Job Description

About the Role

As an Underwriting Portfolio Manager, you will deliver analysis, conclusions and recommendations that shape the underwriting portfolio, inform capital allocation, support capacity decisions and drive portfolio-steering actions.

This is a hands-on analytical role. You will work directly with underwriting data in Palantir and other analytical platforms to investigate portfolio questions, test hypotheses, assess trade-offs and translate evidence into clear portfolio recommendations.

You will be expected to form a point of view and remain involved through decision-making, implementation and impact assessment. The role is not limited to coordinating planning processes, preparing presentations or commissioning analysis from engineering colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the Group’s underwriting portfolio plan, including the Target Liability Portfolio and Group Capital Allocation Strategy, translating Group objectives, risk appetite, financial ambition and market conditions into explicit portfolio choices.
• Assess portfolio economics, risk, return, diversification and capital consumption to produce clear capacity, allocation and steering recommendations.
• Work directly with Palantir and other analytical platforms to test hypotheses, interpret underwriting performance and exposure data, and form robust portfolio conclusions.
• Identify material risks, concentrations, dependencies and opportunities early enough to drive meaningful management action.
• Translate analysis into specific steering actions, support governance decisions, track implementation and adjust where outcomes are not being achieved.
• Partner with portfolio engineering, data and analytics colleagues to improve tools, workflows and decision-support capabilities.
• Communicate clear recommendations to underwriting, finance, risk, capital management and senior leadership, while developing team capability across portfolio management, commercial judgement and analytics.

About the Team

The Portfolio Strategy & Steering team brings together underwriting portfolio management, engineering, data and advanced analytical capabilities.

The team operates as one integrated group with team members holding distinct but complementary accountabilities and jointly responsible for priorities, quality and impact.

About You

You combine strong underwriting or portfolio-management judgement with analytical capability and a willingness to work directly with detailed data.

You are comfortable moving between granular portfolio analysis and senior-level conclusions. You can identify the important question, test competing explanations, assess trade-offs and translate evidence into practical action.

You are expected to challenge assumptions and provide a clear point of view, rather than simply reporting results or coordinating stakeholders.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• Experience analysing underwriting portfolios and assessing performance, exposure, concentration, diversification and portfolio risk.
• Understanding of capital allocation, capacity-setting frameworks, risk-adjusted returns and the trade-offs involved in deploying underwriting capacity.
• Ability to interrogate complex datasets, test hypotheses and produce decision-ready insight using Palantir or comparable modern data and analytical platforms.
• Strong understanding of underwriting economics, market dynamics and portfolio management within reinsurance or commercial insurance.
• Ability to synthesise complex analysis into clear conclusions and recommendations for senior stakeholders.

For London, the base salary range for this position is between GBP 112,000 and GBP 168,000 for a full-time role.

The specific salary offered considers the scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, as well as the applicant’s education, qualifications, expertise, skills and experience.

Please Note: We are open to making this hire across any Swiss Re office within Europe and North America.

Salary ranges will vary between location in line with local market benchmarking, which will be shared during the screening/ interview process.

Swiss Re has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.