Head of Underwriting Portfolio Engineering & Data Solutions

Swiss Re; Alpharetta (GA); Hybrid; USD 208,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Swiss Re seeks a Director, Underwriting Portfolio Engineering to lead delivery of data products, analytical capabilities and Palantir workflows that sharpen underwriting decisions, spot risks and opportunities faster, and strengthen portfolio steering.

You will own delivery end-to-end, turning business questions into practical data solutions, working hands-on with underwriting and portfolio teams to drive measurable impact.

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

Palantir Foundry

Data modelling

Python

SQL

Data transformations

Portfolio management

Leadership

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Job description

Swiss Re seeks a Director, Underwriting Portfolio Engineering to lead delivery of data products, analytical capabilities and Palantir workflows that sharpen underwriting decisions, spot risks and opportunities faster, and strengthen portfolio steering.

You will own delivery end-to-end, turning business questions into practical data solutions, working hands-on with underwriting and portfolio teams to drive measurable impact.