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:

• 8+ years in Life underwriting (US based underwriting experience is preferred)).
• 5+ years of experience in an underwriting leadership or development role
• Underwriting certification such as LOMA/ALU are highly beneficial
• 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

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