Senior Digital Risk Advisor – Digital & Technology Group Functions

Are you passionate about digital risk governance and making organizations more resilient? Join our dynamic team at Swiss Re, where you'll be at the intersection of technology, risk management, and business strategy — helping to protect and strengthen one of the world's leading reinsurance companies. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and love turning complex risk challenges into smart, practical solutions, this could be the role for you!

About the Role

As a Senior Digital Risk Advisor, you'll serve as a trusted partner to our Digital and Technology Group Functions, ensuring that digital and technology risks are properly identified, assessed, and controlled. You'll play a pivotal role in building a robust risk culture while enabling innovation and business growth through effective, forward-thinking risk management practices. This is your chance to make a real impact — shaping how a global organisation navigates the ever-evolving digital risk landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive risk assessments and control evaluations within our Digital and Technology Group Functions Unit (IT HR, Risk Management, CRES, and more)

• Implement digital risk frameworks as a trusted advisor, ensuring IT threats and risks are clearly understood and managed across the organisation

• Design and embed effective controls into operational procedures through close collaboration with technology teams

• Drive automation of control processes and spearhead continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen our overall risk posture

• Build operational transparency through continuous monitoring and assessment of controls against our defined risk appetite

• Coordinate audit activities and serve as the primary point of contact for Internal Audits, External Audits, and Compliance Risk Reviews

• Provide expert guidance on digital risk and control activities within the Digital and Technology Group Functions

• Champion risk awareness by staying current with evolving digital risk requirements and ensuring proper framework implementation

• Foster innovation in risk management approaches and methodologies, bringing fresh perspectives to longstanding challenges

About the Team

The Digital Risk Governance & Controls team is a cornerstone of Swiss Re's mission to make the world more resilient. We are dedicated to defining and managing risks related to digital topics, ensuring that digital risks are properly identified, assessed, and controlled across the organisation. Our team is a unique blend of technical expertise and business acumen, delivering practical, pragmatic risk management solutions that protect Swiss Re while enabling innovation and growth. We are a collaborative, curious, and driven group — and we're looking for someone who shares that energy!

About You

You are a strategic thinker with a genuine passion for risk management and a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving. You understand both the technical and business dimensions of digital risk and can communicate complex concepts clearly and confidently to stakeholders at all levels — from senior leaders to IT engineers. You are proactive, detail-oriented, intellectually curious, and committed to continuous improvement. You bring confidence in decision-making and thrive in environments where things move quickly.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• Proven track record in IT risk and control-related roles such as IT Governance, IT Audit, or Digital Risk Management

• Strong knowledge of Risk Management Frameworks such as COBIT, ISO 31000, COSO ERM, and NIST

• Industry experience in insurance, reinsurance, or banking, with a solid understanding of modern technology solutions and their associated risks

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholders across all levels of the organisation

• Fluency in spoken and written English, enabling clear and effective collaboration across global teams

These are additional nice to haves:

• Professional qualifications such as CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, or equivalent certifications

• Experience with control automation and continuous monitoring techniques

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain collaborative networks across IT domains and business functions

• A track record of driving innovation in risk management methodologies and approaches

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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