Technical Implementation Consultant

Are you a technically savvy problem-solver who thrives at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and the insurance industry? Do you love translating complex technical challenges into elegant, real-world solutions? If so, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact at Swiss Re.

About the Role

As a Technical Design Consultant, you will be at the heart of delivering MagnumXP — Swiss Re's industry-leading automated underwriting solution — to client companies across North America. This is a high-visibility, client-facing role where your technical expertise will directly shape how our clients integrate and benefit from one of the most innovative tools in the life insurance space. With significant new client activity underway and continued investment in the MagnumXP Solution, there has never been a more exciting time to join this team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and integration: Architect and design integration blueprints for MagnumXP client deployments, ensuring seamless fit within clients' existing IT environments across the Americas


• Drive pre-sales engagement: Deliver compelling pre-sales presentations and provide technical support of the MagnumXP solution to technical audiences, helping prospective clients understand its full potential


• Collaborate across stakeholders: Liaise with clients' in-house IT staff, system integrators, and business partners to plan and identify optimal integration options


• Define and document requirements: Develop clear business and non-functional requirements, and raise well-structured change requests to Product Management


• Support the full implementation lifecycle: Support clients throughout initial installation, integration, and testing and all the way through to production go-live


• Champion best practices: Consult with clients on system integration testing best practices, ensuring robust and reliable deployments


• Coordinate global software releases: Work with MagnumXP colleagues and global development teams to align client software releases, specify and review requirements for core system changes, and validate new releases


• Provide technical support: Serve as one of the key regional resource for handling service issues and change requests with efficiency and care


• Enable client success through training: Deliver required API training to clients on the effective use of MagnumXP software


• Travel as needed: Engage in periodic on-site work at client offices across North America, with occasional international travel to collaborate with global MagnumXP colleagues

About the Team

You will be part of the MagnumXP Americas team, sitting within the Life and Health Solutions unit at Swiss Re. Our team is dedicated to implementing and delivering MagnumXP — Swiss Re's suite of underwriting tools — to client companies across US, Canada and Latin America. MagnumXP plays a pivotal role in our clients' risk management strategies, enabling optimized operational processes and laying the groundwork for future growth. Reporting to the Head of L&H UW Solutions, America, you will join a collaborative, globally connected team that is experiencing an exciting period of growth, with significant new client activity.

About You

You are a curious, solutions-oriented consultant who brings both depth and breadth to every challenge. You communicate complex ideas with clarity and confidence, build trusted relationships across business and technical disciplines, and approach problems with a logical, detail-oriented mindset. You are energized by working in a dynamic, client-facing environment and are motivated to grow your knowledge of the insurance and reinsurance industry. A collaborative team player at heart, you bring a strong planning and delivery mindset and the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders toward a common goal.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• Experience with or knowledge of rule processing engines


• Demonstrated ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences in a clear and persuasive manner


• Strong relationship-building skills across both business and technical disciplines


• A track record of successfully managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, client-driven environment


• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with RESTful web services, Java, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS


• Solid knowledge of web service standards, including XML and JSON, as well as industry security standards covering authentication and authorization


• Database proficiency, including query development and experience with reporting tools, combined with familiarity with change management processes and version control software


• Architect, systems analyst, or developer background with broad experience across a range of technologies, preferably within a life insurance environment


• A degree in Computer Science or an equivalent technical discipline

These are additional nice to haves:

• Familiarity with the life insurance or reinsurance industry


• Experience or comfort working across global, cross-functional teams

The estimated base salary range for this position for Armonk, NY is between $161,000 to $269,000 and for Fort Wayne, IN and Kansas City, MO, the range is between $150,000 to $250,000. The specific salary offered for this, or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget. At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.

Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week; however, for an exceptional candidate, the role may be performed remotely within the USA.