L&H Senior Consultant (80 - 100 working degree)

Location: London, GB

Are you passionate about translating strategy into measurable business impact? Join us at the heart of Swiss Re’s Life & Health (L&H) Reinsurance transformation journey, where you will collaborate with senior leaders and market units to shape the future of the L&H business globally.

About the Role

As a Senior Consultant in Business Transformation (L&H), you will play a key role in driving and delivering high-impact transformation initiatives across the L&H value chain. You will lead initiatives end-to-end — from strategic framing through execution and benefits realisation — spanning operating models, governance, processes, technology, and ways of working.

You will act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, helping turn strategic ambition into tangible change that delivers sustainable business outcomes — not just presentations, but results embedded in the organisation.

Current focus – Strategy execution and AI-enabled transformation

A key part of our L&H transformation agenda is ensuring disciplined execution of strategic priorities across global and market-unit levels, while driving improvements across the L&H value chain through responsible, business-led use of digital and AI capabilities.

In this role, you will:

• Strategic translation: Break down complex business challenges into clear problem statements and actionable solution approaches 

• Initiative leadership: Transform strategic intent into well-defined initiatives with measurable outcomes and robust governance. Drive delivery, owning financial stewardship, milestone planning and stakeholder alignment 

• Challenge the status quo: Be ready to drive innovative solutions and seek alternative approaches to achieve the best outcome for SwissRe L&H

• Delivery alignment: Partner with L&H Business leaders, including L&H AI Program Lead and Head L&H AI Operating model Transformation to ensure alignment, timely decisions and successful delivery of AI- and digitally-enabled initiatives that move beyond experimentation and embed new capabilities into underwriting, claims, in-force management and operations

• Execution excellence: Strengthen project, programme and portfolio management standards across L&H; ensure strategic initiatives are governed, prioritised and executed with clear accountability and measurable impact

• Cross-functional collaboration: Act as a connector between business, market units, governance forums, and Data & Tech teams to ensure alignment and sustained adoption

About th e Team

The L&H Business Transformation & Initiatives team, part of L&H Business Advisory, drives change and sustainable performance across the L&H business unit. We convert L&H strategy into measurable execution, champion excellence in project, programme and portfolio delivery. Additionally, we run and enhance central governance processes and enable effective resource allocation and decision-making. We are a globally distributed, experienced team working across the entire L&H value chain, combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.

About You

You thrive in complex, international environments and combine strategic thinking with pragmatic execution. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity and influencing stakeholders at all levels. With strong ownership and a structured mindset, you translate ideas into concrete outcomes and measurable impact. You act as a bridge-builder — between strategy and execution, global and local, business and technology.

Required experience

• 7+ years of experience in management consulting, professional services, or transformation/project leadership within insurance or reinsurance

• Proven track record of leading complex transformations end-to-end (scope, plan, stakeholders, risks, delivery), including cross-functional teams 

• Experience delivering AI-related projects (preferred) or closely related digital transformation / advanced analytics programmes is a strong plus

• Strong grounding in project and change methodologies (e.g. Agile, Lean, Waterfall, Change Management, Process Engineering) 

• Proven ability to bridge strategy and execution, including problem structuring, data analysis, process design, and development of decision-ready artefacts 

• Analytical and financial acumen: comfortable with business cases, benefits tracking, and translating recommendations into measurable outcomes 

• (Re)insurance expertise (L&H) and/or value chain understanding in Underwriting, Claims or Operations (preferred) or alternatively substantial experience in supporting other financial services

Nice to have

• Experience in operating model design and implementation

• Experience delivering AI or advanced analytics initiatives in financial services

• Lean Six Sigma or process excellence background

• Relevant certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, PROSCI, Agile/Scrum/SAFe, Lean Six Sigma)

Do not hesitate to apply - we look forward to meeting you. 

For London, the base salary range for this position is between GBP 84,000 and GBP 126'000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers:

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.

In the situation where you do not meet all the requirements or you significantly exceed these, the offered salary may be below or above the advertised range.

In addition to your base salary, you may be eligible for additional rewards and benefits including an attractive performance-based bonus.
Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.