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About the Role

The L&H Contracts Team Lead – North America is a senior leadership role with full regional accountability for the Contracts function across traditional reinsurance agreements. This role leads contract drafting discipline, governance rigor, and in-force contractual risk review within a high-volume, performance-driven underwriting environment. You will serve as a business partner to Swiss Re L&H's North America Market Units and translate underwriting intent and legal advice into disciplined, repeatable contract execution that protects performance and long-term value. The role owns deviation discipline, negotiation consistency, contractual integrity, and contractual analysis across the region, while driving modernization through workflow tools and GenAI-enabled practices. This role sits within the L&H Pricing & Portfolio Performance (PPP) function and partners closely with legal, underwriting, pricing, claims, portfolio management and risk functions to support Swiss Re's North America business. It is accountable for ensuring contracts reflect disciplined risk-taking and align with underwriting performance objectives. Reporting to the Global Head of L&H Contracts, this role is a member of the global L&H Contracts Leadership Team and plays a visible role in shaping the evolution of the Contracts function.

Responsibilities

Strengthen commercial discipline by ensuring contracts reflect underwriting intent and disciplined risk-taking.
Act as a trusted partner to Client Markets and cross-functional stakeholders, shaping deal structure and contract outcomes on key accounts.
Provide clear, decisive recommendations on wording and structural trade-offs, including hands-on involvement in key client accounts.
Lead interpretation, analysis, and restructuring of existing agreements.
Strengthen governance and standardization by ensuring consistent application of global contracting standards.
Own deviation governance, tracking, and transparency across the region.
Strengthen documentation rigor and decision traceability.
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Contracts Specialists across the US and Canada.
Define clear roles, accountability, and career pathways for Contracts Specialists.
Represent North America within the global L&H Contracts Leadership Team.
Accelerate digital workflow and GenAI adoption by leading regional adoption of contracting workflow tools and GenAI-enabled practices.
Ensure responsible use of GenAI is operationally embedded and scalable across the region.

Requirements

12–15+ years’ experience in Life & Health reinsurance or insurance contracting.
Strong legal foundation or substantial experience drafting and negotiating reinsurance agreements.
Demonstrated commercial judgment and ability to articulate risk trade-offs.
Experience operating in a regulated, high-complexity reinsurance environment.
Experience leading multi-location teams.
Experience driving workflow modernization and technology-enabled change.
A high-accountability leader who drives performance and sets clear standards.
Decisive and comfortable owning difficult calls.
Commercially pragmatic while uncompromising on risk discipline.
Confident challenging stakeholders constructively.
Committed to developing talent and strengthening capabilities.

Skills

Contract drafting
Contract negotiation
Risk assessment
Workflow modernization
GenAI adoption

Location

US
Canada

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior leadership
12-15+ years

Education Level

Law degree

Salary/Compensations

CAD $170,000 - 204,000

Benefits

Total compensation approach considering base pay, short- and long-term incentives, and benefits.

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.
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 14,000 employees across the world.
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.
We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position.

Equal Opportunity

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.