Organization & people development coach (maternity cover)

Do you thrive on shaping how people grow, teams strengthen, and organisations evolve — combining coaching with a commitment to learning, innovation, and meaningful change? Are you excited to help people embrace new ways of working in an AI-empowered environment? If this sounds like you, this could be your next opportunity.

About the Role

As an Organization & People Development Coach, you’ll play a key leadership role in enabling people and teams to perform, grow, and adapt. Blending coaching with line management and organisational development, you’ll strengthen collaboration, build capabilities, and accelerate the adoption of new ways of working in an increasingly AI-empowered environment. This is a unique opportunity to make a real, lasting impact on the professional journeys of 30+ individuals while actively shaping how our organisation develops.

Key Responsibilities

• Champion individual growth by supporting 30+ professionals across key people processes, including goal setting, performance management, and career progression
• Coach with purpose by helping individuals achieve their specific goals and overcome personal development obstacles
• Build capability by enabling people and teams to develop skills and behaviours that drive progress
• Shape organisational processes by designing and evolving frameworks that support new ways of working, team effectiveness, and continuous improvement
• Lead key people processes across the organisation, including recruiting, talent reviews, and performance management — bringing consistency, transparency, fairness, and strategic insight
• Cultivate a feedback culture by aligning HR practices within teams and actively building and promoting open, constructive dialogue
• Drive organisational initiatives including employee engagement programmes, resource strategy, and organisational development
• Partner up with Product Owners and Teams to deeply understand the personal and professional development needs of individuals and squads, translating insights into actions

About the Team

The Digital & Tech Asset Management (D&T AM) team sits within Swiss Re's Group Digital & Technology Office (GDTO) — a global function at the heart of Swiss Re's technology transformation. Our team is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the technology and data architecture that underpins Swiss Re's Asset Management capabilities. We work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and complex financial ecosystems, partnering closely with business and IT stakeholders across the globe to deliver scalable, resilient, and innovative solutions. We embrace a scaled agile model with a shared leadership team and broadly aligned autonomy for our squads — giving everyone the space to do their best work. Our coaching setup is designed to foster a culture where performance and personal growth go hand in hand. Spread across the globe, we share the values of passion, openness, respect, humility, and curiosity. If these resonate with you, you'll feel right at home.

About You

You are a people-centred professional who brings together coaching expertise with a genuine passion for organisational development. You lead with empathy, adapt with ease, and have the ability to navigate complexity — whether you're guiding an individual through a career milestone or steering a change initiative across a global organisation. You communicate with clarity and warmth, and you know how to bring people along on a journey.

We are looking for candidates who meet these requirements:

• Coaching expertise — you hold broad coaching experience or a recognised coaching certification, and you apply it with skill, sensitivity, and impact
• Passion for people and organisational development — you are genuinely energised by helping individuals and teams grow, and you bring that enthusiasm into every interaction
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional skills — you are comfortable navigating sensitive or personal topics with professionalism, discretion, and care, working effectively across diverse teams and functions
• Experience with team dynamics — you have hands-on experience working with teams, understanding group dynamics, and creating psychologically safe environments
• AI literacy and change mindset — you are confident navigating an AI-empowered workplace and can help individuals and teams build AI & future-critical human capabilities, adopt new ways of working, and translate emerging technology into meaningful behavioural change and everyday practices.

Relevant domain experience in at least one of the following areas:

• Line management or people leadership
• Strategic or high-level workforce planning
• Agile environments

These are additional nice to haves:

• Experience working within a global organisation, with the confidence to navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Sound facilitation skills, with the ability to design and lead workshops, retrospectives, or development sessions that energise and engage
• The ability to translate complex or abstract topics into clear, compelling narratives, with a natural ability to win people's hearts
• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders on people-related topics and strategic initiatives
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Salary Information

For Slovakia, the base salary range for this position is between 3,300€ and 5,400€ per month for a full-time role. The specific salary offered considers the requirements, scope, complexity and responsibilities of the role, as well as 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. You will also enjoy a variety of global and location-specific benefits. Eligibility may vary depending on the terms of Swiss Re policies and your employment contract.

Work Model

Our company has a hybrid work model where the expectation is that you will be in the office at least three days per week.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Swiss Re is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in all its forms — visible and invisible — including age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities, and experiences — at all levels and across all functions and regions. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work and have equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally.

About Swiss Re

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 15,000 employees across the world. Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability. If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.

We may use AI-powered tools to support the review and evaluation of applications for this position. These tools provide additional insights to our recruitment teams, but all hiring decisions are carefully reviewed and made by people. To learn more about how we use AI in recruitment and how we handle your personal data, please review our Data Privacy Statement before applying.