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Lead the underwriting, portfolio, and commercial strategy for Swiss Re's Facultative business in Japan, holding full P&L accountability. Manage complex transactions and maintain strong relationships with cedants and brokers while leading a high-performing underwriting team.
Requires over 10 years of re/insurance underwriting experience with deep expertise in the Japan market and a proven track record of P&L ownership. Candidates must be fluent in both Japanese and English and possess strong people leadership capabilities.
About the Role
As Head Facultative Japan, you will be the underwriting, portfolio, and commercial leader for Swiss Re's Facultative business in Japan. You will hold full accountability for portfolio performance (P&L), cedant & broker engagement, and market positioning — all while ensuring seamless alignment with APAC and Global Facultative strategies. This is a high-impact, high-visibility leadership role where your decisions will directly influence Swiss Re's market relevance, profitability, and long-term growth trajectory in Japan.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Ownership & P&L Accountability
Underwriting & Origination Leadership
Strategy & Market Development
Governance & Operational Excellence
Leadership & Team Development
Regional & Global Collaboration
About the Team
The Facultative Japan team sits at the heart of Swiss Re's reinsurance operations in one of Asia's most dynamic and technically complex markets. The team is responsible for originating, underwriting, and managing a diverse portfolio of facultative reinsurance business across property, casualty, and specialty lines — working closely with leading Japanese cedants, brokers, and regional and global colleagues. With a strong culture of underwriting excellence, collaboration, and client focus, the team plays a pivotal role in delivering Swiss Re's value proposition to the Japan market and contributing to the broader APAC and Global Facultative strategy.
About You
You are a confident, credible, and commercially driven reinsurance professional who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments. You bring a rare combination of deep technical underwriting expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to build lasting relationships with senior stakeholders. You are equally comfortable steering a portfolio through challenging market cycles as you are inspiring and developing a talented team. You lead with integrity, communicate with clarity, and bring a genuine passion for the Japan reinsurance market.
We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:
These are additional nice to haves:
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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We make the world more resilient.
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. We're smarter together. For more information about Swiss Re Group, please visit: www.swissre.com, follow us on X @SwissRe and subscribe our YouTube channel @swissretv.
Offices: Mythenquai 50/60, Zurich, Zurich 8022, CH · Searle St, Cape Town, Western Cape 7925, ZA · 21 W Langford Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560027, IN · 1450 Brickell Ave, Miami, FL 33131, US · 175 King St, Armonk, NY 10504, US
We make the world more resilient.
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. We're smarter together. For more information about Swiss Re Group, please visit: www.swissre.com, follow us on X @SwissRe and subscribe our YouTube channel @swissretv.
Offices: Mythenquai 50/60, Zurich, Zurich 8022, CH · Searle St, Cape Town, Western Cape 7925, ZA · 21 W Langford Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560027, IN · 1450 Brickell Ave, Miami, FL 33131, US · 175 King St, Armonk, NY 10504, US
