CIC Group is passionate about innovation, digital transformation, and inclusive insurance solutions that meet the evolving needs of cooperatives, SMEs, corporates, and individuals. By joining us, you will be part of a team that is shaping the future of financial protection across Africa.
About the Role
Reporting to the Technology Risk and Cybersecurity Manager, the role holder will support in the identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting of risks associated with projects, programmes, and innovation initiatives across CIC Insurance Group. The Project and Innovation Risk lead assists in ensuring that risk management is consistently applied throughout the project lifecycle and across the Group’s innovation agenda, in alignment with the enterprise risk management framework and applicable regulatory requirements. The incumbent will play a key role in helping the Group pursue innovation safely, ensuring that emerging risks from new technologies, digital initiatives, and business model changes are identified and managed proactively.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and update project and innovation risk registers across all active Group projects, programmes, and innovation initiatives, ensuring risks, causes, likelihood ratings, impact scores, and treatment actions are accurately documented and current.
- Conduct structured risk assessments for new and ongoing projects and innovation initiatives including new product development, insurtech partnerships, digital transformation programmes, and emerging technology adoption gathering information from project teams and stakeholders to identify threats and opportunities, ensuring risks are captured in the risk register, and preparing draft assessment reports for review by the Technology Risk and Cybersecurity Manager.
- Prepare regular risk reports, dashboards, and status updates for project steering committees, governance bodies, and senior management, translating risk data from both project and innovation workstreams into clear and concise management information.
- Support project and innovation monitoring activities by tracking the implementation of agreed risk treatment actions, following up with risk owners, and flagging overdue or escalating risks to the Cybersecurity Manager in a timely manner.
- Support data protection and privacy risk reviews for projects and innovation initiatives that involve personal data processing or new data-driven business models, assisting in maintaining compliance with applicable data protection legislation across the Group’s operating jurisdictions.
- Collate and analyze risk data across the Group’s project and innovation portfolio to assist in identifying trends, concentration risks, and emerging threats, producing summary analysis for management review.
- Support post-project and post-innovation risk reviews and lessons-learned exercises by gathering data, preparing summary reports, and documenting improvement recommendations for future initiatives.
General Responsibilities;
- Participate in planning and budgeting for the Risk and Compliance department.
- Participate in various meetings and governance committees as required.
- Plan, promote, and support internal training activities related to risk management practices, frameworks, and enhancements.
Who We’re Looking For
Essential Knowledge/Skills and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management or a related field.
- Project Management Certification, i.e. PMP, PMI-ACP or PRINCE II and PROSCI Change Management Practitioner is desirable.
- At least 2- 4 years relevant experience in project Management and Change Management.
- Significant work experience with emphasis on System Implementations
Why Join Us?
Joining CIC Insurance Group as a Project and Innovation Risk Specialist gives you the opportunity to be at the intersection of risk management and digital transformation. In this role, you will support the safe delivery of projects and innovation initiatives by identifying and managing emerging risks associated with new technologies, products, and business models. You will gain exposure to enterprise risk frameworks, project governance structures, and innovation-driven environments, while working closely with diverse stakeholders. This role is ideal for professionals looking to grow their expertise in project risk, contribute to strategic initiatives, and ensure innovation is delivered sustainably and responsibly
If you have the aforementioned professional and academic qualifications and you are ready to execute the above mandate, strictly apply through: https://careers.cicinsurancegroup.com/ clearly indicating the position being applied for.
The application should reach us by close of business on 28th April, 2026. Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us by 31st May, 2026 consider your application unsuccessful.
CIC Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not solicit or require any form of payment for employment opportunities.
N/B: This job advert is open to both internal and external candidates.