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Are you ready for the next step in your career? Are you interested in joining Swiss Re’s Agriculture team in a technical role and contributing to the success of our global underwriting team? Do you have a background in agriculture, finance, mathematics/statistics, actuarial science, or natural sciences, along with relevant experience in portfolio steering, governance, project management, or tool development? If so, this role could be the perfect fit for you

About the Role

• In this role you will be part of the Agricultural Product Center supporting the global team in the development of methodologies, tools, and products, taking on project management roles and supporting the Agricultural Management Team
• Co-Own and develop the global agriculture underwriting , ensuring effective deployment, user adoption, and delivery of high-quality trainings across all regions
• Drive the development and implementation of to enhance costing, pricing, forecasting, and portfolio-optimization capabilities
• Safeguard and continuously maintain to ensure consistency, quality, and alignment with Agriculture's underlying business and its strategic objectives
• Lead the integration and governance of within the agriculture underwriting ecosystem, ensuring responsible adoption, enhanced decision-support capabilities, and continuous improvement of digital underwriting processes
• Collaborate with Agricultural Management Team on , and strategic steering topics and facilitation of Smart Circles
• governance, reporting
• Harmonise costing standards across regions, designing and delivering
• underwriting training
• Assume for selected markets, covering both treaty and facultative business across all agriculture sublines
• Contribute to global and cross-functional workstreams, supporting initiatives of both the broader Swiss Re Group and Global Specialty

The agriculture team is part of the Specialty Market Unit embedded in the P&C Reinsurance Business Units. The Agriculture Underwriters team responsible for EMEA operate from Zurich (Switzerland). By joining us you will be part of a dynamic group of specialists and will benefit from profound experience. You will closely cooperate with internal and external stakeholders from underwriting, reserving, IT, and governance

About You

• You are a self-motivated expert, curious with excellent communication skills and a commercial mind-set. You are recognised for being an excellent team player, happy to assist others, collaborating and transparent. You can handle complex projects and are flexible and able to adapt to different environments and cultural diversity
• Level of experience will be determined during the recruitment process as we are open to level of seniority for a Assistant Vice President or Vice President
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant re/insurance industry experience
• University degree in a quantitative field such as finance, mathematics/statistics, actuarial or natural science or agriculture
• Strong data science/analytic and problem-solving skills
• Sound understanding of econometrics/statistics, previous exposure to quantitative finance methods an advantage
• Programming skills in Python or R as well as Microsoft Office
• Experience in project management, automation, and tool development
• Familiarity with AI-driven methods or AI-supported workflows is an advantage
• Comfortable working in a reinsurance underwriting environment
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a global, culturally diverse setting
• Excellent oral and written English; additional languages are an asset
• For Switzerland, the base salary range for this position is between CHF 100'000 and CHF 150'000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:

the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience

• In the situation where you do not meet all the requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range
• In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus
• Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world., , Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability., , If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience