Are you a visionary leader ready to shape the future of Life & Health reinsurance across Asia Pacific? Join us to drive technical excellence, operational innovation, and sustainable growth in one of the world's most dynamic insurance markets.
About the Role As the Head Technical & Operational Excellence for APAC ex China, you'll be the architect of our technical strategy, ensuring portfolio resilience while driving operational transformation. Reporting directly to the Head L&H Re APAC ex China, you'll balance disciplined risk management with innovative approaches to create sustainable value.
Key Responsibilities - Define and lead the technical strategy across pricing, underwriting and claims, ensuring portfolio resilience and sustainable new business value creation
- Shape and develop the long-term capability agenda for technical functions, building future-ready skills and leadership bench strength
- Drive transformation of technical and operational capabilities by embedding advanced analytics, AI-enabled processes and modern toolsets
- Ensure robust governance and risk discipline, reinforcing underwriting standards and effective control frameworks
- Set and steer the in-force value management strategy to optimize portfolio performance and protect embedded value
- Act as performance steward at portfolio level, balancing growth, profitability, capital and risk considerations
- Lead cross-functional alignment at enterprise level, partnering with CUO, COO, Finance and Group stakeholders
- Foster a high-performance culture that emphasizes risk awareness, ownership and continuous improvement
- Contribute to strategic direction and enable delivery of transformation priorities under Built to Lead
About the Team You'll join the Life & Health Reinsurance leadership team for APAC ex China, a dynamic group of professionals dedicated to growing our presence across diverse Asian markets. The team combines deep technical expertise with market knowledge to deliver innovative reinsurance solutions while maintaining strong client relationships throughout the region.
About You You're a strategic thinker with exceptional technical depth and commercial acumen. You thrive in complex environments, can translate vision into action, and have a proven ability to lead transformation initiatives. Your collaborative approach and cultural sensitivity allow you to influence across boundaries and build high-performing teams.
We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements: - Qualified actuary with 15+ years' actuarial experience in Life & Health re/insurance
- Proven experience in shaping technical strategy and translating it into measurable outcomes
- Track record of building and evolving high-performing leadership teams
- Demonstrated ability to drive transformation and embed innovation at scale
- Strong enterprise thinking with portfolio-level perspective
These are additional nice to haves: - Purpose-driven leadership style that inspires and engages teams
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills across different cultures and seniorities
- Strategic and structured thinking balanced with strong execution capabilities
- Commercial mindset that balances technical precision with pragmatic business solutions
- Experience working in multiple Asian markets
Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week 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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