Global Head of Climate Resilience 80-100% (Zürich, CH)

Zurich Insurance
Zurich
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Environmental & SustainabilitySkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Collaboration","Strategic thinking","Influencing"]

Own and lead Zurich Resilience Solutions’ global climate resilience advisory proposition and thought leadership. Drive development of climate-related risk solutions and business growth across markets in partnership with country leaders and teams across Sustainability, Underwriting, Risk Engineering, and local business units. Lead and oversee technical climate resilience professionals and customer-facing advisory efforts, translate market/regulatory trends into initiatives, and build integrated propositions that help customers manage physical and transition climate risks.

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Global Head of Climate Resilience 80-100% (Zürich, CH)

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Job Summary

Own and lead Zurich Resilience Solutions’ global climate resilience advisory proposition and thought leadership. Drive development of climate-related risk solutions and business growth across markets in partnership with country leaders and teams across Sustainability, Underwriting, Risk Engineering, and local business units. Lead and oversee technical climate resilience professionals and customer-facing advisory efforts, translate market/regulatory trends into initiatives, and build integrated propositions that help customers manage physical and transition climate risks.
Location: Zurich
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Environmental & Sustainability
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own ZRS’s global climate resilience advisory proposition, ensuring it aligns with Zurich’s sustainability ambitions and customer needs.
  • •Lead Zurich’s external thought leadership agenda on climate resilience, including publications, customer engagements, conferences, and industry partnerships.
  • •Lead a team of technical Climate Resilience professionals to develop and enhance climate-related risk solutions and methodologies.
  • •Oversee customer-facing advisory teams across many countries and regions, ensuring consistent delivery of the advisory proposition.
  • •Drive market business development with country leaders by embedding climate resilience solutions into propositions, customer conversations, and go-to-market strategies.

Key Requirements

  • •Several years of experience in climate risk, sustainability, risk advisory, consulting, or a related field, ideally with exposure to clients across sectors.
  • •Strong expertise in climate-related risks (physical and/or transition) and their implications for businesses, infrastructure, and communities.
  • •Expertise in risk engineering and underwriting.
  • •Proven track record in developing and/or delivering advisory propositions, solutions, or services in a complex, international environment.
  • •Track record of commercial success in building/growing a business, with strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across functions and geographies.
Experience:Climate riskSustainabilityRisk advisoryConsulting
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementCollaborationStrategic thinkingInfluencing
Languages:English

Company Brief

Zurich Insurance
Zurich Insurance Group is a global insurance company offering a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services to individuals, small businesses and large corporations across multiple markets worldwide.
Industry: Insurance
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
Founded: 1872
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