Senior Editorial Lead (Hybrid, m/f/x/d)

About the Role

This senior, specialised role leads the editorial direction and end‑to‑end publication lifecycle for Swiss Re Institute’s world‑class sigma and economic research portfolio.

You will shape detailed, quantitative research and thought leadership publications that communicate actionable insights, add value for Swiss Re's clients and partners, and influence our global dialogue with public policymakers and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities 

• Editorial leadership on economic and insurance market research: lead on implementing editorial vision and standards for SRI’s sigma and other research publications focused on global themes such as insurance markets, international policy, technology/digitalisation, and global financial markets. Shape narratives that translate complex quantitative analysis into clear, actionable insights.
• Global coordination: plan, scope, and deliver multi‑author, cross‑regional publications on time and to standard.
• End‑to‑end publication management: drive the full lifecycle from scheduling timelines and allocating resources, to supporting authors to create the best outline and publication structure, before line‑editing, delivering all governance approvals, design, proofreading and coordinated release across channels including social media activation.
• Stakeholder management: collaborate effectively with authors to resolve conflicting opinions and differences in viewpoint on direction or detail of a publication. Propose solutions to restructure drafts or introduce new material.
• Derivative assets & messaging: distil publications and their narratives into short "carve out" insight reports, slide decks, one-page digests for client engagement, and other summaries.
• Quantitative/analytical editing: interrogate charts, tables, and models for clarity, consistency and plausibility; ensure accurate description of methods, assumptions, and limitations; align key messages with the underlying analysis.
• Editorial calendar & pipeline: Co‑own the forward publishing calendar, identify ideas and opportunities for new thought leadership publications. Communicate and align calendars with teams in the wider company.
• Quality assurance and training: maintain and evolve editorial guidelines; ensure consistency of voice and accessibility without loss of analytical rigour. Mentor junior editors and train authors on writing and storytelling skills.

About You – qualifications & experience

• Education: Advanced degree in economics, finance, or international affairs with a strong economics/policy focus (or equivalent). Bachelor degree in an economics‑related field is desirable. An ESG/ sustainability credential is a plus.
• Communication: Excellent native‑level command of written and spoken English; additional languages (e.g., German, French, Spanish) beneficial. Skilled at executive briefings, speeches and key‑message development; strong cross‑cultural communicator.
• Experience: 7–10 years in research publishing or editorial leadership in economics, finance or public policy fields, ideally with exposure to insurance/reinsurance, digitalisation or financial markets.
• Domain knowledge: Deep familiarity with financial markets and sustainable finance (e.g., transition financing and capital‑markets linkages), with experience engaging banks, insurers and multilateral development institutions.
• Editorial excellence: Proven developmental and line‑editing of complex analytical work; able to translate technical and policy content into clear, decision‑relevant narratives for senior stakeholders.
• Stakeholder & convening experience: Effective collaboration with senior public‑private stakeholders; adept at shaping outputs and messages for major global forums.
• Global execution: Demonstrated success coordinating multi‑author, cross‑regional publications and managing communities of senior leaders across time zones.
• Governance & risk: Practised in formal editorial governance, including brand/style, legal & compliance and reputational‑risk processes in international organisations.
• Tools & ways of working: Proficiency with MS Office and collaborative production workflows; familiarity with data‑visualisation best practices and digital publishing; organised, deadline‑driven and comfortable managing parallel projects.

Our working environment

• Fast‑paced and deadline‑driven; you are resilient, organised, and able to recalibrate quickly across parallel projects.
• Occasional overtime may be required around major publication releases (compensated in kind).
• Positive, pragmatic “can‑do” mindset; able to give and receive constructive feedback.

For Switzerland, the annual base salary range for this position is between CHF124,000 and CHF 186,000 (for a full-time role). The specific salary offered considers: ​

• the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role,​
• the applicant's own profile including education/qualifications, expertise, specialisation, skills and experience.​

In addition to your base salary, Swiss Re offers an attractive performance-based variable compensation component, designed to recognise your achievements. Further you will enjoy a variety of global and location specific benefits.​

Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.