Title:  CU1.3.3 Cyber Platform - Lead for Continuous Monitoring (m/f/d)*

Your future Department

We are the globally leading re/insurer and a market leader in cyber insurance, the fastest growing line of business. We are continuously improving our understanding of cyber risk to be able to offer to our customers the best insurance products and integrated services.

Within the central division Corporate Underwriting, the department CU Cyber bundles cyber insurance and cyber security expertise in order to efficiently support the business units in writing profitable cyber insurance and developing new fields of cyber business. Corporate Underwriting Cyber holds the risk management function of the line of business Cyber. Responsibilities include building a cyber data lake, assessing accumulation potentials, maintaining portfolio transparency, developing underwriting standards, risk models, technology solutions and services.

We are in the process of building a Cyber Platform, a global set of capabilities that will be derived from external scanning data and our internal cyber data lake to enable highly automated and more data driven underwriting. These capabilities enable data driven services of our “use case teams”, like the use case “Active Risk Management” or “Portfolio Analytics”. The Cyber Platform is being co-created with various business units and entities with substantial cyber insurance portfolios.

The Team you will be part of

Continuous Monitoring is a cornerstone of Munich Re's Predictive Cyber Platform. It aims to elevate the portfolio quality of our cyber insurance business while providing client value through data-driven actionable insights for our insureds. This service supports both, internally our underwriters and business units, but also brokers and insureds in managing cyber risk more effectively.

To succeed, this initiative requires insurance expertise, strategic thinking, agile delivery, and strong cross-functional collaboration. The successful implementation of Continuous Monitoring is expected to enhance portfolio performance and contribute meaningfully to our clients' perception of Munich Re as a cyber risk leader.

As Work stream lead of Continuous Monitoring, you will be responsible for driving the successful implementation of this external customer service within key business units of Munich Re. You will take ownership of the service design, rollout and evolution within Munich Re’s business units:

Your Job

• Lead the workstream, ensuring fit of delivery with the strategic roadmap, translating objectives into agile plans and delivering results on time.
• Drive development of the service offering aligned with available data and cyber security considerations, meeting both, business unit requirements and customer expectations
• Integrate customer feedback and regional insights into the strategic evolution of the service offering, balancing consistency with local relevance
• Perform and drive agile planning routines within your team and with your program leadership team, ensuring alignment and momentum with the wider Predictive Cyber Platform framework
• Guide and motivate a hybrid, international project team—fostering ownership, enabling subject matter experts to thrive, and promoting collaboration across time zones and cultures
• Build peer-level networks across the cyber platform team to build trust, open exchange, and aligned implementation efforts, e.g. with IT, cyber security experts, business units
• Represent the workstream in broader program and leadership discussions, translating complex updates into concise, persuasive presentations for senior stakeholders
• Identify potential risks early and raise with program management early, and ensure project scope remains focused on business impact
• Support local service readiness by collaborating with business units to define implementation plans, delivery teams, and operational structures balancing consistency and effort
• Establish and maintain feedback loops with internal users and clients to foster continuous improvement and drive meaningful service enhancements.

Your Profile: 

• Master’s degree in business administration, economics, engineering, computer science, or a related field and/or similar experience on the job in the cyber insurance industry
• Solid understanding of insurance, underwriting, or client management in Munich Re’s global context, ideally with exposure to cyber insurance
• Demonstrated ability to lead international, hybrid projects with experts from entire Munich Re Group, experience in projects with (Munich Re) IT involvement is a plus
• Strong analytical mindset — able to ask the right questions to subject matter experts and to quickly navigate toward impactful solutions
• Experienced in applying agile project planning modes, prepared to learn more
• Background in international environments, with sensitivity to varied customer expectations and cultural nuances in international business units
• Skilled in distilling and communicating project progress and outcomes to program management, with the ability to provide concise, persuasive insights
• Resilience in high performance environment and ability to make sound decisions under pressure
• Relationship builder—able to build rapport and to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing within team, peers and stakeholders
• Fluent in English and German
• Willingness to travel and to accommodate virtual meetings in US and European time zone

Job Evaluation: B

Please use the online application and submit it by 2025/07/30 at the latest.

Our general internal job advertisement (ISA) guideline can be found on MR Web München at ME@MUNICHRE >> Arbeitsrecht & Regelungen >> ISA-Richtlinie.

Information on selection procedures for management positions can also be found in the ISA Guideline.

Application Instructions

In order to consider your application, we require your application to be submitted via our online applicant portal. In addition to uploading your CV, we recommend writing a cover letter to tell us more about why the position is of interest to you.

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. 

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Unlock your potential

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: we embrace the power of differences and are convinced that diversity fosters innovation and resilience and enables us to act braver and better.
• Continuous Learning: we believe that continuous learning is a key differentiator and critical for building new skills and accelerating growth.
• Career Mobility: we actively support career mobility, and our strong global and regional presence offers a wealth of career growth opportunities for you.

Rewards & Recognition

• Competitive salary: appropriate compensation for your high level of commitment.
• Retirement provision: state of the art in-house pension solutions.
• Work-life balance: promoting the compatibility of family and work in addition to overall work-life balance.
• Health management: focus on your physical and mental health far beyond legal requirements.
• Hybrid working: living the best of both worlds – we offer you a very flexible approach as well as the opportunity to work from abroad on an occasional basis

* Munich Re not only stands for fairness with regard to its clients; it is also an equal opportunities employer. Severely disabled candidates will also be prioritized, if equally qualified. 

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