Director, Underwriting Portfolio Strategy & Steering

Swiss Re; Fort Wayne (IN); Hybrid; USD 208,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Swiss Re is seeking a senior leader to own the underwriting portfolio plan, aligning capacity and capital allocation with Group objectives. You will drive data-driven decisions using Palantir and other platforms to test hypotheses, translate results into actions, and influence senior stakeholders across underwriting, finance and risk.

The role blends high-level strategic steering with hands-on portfolio analytics, requiring deep underwriting expertise and strong leadership to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• Proven experience analysing and managing complex underwriting portfolios and translating evidence into explicit portfolio choices.
• Deep expertise in capital-allocation processes, capacity-setting frameworks and risk/return analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to interrogate large and complex datasets and produce decision-ready insights.
• Strong understanding of underwriting economics within reinsurance or commercial insurance.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the underwriting portfolio plan with capital allocation strategy and governance alignment.
• Assess portfolio economics, risk, return, diversification and capital consumption to produce capacity and steering recommendations.
• Work with Palantir and analytics platforms to test hypotheses and interpret performance data.
• Identify material risks, concentrations, dependencies and opportunities for action.
• Translate analysis into steering actions and support governance decisions.
• Collaborate with portfolio engineering and analytics to improve tools and workflows.
• Communicate recommendations to underwriting, finance, risk and senior leadership.

Skills

Underwriting portfolio analysis

Capital allocation

Data analysis

Leadership

Stakeholder influence

Palantir

Tools

Palantir

Job description

Swiss Re is seeking a senior leader to own the underwriting portfolio plan, aligning capacity and capital allocation with Group objectives. You will drive data-driven decisions using Palantir and other platforms to test hypotheses, translate results into actions, and influence senior stakeholders across underwriting, finance and risk.

The role blends high-level strategic steering with hands-on portfolio analytics, requiring deep underwriting expertise and strong leadership to deliver measurable