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About the Role

Serve as a technical expert supporting underwriting teams, clients, and the broader cyber re-insurance strategy. Responsibilities include risk assessment, methodology development, incident response, advisory services, and underwriting to enhance the cyber underwriting approach.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth assessments of cyber and IT-related risks across industries, using independent research on emerging technologies, threat landscapes, and market developments.
• Inform underwriting decisions and promote subject matter expert services to business partners, ensuring alignment with end-customer needs, market trends, and underwriting guidelines.
• Deliver high-quality cyber underwriting by translating complex risk assessment outcomes into actionable recommendations, including appropriate (re)insurance terms and conditions.
• Identify, evaluate, and benchmark the effectiveness of security controls against evolving threats, attack vectors, and mitigation strategies.
• Continuously enhance cyber risk assessment methodologies, frameworks, and questionnaires.
• Provide analytical support on cyber coverage language and its alignment with current threat trends, loss scenarios, and portfolio exposures.
• Collaborate with global cyber experts and cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge underwriting expertise and drive local partner growth.
• Support internal training and knowledge-sharing initiatives to build cyber underwriting capabilities across the region.
• Deliver cyber security guidance, training, and strategic advice to internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Represent Munich Re at industry events and conferences; conduct trend scouting and publish topic papers on emerging threats and technologies.
• Evaluate emerging solutions like inside-out scanning and open-source threat intelligence to support data-driven underwriting practices.

Requirements

• Degree in IT Security, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Familiarity with major cyber risk frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001) and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Multiple years of experience in security consulting, cyber risk management, cyber insurance, or cyber incident response.
• Ability to contextualize cyber threats by region and industry, factoring in geopolitical risk, regional regulation, and local IT maturity.
• Ability to translate threat intelligence into insurance-relevant impact scenarios.
• Minimum 5 years of client-facing experience with a strong client-centric approach to business development.
• Proven ability for proactive self-learning and adaptability to new technologies and emerging risks.
• Hands-on experience in driving innovation and product development.
• Strong teamwork skills and knowledge-sharing mindset.
• Willingness to travel internationally.
• Fluent in spoken and written business English and Mandarin.

Skills

• Cyber risk assessment
• Methodology development
• Incident response
• Advisory services
• Underwriting
• Risk management
• Security consulting
• Cyber insurance
• Cloud Security
• Threat intelligence analysis
• Trend scouting
• Product development

Location

• Sydney

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• Minimum 5 years

Education Level

• Degree in IT Security, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor) preferred

About the Company

• Munich Re's Cyber team is a leading provider of cyber re-insurance solutions, overseeing markets across Australia, New Zealand, Greater China, and Africa.
• The team develops and drives cyber reinsurance solutions across commercial and personal lines, covering both portfolio-based and single-risk business.
• The company aims to shape the future of cyber insurance in these markets and reinforce Munich Re’s position as a trusted, forward-thinking partner.

Equal Opportunity

• Munich Re embraces and values the interaction of diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and thought.