Lead Risk Officer - Market and Credit

Lead Risk Officer - Market and Credit

Job Description

You will champion the proactive and early integration of risk management into product and process design, acting as a trusted business partner and advisor to support strategic decision-making. Your influence will embed risk management into business processes, drive value creation and resilience across the SCOR Group. You will serve as a role model by mentoring and developing colleagues. As Lead Risk Officer, you will steward the Market and Credit Risk function, ensuring robust frameworks, compliance, and strategic oversight. This is a leadership role without traditional hierarchical control – your influence, clarity, and collaborative spirit will drive outcomes in a participative environment. We value leaders who champion inclusion, nurture talent, and inspire others by example.

Responsibilities

• Lead business partner for market and credit risk across all our products and businesses.
• Lead development and maintenance of the risk governance framework for market and credit risk.
• Set and monitor Market and Credit Risk Limits. Oversee ALM and the Investment Office.
• Develop and maintain a suite of reports on market and credit risk.
• Support crisis management and BCM with scenario analyses and focus papers on market and systemic risks.
• Identify risks and propose preventive risk mitigation measures and recommend these to senior management.
• Collaborate with other circles (e.g., Treasury, BU Risk Functions, …) and foster a risk-aware culture.
• Lead and represent the circle. Mentor and support the next generation of risk leaders.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in market and credit risk management, ideally in financial services or insurance.
• Ability to lead through influence in a non-hierarchical, role-based structure.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements (e.g., Basel, Solvency II) and risk modelling techniques.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Comfort with ambiguity and distributed authority.
• Solution-oriented character with business acumen and a can-do attitude.
• Passion for building inclusive teams and supporting the advancement of women in risk.
• Curiosity to learn and adopt new tools and approaches to risk management.

What We Offer

• High autonomy and impact within a purpose-driven organization.
• Formal and informal mentorship, sponsorship, and leadership development opportunities.
• A culture of transparency, trust, and innovation – where every voice is valued.
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance, including hybrid and family-friendly policies.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Active support for gender diversity, including participation in women’s leadership events and networks.

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe diversity of thought, background, and experience makes us stronger. We especially encourage applications from women and underrepresented groups. If you are passionate about shaping risk strategy in a collaborative leadership environment, we would love to hear from you.

Ready to Join?

Apply now or reach out for an informal conversation. If you’re not sure you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway – your unique perspective could be exactly what we need.

Job Info

About Us

As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.

Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.

As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.

SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.

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