About the position
We're looking for a strategic, proactive Business Development Manager to help drive growth in our Life & Health (L&H) reinsurance business across the US and Canada, with a strong focus on Full Risk Transactions and Structured and Financial Solutions. Swiss Re partners with insurers to craft bespoke reinsurance transactions that address capital, regulatory, and financial market challenges. Leveraging our global expertise, we help clients optimize balance sheets, enhance liquidity, and support strategic initiatives like M&A, product innovation, and longevity risk management. This role will help us see over the horizon and invent the next new thing on reinsurance transaction. This role offers the opportunity to be a key contributor in the development of transaction strategies, high-impact client initiatives, and work closely with originators, structurers, and clients to identify and deliver transformative reinsurance solutions.
Responsibilities
- Identify new transaction prospects with US & Canadian clients in the L&H reinsurance space.
- Analyze client financials and capital structures to uncover reinsurance or structured solutions potential.
- Monitor regulatory, macroeconomic, and industry trends — and translate them into transaction opportunities.
- Build and deliver compelling propositions and pitch materials.
- Partner with Structured Solutions and Market Units to shape innovative deals.
- Work with internal stakeholders (e.g. accounting, risk management) to develop structures that meet customer needs and fit Swiss Re's risk appetite.
- Where relevant, assess the client benefits such as capital impact and financial value of proposed transactions.
Requirements
- 4-8 years of experience in L&H re/insurance, ideally with a focus on actuarial, capital management, or structured solutions.
- Solid understanding of L&H products in the US and ideally Canada.
- Strong actuarial or technical background with the ability to assess insurance and financial risks and mitigants.
- First experience with reinsurance treatment under statutory accounting, US GAAP, and/or other relevant capital frameworks (e.g., RBC, LICAT, BMA).
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical insights into commercially relevant narratives.
- Self-starter with a can-do mindset, eager to identify and develop business cases.
- Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Finance, or a related field; ASA/FSA or equivalent actuarial designation strongly preferred. Having MBA or CFA a plus.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional teams, including client markets and structuring teams.
Benefits
- Collaborative, inclusive culture committed to professional development and diversity.
- Exposure to clients, senior leadership and high-profile transactions.
- A gateway into a long-term career in Life & Health structured transactions, client management or transactions origination roles with opportunities to deepen expertise across capital, risk, and product-focused solutions.
