Senior Manager - Underwriting
About the role:
Do you want to make the world a better place for underwriters? Are you a natural leader who loves to mentor and guide? This role seeks a dynamic, hands-on individual who has the energy and vision to guide a developing team to high levels of success.
Duties and Responsibilities:
● 50% of this role will be dedicated to case underwriting
● Ability to lead the team with passion, positivity and continual improvement
● Work closely with Chief Underwriter, Sr. Director/Director of Underwriting Operations to recruit, hire, mentor, and develop underwriting staff both domestically and internationally
○ Assess quality and headcount
○ Perform hiring analysis to flex with our growth
○ Create and improve onboarding and underwriting training programs
○ Develop performance management and quality control system to provide feedback, guidance and reviews to underwriting team members
● Assist underwriting staff to develop their technical and decision making skills, while ensuring adherence to our core values.
● Drive strategic efforts to optimize underwriting workflows, including work to implement rules within an underwriting engine, recommending solutions and best practices as appropriate
● As needed, work with Underwriting Strategies to perform quality assurance testing of automated rules and processes
Qualifications and Skills:
● 10+ years in Life underwriting (US based underwriting experience is preferred)).
● 5+ years of experience in an underwriting leadership or development role
● Extensive knowledge of life insurance trends and new technology
● Sharp focus on execution and an owner mentality with a track record of delivering success in a timely manner
● Data oriented decision making skills and great intuition
● Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
● Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
● Preferably with BPO experience.
