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About the Role

This high-impact leadership role is responsible for driving Swiss Re's Innovation and Solutions agenda while supporting the Japan L&H Leadership Team on broader market strategy. You will identify emerging client needs, market trends, competitor developments, and new opportunities to create differentiated product and service offerings across the end-to-end insurance value chain. This role leads go-to-market strategy for Swiss Re Japan, advancing data-driven underwriting and claims solutions, automation, digital health, AI-enabled offerings, and insurtech-related initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead the Innovation and Solutions agenda for L&H Japan, including go-to-market strategy and execution for data-driven underwriting and claims solutions, automation, digital health, AI-enabled offerings, data analytics, and insurtech-related initiatives
Support the Japan L&H Leadership Team on overall market strategy, contributing to the development of strategic priorities, market positioning, and key business initiatives
Drive market intelligence and data-driven insight, including monitoring client needs, competitor activities, emerging technologies, data analytics trends, and insurtech developments to identify strategic and commercial opportunities
Identify and develop new client-centric solutions and potential new sources of income through differentiated product and service offerings, technology, and insurtech partnerships
Partner with cross-functional teams locally, regionally, and globally across Client Markets, Underwriting, Claims, Products & Pricing, and Solutions to build and manage a pipeline of opportunities from ideation through client engagement, implementation, and delivery
Manage selected Innovation and Solutions initiatives as project owner, ensuring clear business objectives, stakeholder alignment, execution discipline, external engagement where relevant, and measurable commercial impact

Requirements

10–15+ years of experience in L&H insurance or reinsurance, with a strong foundation in underwriting, claims, actuarial, product, or insurance operations
Strong experience in underwriting or risk-related innovation, data-driven initiatives, insurtech partnerships, automation, digital health, or AI-enabled solutions
Proven ability to engage clients, understand their needs, and translate market and client insights into practical, value-driven innovation and solutions
Experience supporting strategy, business development, product innovation, new business models, or cross-functional initiatives, with a clear commercial mindset
Fluency in Japanese with business-level English, enabling effective engagement across local, regional, and global stakeholders

Skills

Innovation
Strategy
Client Impact
Life and Health Reinsurance
Underwriting
Claims
Client Engagement
Data Intelligence
Market Trends
Product Development
Service Offerings
Insurance Value Chain
Go-to-market Strategy
Data-driven Underwriting
Automation
Digital Health
AI-enabled Offerings
Insurtech
Commercial Relevance
Market Differentiation
Data Analytics
Market Intelligence
Emerging Technologies
Strategic Advisory
Cross-functional Collaboration
Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Business Development
New Business Models
Commercial Mindset
Market Sensing
Regulatory Awareness
Technology Developments
Client Priorities
Strategic Mindset
Curiosity
Cross-functional Leadership

Location

Japan

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

10-15+ years

About the Company

Swiss Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient.
We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime.
We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health.
Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients.
This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world.

Equal Opportunity

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking.
We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics.
In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.
If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.