Senior Client Manager-Public Sector

Our dedicated Public Sector Solutions (PSS) team specialises in serving Public Sector clients and brokers, addressing the unique challenges of this client segment with ​trusted risk insights, data analytics, and risk transfer solutions. ​By connecting public sector brokers and clients to the full capabilities of the Swiss Re Group, we turn their needs into outcomes. Together, we navigate an increasingly complex world, building resilience for governments and beyond. ​ 

 

 

Our PSS team is focused on, for Swiss Re Group, public sector institutions with non-standard buying behaviour, influences and/or needs driven by unique political or budgetary considerations, motivations, gestation periods and/or procurement processes impacting decision-making, solution design and/or execution. This includes: 

1. Governments at central, state, and municipal levels 

1. State-backed risk pools, captives and international sovereign risk pools 

1. Publicly-owned Export Credit Agencies 

1. World Bank, UN Agencies and IMF, and other Supranational & Development Finance Institutions; and  

1. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) 

 

About the Role

 

You will be responsible for originating business and managing client relationships with public sector clients in the US to deliver opportunities for Swiss Re Group including, but not limited to Reinsurance, Corporate Solutions, Alternative Capital Partners, and Risk Data Solutions (the tool and consulting arm of Swiss Re Group) aligned with their growth priorities and target liability portfolios. The role requires close coordination with the Business Units where the underwriting and P&L authority sits, to deliver business success in a collaborative ecosystem. There is also close collaboration with other Group Functions such as Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Risk Management, and Swiss Re Institute. Additionally, this role requires proven leadership and readiness to deputise for the Head PSS US on varied management tasks. 

 

Your key responsibilities are: 

• Take ownership of the implementation, coordination and delivery of the US go-to-market plans, working with the Head PSS US to refine and evolve them for success. 

• Responsible for delivering set revenue and profitability targets for US PSS business. 

• Lead and own origination activity through consultative selling techniques in the assigned geography/ client segment in US, making it easy, valuable, and engaging for public sector stakeholders—including brokers and insurance partners—to work with Swiss Re. 

• Execute end-to-end client management and business origination activities, make sound commercial decisions, identify critical risks, and decisively discontinue non-viable or low-value initiatives, executing on the PSS go-to-market plan for the US. 

• Engage with public sector clients to understand their risk assessment and re/insurance needs, advising them on contingent liabilities and potential risk transfer solutions. 

• Engage with brokers, non-profits, international organisations and platforms, and other stakeholders to drive business origination. 

• Act as the local lead when collaborating with PSS Technical Sales Team and BU Underwriters, Customer Distribution Management team and other key stakeholders across the Group to develop advanced risk insights and design tailored risk transfer solutions, leveraging insurance, reinsurance, and capital markets as appropriate, participating in and leading cross-functional deal teams. 

• Elevate Swiss Re’s visibility, credibility, and brand by participating in and contributing to industry, client and stakeholder events, particularly in areas of high relevance to public sector partners in the US. 

• Leverage marketing and social media channels (e.g., LinkedIn) effectively as part of sales and communication, enhancing visibility, outreach, and engagement with public sector stakeholders. 

• Contribute to managing operational and compliance risks for the US by identifying exposures, evaluating