Are you passionate about digital risk governance and making organizations more resilient? Join our dynamic team at Swiss Re, Bangalore, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how we identify, manage, and mitigate digital risks across our global operations. This is your opportunity to sit at the intersection of technology, risk management, and business strategy — helping to protect and strengthen one of the world's leading reinsurance companies while driving meaningful impact every day.
As a Senior Digital Risk Advisor, you'll serve as a trusted partner to our Group Security & Technology Platforms unit, ensuring that digital and technology risks are properly identified, assessed, and controlled. You'll help cultivate a robust risk culture while enabling innovation and business growth through smart, effective risk management practices. This is a high-visibility role where your expertise will directly influence how Swiss Re navigates the evolving digital risk landscape.
Lead risk assessments and control evaluations within the Group Security & Technology Platforms unit, ensuring comprehensive coverage of digital risk exposure
Implement digital risk frameworks as a trusted advisor, ensuring IT threats and risks are clearly understood across the organization
Design effective controls and embed them into operational procedures through close collaboration with technology teams
Drive automation of control processes and spearhead continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen our overall risk posture
Build operational transparency through continuous monitoring and assessment of controls against our defined risk appetite
Coordinate audit activities and serve as the primary point of contact for Internal Audits, External Audits, and Compliance Risk Reviews
Provide expert guidance on digital risk and control activities within the Group Security & Technology Platforms unit
Promote risk awareness by staying current with evolving digital risk requirements and ensuring proper framework implementation across teams
Foster innovation in risk management approaches and methodologies, bringing fresh thinking to how we manage and respond to digital risk
The Digital Risk Governance & Controls team is a cornerstone of Swiss Re's resilience strategy. We are dedicated to defining and managing risks related to digital topics, playing a crucial role in helping Swiss Re fulfill its mission of making the world more resilient. Our team ensures that digital risks are properly identified, assessed, and controlled at every level of the organization. We bring together deep technical expertise and sharp business acumen to deliver practical, forward-thinking risk management solutions — ones that protect the organization while actively enabling innovation and sustainable growth. We are a collaborative, curious, and driven group that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning.
You are a strategic thinker with a genuine passion for risk management and a collaborative, inclusive approach to problem-solving. You understand both the technical and business dimensions of digital risk and can communicate with clarity and confidence across all levels of the organization — from senior leadership to IT engineers. You are proactive, detail-oriented, and energized by continuous improvement. You thrive in dynamic environments and bring both rigor and creativity to the challenges of modern digital risk governance.
Proven track record in IT risk and control-related roles such as IT Governance, IT Audit, or Digital Risk Management, with demonstrated ability to deliver results
Strong knowledge of Risk Management Frameworks including COBIT, ISO 31000, COSO ERM, and/or NIST, and the ability to apply them pragmatically in a complex organization
Industry experience in insurance, reinsurance, or banking, with a solid understanding of modern technology solutions and their associated risk profiles
Fluency in spoken and written English, with strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders at all levels
Professional qualifications such as CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, or equivalent certifications
Experience with control automation and continuous monitoring techniques
Background in application development or security engineering
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain collaborative networks across IT domains
Curiosity, proactivity, and confidence in decision-making at pace, with a solutions-first mindset
Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.
About Swiss Re
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.
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.
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The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients. From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, Swiss Re deploys its capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend.
Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re serves clients through a network of over 70 offices globally and is rated "AA-" by Standard & Poor's, "Aa3" by Moody's and "A+" by A.M. Best. Registered shares in the Swiss Re Group holding company, Swiss Re Ltd, are listed in accordance with the Main Standard on the SIX Swiss Exchange and trade under the symbol SREN.
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