Senior Consultant for P&C Reinsurance - AI Transformation-focus (Hybrid; /d; 80-100%), Zurich (Zurich, CH)

As a Senior Consultant in Business Transformation, you will play a key role in shaping how our global P&C Reinsurance business evolves. You will lead and deliver high-impact transformation initiatives end-to-end - from strategy through to execution - spanning operating models, processes, technology, and ways of working. Your focus will be on turning strategic ambition into tangible change, with clear outcomes that stick in the organisation, not just on paper.

Current focus - AI-enabled transformation at scale: A significant part of our transformation agenda is re-shaping the P&C Re value chain through responsible, business-led use of AI. In this role, you will help design and deliver AI-enabled initiatives that go beyond experimentation - embedding new capabilities into core underwriting and operational workflows. You will act as a connector between strategy, users, and technology, and play a key role in steering adoption, influencing decision-makers, and ensuring change delivers sustained business value.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic translation: Break down complex business challenges into clear problem statements and actionable solution approaches

• Initiative leadership: Transform strategic intent into well-defined initiatives with measurable outcomes and robust governance. Drive delivery, owning financial stewardship, milestone planning and stakeholder alignment

• AI/Digital transformation: Lead AI and other digital transformation efforts, shaping robust business cases and driving disciplined execution (scope, timeline, cost, risks, dependencies) through adoption and benefits realisation

• Cross-functional collaboration: Work across functions and regions to ensure solutions are practical, adopted, and sustainable

• Delivery alignment Partner with programme, business and Data & Tech leads to ensure alignment, timely decisions and successful delivery

The role offers high visibility and broad exposure, with opportunities to build a strong internal network and help shape decisions across the organisation. To strengthen the reinsurance business understanding, opportunities are available to deepen business exposure - for example, supporting Underwriting teams during renewals.

About the Team

Business Transformation is an integral part of P&C Reinsurance, dedicated to converting strategy into measurable change across the business unit. We improve end-to-end ways of working and ensure initiatives deliver meaningful outcomes.

We are a small, experienced and globally distributed team, working across the entire value chain. We support operating model and process redesign through implementation, with a strong focus on execution discipline and lasting adoption. Our mandate spans both large-scale strategic transformation and targeted continuous improvement.

Do you have experience in Management?, You thrive in complex environments where you can apply both strategic thinking and hands-on execution skills. With excellent communication and active listening abilities, you influence and align senior stakeholders while navigating ambiguity with confidence. Your strong sense of ownership and pragmatic, "can-do" mindset enable you to build consensus among diverse groups and deliver tangible results that drive business value. Combined with your ability to understand both business needs and technical possibilities, you serve as an effective bridge-builder in transformation initiatives.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in management consulting or professional services delivery

• Proven track record of leading complex transformations end-to-end (scope, plan, stakeholders, risks, delivery), including cross-functional teams

• Experience delivering AI-related projects (preferred) or closely related digital transformation / advanced analytics programmes

• Strong grounding in project and change methodologies (e.g. Agile, Lean, Waterfall, Change Management, Process Engineering)

• Proven ability to bridge strategy and execution, including problem structuring, data analysis, process design, and development of decision-ready artefacts

• Analytical and financial acumen: comfortable with business cases, benefits tracking, and translating recommendations into measurable outcomes

• (Re)insurance expertise and/or value chain understanding in Underwriting, Claims or Operation (preferred) or alternatively substantial experience in supporting other financial services

These are additional nice to haves:

• Operating model design and implementation experience

• Project portfolio management exposure

• Lean Six Sigma or similar process excellence background

• Project, change or process management certifications: PROSCI, PMP/PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, Agile/Scrum/SAFe, or similar

For Switzerland, the base salary range for this position is between126'000 CHF and 188'000 CHF for a full-time role.

The specific salary offered considers:

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role

• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience

In the situation where you do not meet all the requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range. In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based annual bonus.

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

Are you passionate about translating business strategy into measurable business impact? Join us at the heart of Swiss Re's transformation journey, where you'll collaborate with senior leaders to reshape the future of P&C Reinsurance and drive cutting-edge AI solutions., 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 14,000 employees across the world.