Head of Underwriting Portfolio Data Engineering

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

Job summary

Swiss Re in Indianapolis area seeks a Director, Underwriting Portfolio Engineering to lead data product delivery, analytical capabilities and Palantir workflows that improve underwriting decisions and portfolio steering. You will own delivery end-to-end from question to impact, guiding engineering, data and portfolio teams.

This senior role combines hands-on leadership with deep technical and analytical expertise to translate portfolio questions into scalable, robust solutions across

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building, deploying and maintaining data products, analytical workflows and decision-support solutions in Palantir Foundry.
• Strong skills in data modelling, transformation, integration and production-grade development using Python, SQL or equivalent tools.
• Ability to analyse performance, exposures, diversification, sensitivities and risk-adjusted returns, and translate findings into portfolio decisions.
• Proven delivery from problem definition through design, build, testing, deployment, adoption and impact measurement.
• Strong understanding of underwriting economics, portfolio management, risk, capital and capacity in reinsurance or commercial insurance.
• Ability to explain complex issues clearly and influence senior stakeholders across underwriting, portfolio management, Data and IT.

Responsibilities

• Build underwriting-specific data products, Palantir workflows and analytical tools for portfolio planning, capacity setting and steering.
• Turn material portfolio questions into reusable analytics and decision-support capabilities.
• Analyse performance, exposures, concentrations, dependencies and portfolio dynamics to support decisions.
• Own solutions end-to-end, from analysis and build through adoption, refinement and impact.
• Maintain engineering standards, controls, documentation and governance for robust, scalable tools.
• Lead mixed engineering, data and portfolio teams, strengthening capability and team effectiveness.

Skills

Underwriting portfolio management

Data analytics

Stakeholder influencing

Problem solving

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Python

SQL

Job description

Swiss Re in Indianapolis area seeks a Director, Underwriting Portfolio Engineering to lead data product delivery, analytical capabilities and Palantir workflows that improve underwriting decisions and portfolio steering. You will own delivery end-to-end from question to impact, guiding engineering, data and portfolio teams.

This senior role combines hands-on leadership with deep technical and analytical expertise to translate portfolio questions into scalable, robust solutions across