Head of Engineering & Product Delivery – Pricing, Modelling & Accumulation in Zürich

Overview

In this role you will set the engineering vision and technical roadmap for the Pricing, Modelling & Accumulation P&C domain, guiding end-to-end delivery of integrated platforms and data/model execution capabilities. You partner with business, product, architecture, data, AI, risk and engineering teams to translate priorities into coherent, scalable solutions. You lead cross-team delivery while preserving architectural integrity, resilience and maintainability. You will drive AI-enabled practices to improve productivity and ensure measurable business value.

Verantwortungsbereiche

• Define and drive the engineering vision, strategy and roadmap for the Pricing, Modelling & Accumulation P&C domain in partnership with product and business leadership
• Lead end-to-end delivery of integrated platforms, data flows and model execution capabilities that support P&C business outcomes
• Translate business priorities into engineering roadmaps, delivery plans, designs and implementation approaches
• Ensure platforms evolve as a coherent product/technology landscape, not a collection of disconnected components
• Establish governance, guardrails, delivery practices and execution disciplines for scalable, high-quality outcomes
• Manage dependencies, risks, priorities and trade-offs across teams to enable coordinated execution
• Provide senior leadership on solution design, architecture, standards and key technology decisions
• Align data, models, business rules, APIs and integration patterns with business applications
• Collaborate with business, product, architecture, data, AI, risk and engineering teams to align outcomes and sequencing
• Drive decision-making, address delivery challenges and ensure progress against objectives, timelines and quality
• Promote continuous improvement in engineering practices, DevOps, observability and production operations
• Ensure solutions deliver measurable business value while remaining secure, reliable and maintainable
• Provide leadership and coaching for the Product team and build a high-performing engineering/product organization

Zentrale Anforderungen

• Significant experience in software/platform engineering, technical delivery and engineering leadership
• Proven experience leading large engineering domains with internal teams and external partners
• Experience shaping roadmaps, delivery plans and product outcomes with product/business stakeholders
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms, APIs, integration, data platforms and model execution environments
• Knowledge of software development best practices, Agile, DevOps, observability, production operations and governance
• Experience coordinating delivery across multiple squads and cross-functional teams while preserving architectural integrity
• Experience with data-intensive, analytical, modelling platforms (pricing/rating, actuarial, catastrophe, exposure management, portfolio analytics)
• Experience integrating data pipelines, models, risk assumptions, business rules and applications
• Track record of modernization, platform simplification and operating model improvements
• Practical understanding of AI/LLM opportunities in engineering productivity, analytics, model ops and decision systems
• Experience in P&C insurance, reinsurance, pricing, modelling, exposure management or regulated financial services is a strong advantage
• Fluency in professional and technical English

• Strategic thinking
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Stakeholder management
• Cloud platforms
• APIs and integration patterns
• Data platforms and model execution environments