Company Description

PartnerRe is a leading, privately owned, multi-line global reinsurer with a reputation of financial stability and strength, and a commitment to rebuilding businesses and communities after risk events around the world.

Our mission is to continue to be a financially stable and predictable business partner, supporting our clients with solutions tailored to their needs, delivering superior returns to our owner, providing rewarding opportunities for our people and making a positive contribution to society. To achieve this, we live by our values of Integrity, Performance, Collaboration, Straightforward Communication and Respect and Care.

Core to The PartnerRe Experience is our global nature. No matter where you sit in the company, you are part of something bigger. Our teams represent our truly international mindset, forging connections across office locations and all levels of the organization and building a network of mutual success. The result is a day-to-day experience that will allow you to:

Shape your own career

Grow in a supportive environment

Connect with a community of experts

Make an impact

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We are always looking for bright, proactive individuals to join our team!

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Job Description

About this job:

We are a world class reinsurer, focused on supporting our clients’ success. Global Clients and Brokers are an integral part of our company’s strategy. They expect to be treated with a consistent strategy and an uniform message throughout all touch points with us. Global Clients can employ different sources of capital to support their business plans - reinsurance is only one solution.

As a successful Account Executive for our global clients and brokers team, you make sure that PartnerRe positions itself in an optimal way. You articulate the value of our solutions in the client’s world and you evolve our commercial culture with our broking partners. Our solutions are convincing due to your superior understanding of the client’s business, strategy, underwriting approach and the related exposures. You make sure we move quicker than our competitors, engage earlier, deliver more insight, and create real impact for our clients and brokers.

You make best use of our table stakes and create a maximum overlap between clients’ expectations and PartnerRe’s interests. As a consequence we are a stable partner for our clients on their journey to success.

About the role:

• Active portfolio management to optimise return for PartnerRe while maintaining the appropriate presence for our clients
• Coordinate and lead complex client/deal teams across multiple locations
• Lead the negotiations and execution of complex deals
• Build the political power base within a client and broker organisation to influence decisions in our interest
• Compile competitive intelligence with major brokers and derive implications and strategies for reinsurance business units
• Initiate analyses on clients’ financial situation, evaluate their strategy and understand their buying motivation
• Derive hypotheses for business development by connecting the dots
• Develop convincing sales strategies and client stories
• Preparation and delivery of high quality pitches towards clients/ brokers

Qualifications

About you:

• Superior Reinsurance knowledge and familiarity with structured products
• Well developed leadership qualities to motivate a team, set clear goals and lead across multiple levels of our organization.
• Demonstrated ability in communicating effectively to cross functional stakeholders at varying levels of hierarchy with a strong business sense

• Promotor of change by establishing new ways of thinking in working with clients

• Engaging personality who wins not only due to excellent analytical capabilities, but as well by understanding the needs of others and deliver against those solutions that create buy in
• Willingness and ability to work against tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy and a collaborative attitude; flexible and adaptive team player
• Superior negotiation skills with a high level of creativity to articulate the value of our solutions in the client’s world
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required, other languages a plus

Education / Further Requirements:

• University degree in economics, business administration, mathematic, law or other discipline with equivalent practical experience in the financial industry (MBA, MSc., Federal Diploma)
• Minimum of 10 years work experience as a (Re)insurance underwriter, Client/Account Manager, Consultant or Broker
• Experience working with Global insurance clients a plus

Additional Information

PartnerRe provides a working environment in which diversity is valued, where all employees feel welcome, respected, and empowered to perform at their best. We invite you to learn more about D&I at PartnerRe.

Thank you,

PartnerRe Hiring Team