Strategic Workforce Planner (m/w/d) 100%.

Job ID: 2323-1
temp (mit Option auf Übernahme - vielleicht)
Start: 5. Mai
Ende: 31.12.25
Standort: Zürich

One of the world's leading global reinsurances, has embarked upon an ambitious plan to establish Capability based Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) within existing business as usual planning frameworks. This goal is a strategic priority of the Chief Executive and as such has a very high profile across the organisation. To date the internal SWP team, supported by an experienced external consultancy, have conducted a small pilot to establish an approach which is being extended across approximately 30% of the organisation during 2025 with the rest of the organisation to follow from 2026 onwards.

To truly embed this approach into the business-as-usual planning framework dedicated support from an experienced Strategic Workforce Planning Contractor is required, to:

• Core focus: Lead the design, development and implementation of in-house Strategic Workforce Planning tool working closely with the HR and Swiss Re technology teams.
• Additional focus: Support developing a repeatable, scalable Strategic Workforce Planning blueprint / framework with standardized methodologies and templates based on existing projects.

Key Responsibilities To achieve these requirements the successful contractor must:

• Be responsible for the HR / business side management of the development of an in-house SWP tool supported by an internal SWP consultant.
• Define and refine a detailed set of business requirements to ensure the SWP tool development meets all key stakeholder needs. The contractor needs to have experience in this field.
• Collaborate with technology colleagues to review and adjust development iterations.
• Establish communication material to train and raise awareness of Strategic Workforce Planning, including tool development progress, across HR, and other key stakeholders.
• Plan and deliver testing of the developed SWP tool to ensure business requirements are met.
• Responsible for planning and executing a successful implementation of the SWP tool including change management, training and communication.
• Work collaboratively with Swiss Re colleagues and external consultants to rapidly gain a strong working knowledge of the unique Swiss Re version of Strategic Workforce Planning.
• Source, collate and distil presentations and reports used so far to create standard blueprint with re-usable templates for future Strategic Workforce Planning assignments.

Skills & Qualification:

• This role must be performed by a senior Strategic Workforce Planning contractor with practical experience in large global organisations, ideally in the Financial Services sector.
• Strategic Workforce Planning Expertise: Proven experience leading SWP initiatives within large, global organizations (preferably in Financial Services).
• Technology & Tool Development: Experience managing technology projects on business / HR side incl. defining detailed complex business requirements and collaborating with technology teams on workforce planning.
• Change Management & Communication: Ability to drive adoption through compelling stakeholder engagement and training.
• Hands on mentality
• English
• Degree level Years of overall experience, 5 years in this specialism
• Experience in Financial Services, especially Insurance would be very beneficial