Job Description

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions provides risk transfer solutions to large and mid-sized corporations around the world. We provide innovative, highly customised products and standard insurance covers help to make businesses more resilient. We serve clients from over 50 offices worldwide and are backed by the financial strength of the Swiss Re Group. International Business is a major strategic growth lever for us in the coming years, with a strong focus on technology enabled expansion and growth.International Programs is building a state-of-the-art platform that brings together Broker, Carriers and Insureds to deliver sophisticated International Insurance solutions. The platform aims to streamline processes, reduce friction, gain efficiencies and create transparency in the exchange of information and connect different market players in an industry which today is mostly handled via emails and documents.We are hiring a Product Owner to oversee the customer portal and self-service journeys. We look forward to a self-motivated, passionate and creative mind who can gel with our highly enthusiastic development team.The OpportunityAs a Product Owner within the International Programs department, you will be fundamental to the further successful development of the products, including the definition of a product vision and the managing of development teams to execute and build towards this vision. You will be the key point of contact for your area of the product towards internal stakeholders but also represent the product towards a growing number of external customers.Working closely across many internal departments and external partners, you will be responsible for the successful rollout and enhancement of the products we provide our customers. In our highly dynamic "start-up-like" culture there is an abundance of opportunities, but also demands, to diversify the scope of your role and work on different topics such as legal, compliance, sales and proposition management. This role offers the opportunity to leverage your insurance domain knowledge as well as your technical and project management experience in a new and exciting way, to bring something different to the market and support us in our mission to reduce the inherent friction in the delivery of International Programs.Key Responsibilities

• Represent product management as a Product Owner in scrum teams
• Provide product vision and direction to development and enabling teams
• Work closely with Product Managers to define user journeys, end to end process flows and wireframes
• Plan and prioritize product backlog. Proficiently document and explain initiatives to engineering teams, perform epic and story breakdown. Define user stories and acceptance criteria
• Partner with UI/UX and engineering teams to brainstorm and formulate the functional and technical solutions to achieve the business goals
• Participate in QBR and ABR processes
• Positively challenge the engineering team to reach sprint goals and release targets, continually striving for improvement in sprint velocity and quality
• Demonstrate our culture

• Striving for excellence and the highest quality in everything we do
• Contributing within the team and support each other for our joined success
• Upholding to our reputation of being tech-driven industry experts
• Staying flexible minded to jump on any topic which is required to fulfil our mission

Requirements

• Track record in technology focused projects, with a keen interest to leverage technology to improve the handling of international programs
• Knowledge of the administration of International Insurance Programs and Commercial Insurance Contracts
• Very good understanding on Azure technologies, workflow management systems such as Camunda, Activity or similar, cloud architecture
• Deep understanding of domain modeling, process automation, techno-functional solutions.
• Akeen to learn new technologies and tools quickly
• Strong experience and go getter attitude with ability to work in very agile environment, ideally with experience in Scrum and Spotify agile models
• Ability to define and analyze problems, collect data, establish facts, and take data driven decisions
• Ability to work with high volume of work items while maintaining attention to details and accuracy.
• Manage multiple assignments with overlapping delivery dates in a fast-paced environment.
• Effectively communicate business issues, objectives and recommended solutions utilizing strong presentation skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities, work independently and deliver at high-quality under pressure
• Fluent in English, other languages are an asset
• Excellent professional communication skills and experience working with internal stakeholders as well as external customers

• Willingness to work in a geographically distributed team

About Swiss ReSwiss 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.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.Keywords:
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