Head of Civil Engineering Section - Munich, Deutschland - Munich Re

Munich Re

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Munich, Deutschland

vor 4 Wochen

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Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

Head of Civil Engineering Section (M/F/d)**:

Location
Munich, Germany

In Munich Re's Corporate Property & Engineering department, the Civil Engineering section is responsible for the underwriting, development and profitability of the Civil Engineering portfolio.

This comprises an underwriting function with a focus on continental European and US markets and a governance function for the worldwide Civil Engineering portfolio.

Moreover, it is also a focus point for R & D, technological developments, pricing tools and IT platforms.

This position is also responsible for aligning strategies, developing new products, developing the value proposition and setting the risk appetite for our own portfolio but also in strong connection with the network where Civil Engineering business is written throughout Munich Re's Facultative & Corporate (F & C) division.

This wide range of responsibilities will be challenging at a technical, management, intercultural and personal level but also offers a unique opportunity to lead our global Civil Engineering strategic approach.

Your job

Developing and profitably steering theCivil Engineering portfolio both for our own P & L as well as the wider F & C Civil Engineering portfolio
Becoming the face of Civil Engineering for the market and within F&C through thought leadership (e.g. via seminars, workshops, specialist presentations, technical publications), including for innovative civil topics (e.g. BIM/digital twins, use of drones, etc.)
Expanding and managing a highquality underwriting team of seven underwriters and interfacing with the wider F & C teams
Developing your team and fostering highperformance team culture including developing new talents
Enhancing or developing common strategies, risk management frameworks (incl. PML setting) and steering the risk appetite
Serving as the interface to other stakeholders for the Civil Engineering product (e.g. corporate underwriting or central reserving)
Enhancing our role in nonCAR products (e.g. inherent defects insurance or parametric covers)
Supporting and enhancing our automatisation approach (e.g. Cert2Go)
Leading global projects to enhance our Civil Engineering value proposition
Making Civil Engineering an integral part of our Property & Engineering product suite including interfaces to the Power and Property teams (e.g. for hydro projects or Civil Engineering completed risks)

Profile:

University degree in Civil Engineering
Solid track record of management and leadership experience advantageous
International underwriting and cultural experience
Strong technical competences including for challenging object codes (e.g. tunnels, bridges, wet risks)
Experience in innovationrelated topics (e.g. automated underwriting)
Developing an indepth knowledge of Munich Re's underwriting tools as well as reporting tools and understanding of Munich Re's steering instruments (e.g. valuebased management, multiyear analysis)
Profound analytical and conceptual capabilities along with an innovative and creative approach
Ability to create a highperformance team culture
High level of empathy and client skills, motivation and work ethics
Fluent German and English needed; other languages are a bonus

About us

As the world's leading reinsurance company with more than 11,000 employees at over 50 locations, Munich Re introduces a paradigm shift in the way you think about insurance.

By turning uncertainty into a manageable risk we enable fundamental change.

Join us working on topics today that will concern society tomorrow, whether that be climate change, major construction projects, medical risk assessment or even space travel.

Together we embrace a culture where multiskilled teams dare to think big. We create the new and the different for our clients and cultivate innovation. Sounds like you? Make it happen and be part of Munich Re.

You will work in an environment where we think big: Change and culture are continuously rolemodeled. We create and articulate a compelling and ambitious shared purpose, vision and direction. We pave the way towards success and see failure as learning
You are going to experience that we care & dare: We are empathetic. We know when to lead and know when to let others lead. We attract, grow and coach future leaders
We communicate in a clear & authentic way: We interact with a positive and humble spirit. We solicit feedback, ask and listen, learn and unlearn
You will grow with your clients: Whatever our role, we support business, in an efficient and effective way, to create value for our clients. We embrace new ways of working leveraging digitalization to deliver solutions
Join us, and experience that we lead the We: We have a passion for winning and growing as a team. We inspire people to be capable of joint performance. We create an inclusive environment where different thoughts, generations, cultures and experiences are valued and encouraged

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