Reinsurance L&H - Business Development Manager

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced, commercially driven Senior Business Development Manager to help originate and shape transaction opportunities within our Life & Health (L&H) Reinsurance business. This is a strategic role focused on identifying and advancing Transactions and Structured & Financial Solutions across regions.

Swiss Re partners with insurers to design bespoke reinsurance solutions that address capital, regulatory, and financial market challenges. Leveraging our global capabilities, we support clients in optimizing balance sheets, enhancing liquidity, and executing strategic priorities such as M&A, product innovation, and capital management. In this role, you will operate at the front end of the transaction lifecycle, translating market developments into actionable opportunities, shaping transaction themes, partnering with transaction originators and structuring teams. You will play a key role in the cross functional team in advancing Swiss Re's transactions capabilities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Identify new transaction prospects with clients in the L&H reinsurance space.
• Monitor regulatory, macroeconomic, and industry trends — and translate them into transaction opportunities.
• Build and deliver compelling business cases, propositions and related pitch materials.
• Analyze client financials and capital structures to uncover reinsurance or structured solutions potential.
• Partner with Transaction Originators, 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.

About the Team

 

The L&H Business Development team plays a pivotal role at the front end of Swiss Re’s transaction value chain. We focus on early-stage lead identification and the development of ideas into tangible business opportunities. Collaborating closely with Client Markets, Transaction Originators, and Structured Solutions teams, we work across markets, clients, and product lines to uncover and shape high-impact, transformative reinsurance solutions.

We focus on following core areas:

• Enabling and driving targeted client engagement on transactions and Structured & Financial Solutions
• Converting market trends and regulatory change into new opportunities
• Advancing innovation & transformation within L&H Transactions
• Contributing to Business Unit Strategic Initiatives

 You will report directly to the Global Head of L&H Business Development.

About You

• At minimum, 8 plus years of experience in L&H re/insurance, ideally with tangible experience combining actuarial, capital management, and structured solutions capabilities
• You bring L&H re/insurance experience in US/Bermuda and ideally in UK and/or Canada
• Proactive and curious self-starter, energized by uncovering and shaping new business cases, even in ambiguous settings
• Skilled at influencing senior stakeholders, building alignment across complex teams to drive shared commercial goals
• Relevant experience with reinsurance treatment under statutory accounting, GAAP, and/or other relevant capital frameworks (e.g., RBC, BMA, IFRS, Solvency II)
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical insights into commercially relevant narratives
• Solid understanding of L&H products, risks and capital implications
• Strong actuarial or technical background with the ability to assess insurance and financial risks and mitigants.
• Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Finance, or a related field; ASA/FSA or equivalent actuarial designation preferred
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across cross-functional teams and navigate ambiguity

Why join Swiss Re L&H Business Development

• Work at the intersection of strategy, finance, and innovation in one of the world’s leading reinsurance companies.
• Be part of a global team making a tangible impact in the US and Bermuda markets.
• 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.
• Exposure to clients, senior leadership and high-profile transactions.
• Collaborative, inclusive culture committed to professional development and diversity.

Our company operates under a hybrid work model, with the expectation that employees work from the office three days per week. Please note that this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship/transfer or relocation support.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $161,000 to $269,000.  The specific salary offered for this, or any given role will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to job location, scope of role, qualifications, complexity/specialization/scarcity of talent, experience, education, and employer budget.  At Swiss Re, we take a "total compensation approach" when making compensation decisions. This means that we consider all components of compensation in their totality (such as base pay, short-and long-term incentives, and benefits offered), in setting individual compensation.