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Location:Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, HK

Looking to make a real difference in the insurance world? Join our team and help transform how underwriting works across Asia-Pacific. You'll connect with clients, implement smart solutions, and contribute to our growth ambition. If you enjoy building relationships, managing projects and solving business problems, this is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the dynamic insurance markets!

About the Role

Reporting to Lead Project Manager, the candidate will be responsible for the growth, implementation, and evolution of Underwriting (UW) L&H solutions in APAC market.

The role is client facing and requires the ability to identify client opportunities, build and evolve existing solutions, identify use cases to meet client specific business strategies, and implement solutions to achieve Swiss Re's Solutions growth ambitions. The role requires strong collaboration skills working across different teams within Swiss Re to execute the right solutions for our clients.

The primary responsibility of this role is to originate, implement and evolve the various UW L&H Solutions for Swiss Re. This includes ability to

• Develop, build relationship and maintain regular dialogue with our clients' key decision makers (COO, UW teams etc) to identify opportunities for UW L&H solutions suite of products.
• Have strong project management and stakeholder management skills to drive client implementations to ensure smooth, timely and quality delivery
• Identify areas of opportunities (eg POC, use cases, product innovation bundle etc) to persuade internal and external clients to adopt our suite of products
• Drive the product roadmap for UW L&H Solutions and work with development and product teams to ensure the prioritized requirements are delivered
• Work closely with various stakeholders including UW community, Central Rules Team (CRT), developers etc to continually evolve our Solutions to be robust and fit for purpose
• Define the strategy to enhance solution design and scalability to establish our risk knowledge leader positioning
  Stay abreast of UW initiatives in order to demonstrate our risk expertise to clients
• Understand and appreciate the dependencies of our Solutions functionalities and IT effort and be able to work closely with IT and Product teams to maximise our differentiation in market
• Be close to external developments (eg electronic health records, external data, AI evolution) that impact our clients and proactively evolve our solutions to address clients' needs and painpoints
• Have a deep understanding of the operational KPI and needs of our clients and be able to demonstrate the value add of our solutions to these KPIs
• To have a strong understanding of the competitive landscape and help to enhance our differentiation vs competition
  Foster a strong team spirit of collaboration, innovation and execution orientation.
• Work with key internal stakeholders and colleagues to develop strong strategic overview for UW L&H Solutions
  Represent Swiss Re at conferences and external industry events

About the Team

The Underwriting L&H Solutions APAC team is a dynamic, technology-driven group L&H reinsurance. With a strong presence across Singapore, Hong Kong, and China, we combine Swiss Re's deep risk expertise with cutting-edge digital innovation to transform the underwriting value chain.

We harness AI and advanced analytics to drive automation, unlock meaningful data insights, and forge strategic partnerships that shape the future of underwriting. Our team collaborates closely with Client Markets, Underwriting, Solutions XFT, and our clients, ensuring we deliver impactful, end-to-end solutions that enable smarter, faster, and more sustainable underwriting practices.

About You

• 5 - 10 years relevant L&H experience in an Asian insurer or reinsurer, an underwriting background, understanding of underwriting engines or IT background in projects and/ or operations would be advantageous
• You should be comfortable working in an ambiguous environment while applying structured thinking to drive outcomes.
• You have strong problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex issues into actionable steps.
• You have demonstrated proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• You enjoy being hands-on and willing to dive deep into topics when necessary.
• You should have computer science background or exposure to integrating with APIs to streamline data exchange between platforms
• You should have practical experience with programming languages such as Python to automate workflows or improve efficiency
  Interest in experimenting with emerging technologies such as AI/ML, NLP, or automation to identify opportunities for innovation is preferred
• Solid project management experience on IT/ UW automation projects
• Experience contributing to and leading teams using Agile, Scrum, or Design Thinking framework
• Good understanding/appreciation of the pain-points in insurers' operational process and workflow
• Motivated, resilient and results oriented with an ability to work collaboratively in a team and deliver under pressure, strong and calm under pressure to navigate ambiguity with a "can-do" attitude;
• Outgoing, confident with good communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills. Self-starter, problem solver, entrepreneurial with the ability to think on your feet;
• Ability to build and maintain a strong network of contacts in the APAC market

The base salary range for this position will be shared with you during the interview process.

About Swiss Re

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.

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