Department: Claims
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: France (Remote)
Manager, Claims Procurement & Vendor Management
EU (Remote)
UK/EU - Permanent
We are a fast-growing global reinsurance speciality company servicing the insurance markets of Lloyd’s, Europe and North America.
As we continue to expand through acquisitions and portfolio growth, we are strengthening our Claims Operations function and are looking for an experienced Manager, Claims Procurement & Vendor Management to drive the performance, governance and optimisation of our third-party claims ecosystem.
The Role
This is a high-impact role responsible for leading the strategy, sourcing, governance, and performance management of third-party vendors supporting global claims operations.
You will oversee TPAs, legal panels and external service providers, ensuring delivery is aligned to our Claims Operating Model, cost objectives, and quality standards.
Working closely with Claims, Legal, Compliance, Finance and Strategy, you will play a key role in optimising vendor performance, managing spend and supporting integration activity across acquired portfolios.
• Own the end-to-end vendor ecosystem across Claims, including TPAs, legal panels, and external service providers
• Lead vendor strategy, sourcing (RFPs), and selection aligned to the Claims operating model
• Drive vendor performance through KPIs, SLAs, and structured governance frameworks
• Manage commercial relationships, including contract negotiation, cost control, and spend optimisation
• Oversee legal panel and TPA performance, ensuring quality, compliance, and efficiency
• Partner cross-functionally with Claims, Legal, Compliance, Finance and Strategy
• Support M&A activity, including vendor due diligence and integration
• Strong experience in vendor management, procurement or claims operations within insurance
• Deep understanding of TPA models, legal panels and outsourced claims delivery
• Commercially driven with proven negotiation and contract management capability
• Data-driven, with the ability to use KPIs and insights to improve performance
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on in a lean environment
Fulfil your potential in a collaborative environment with some of the best talent in the industry, while enjoying:
• Flex First
o Empowering employees to thrive in any location. Our innovative Flex First approach enables employees to perform to their full potential, regardless of their location, while fostering a sense of community through regular events and collaboration.
• Benefits
o Competitive salary and bonus eligible
o Medical, EAP, dental, & vision insurance for individuals and families
o 401k with Company Match
o Company Off-Site Meetings
o Remote Worker Expenses
o Health and Wellbeing Programs
o Employee Referral Program
• Personal Development
o Advancing your professional development through ongoing learning opportunities.
• Time Off
o Generous vacation and holiday schedule STD & LTD coverage
Compre is a leading legacy specialist with over 30 years of experience in the acquisition and management of insurance and reinsurance companies and portfolios in run-off. Compre is a business with operations in Finland, Germany, Malta, Bermuda, Switzerland the US, and UK. We have local relationships with counterparties across the whole of Europe and North America.
Our key objective is to secure legal, financial and operational finality for insurers and reinsurers seeking to exit their legacy exposures. We aim to do this using a collaborative approach that ensures our solutions get to the heart of the problems that our counterparties face.
Track Record
Compre completed its first run-off company acquisition in 1994 and to date has completed:
• 11 company acquisitions in Finland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK
• 34 individual business portfolio acquisitions in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Ireland, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, and the UK.
The companies we have acquired business from include: Allianz, Axa, Generali, Gjensidige, HSBC, QBE and Swiss Re.
We have been consistently trusted by major financial institutions for over 30 years to deliver complex finality solutions and manage their future claims.
