Descripción
Are you ready to drive geospatial products from concept to reality? Join Swiss Re's Cat Perils team and develop innovative solutions that enable confident decision-making in natural catastrophe (NatCat) insurance.
**About the Role**
We are seeking a highly motivated Geo Product Manager to join our dynamic Geo team in Zurich. In this role, you'll ensure that Swiss Re effectively leverages geospatial data to enhance underwriting decisions.
Your responsibilities will include:
* Owning and advancing the development of geospatial products related to NatCat events and exposure data.
* Engaging proactively with stakeholders to understand business needs and translating these into technical requirements.
* Defining, prioritizing, and managing the product roadmap.
* Collaborating closely with natural catastrophe modeling experts to develop products that drive confident NatCat underwriting decisions.
**About the Team**
This role is embedded in the Cat & Geo Modelling team, which is spread across Zurich, Bangalore, and Singapore. Our team develops and advances Swiss Re's proprietary catastrophe modeling framework and ensures that geospatial information is accurately considered in those models. Additionally, we develop user applications to support risk assessment and insurance costing.
Our team is part of the broader Cat Perils department, which is responsible for Swiss Re-s global natural catastrophe risk assessment. Consisting of around 60 dedicated engineers and scientists from diverse technical disciplines, we continuously enhance our proprietary modelling capabilities for natural hazards - one of the largest and most sophisticated in-house modeling frameworks in the re/insurance industry.
We work closely with Swiss Re-s underwriting teams and clients to uphold and advance our proprietary NatCat models. Ultimately, we create value for Swiss Re by driving confident NatCat decisions.
**About You**
With you, we gain a self-driven and proactive colleague committed to delivering high-quality work. You bring experience in collaborating with remote teams in a global, cross-cultural environment. As a great communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, you enjoy engaging with diverse stakeholders and understanding their needs.
Technical skills and experience:
* Master's degree or equivalent in a technical discipline, ideally Geoinformatics, Geomatics, Remote Sensing
* 2 years of experience as product manager, with a background in mapping or geospatial data products
* Proven track record in guiding products from concept to successful release
* Ability to manage multiple products in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
* Hands-on experience with geospatial tools (QGIS, ArcGIS Online) and programming (spatial SQL, Python incl. following libraries GDAL, geopandas, rasterio)
* Ability to rapidly develop prototypes and experiment iteratively
* Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
Nice to have:
* Experience in building or applying NatCat models
We are looking forward to your application!
**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 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.
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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