AVP, Underwriting Portfolio Management

About the role.

The AVP, Underwriting Portfolio Management role is responsible for leading key line of business underwriting initiatives that drive value across the Field Underwriting organization. You will be tasked with aligning underwriting with cross-functional strategies (Product, Claims, Risk Management, etc.) to inform underwriting approach, guidelines, best practices, etc. This individual has a proven track record of leading through change, and is comfortable formulating strategies, partnering with and influencing key stakeholders across all levels of the organization, and working through tactical execution with functional and technology counterparts. This individual will lead initiatives that drive new business premium growth, create internal efficiency, reduce friction for the PURE membership and staff, and increase employee engagement. Strong candidates will demonstrate prior success in a strategic, analytical, metrics-driven role. Candidates should be capable communicators with the ability to influence business outcomes through partnership and collaboration. This role reports to the SVP, Head of Underwriting Excellence, and will work closely with the Underwriting leadership team.

Underwriting Excellence is responsible for the delivery of the strategies, tools, and processes to enable confident underwriting, profitable growth, and thoughtful book management.

What you’ll do.

• Lead key growth and profitability initiatives to improve Underwriting outcomes and enable thoughtful member solutions.

• Execute on target Underwriting and cross-functional priorities, ensuring portfolio alignment, and process solution definition, design, and implementation.

• Deliver insights and recommendations to shape strategic priorities and key initiatives, and bring about desired results, including operating in a strategic capacity to represent Field Underwriting on enterprise strategic initiatives.

• Enable delivery of streamlined performance enhancements, process improvements, and prioritized IT efforts.

What we’re looking for.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience.

• Exceptional strategic, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.

• Excellent communication, collaboration. and influence abilities.

• Strong project management skills and a proven ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

• Experience using software to extract, analyze, organize, and communicate data to support decision-making.

Essential Qualifications and Competencies:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills: demonstrated ability to clearly communicate thoughts and ideas, and adjust communication based on audience.

• Strategic thinker – with experience successfully solving complex problems, planning for the future, and leading through change.

• Excellent organizational and planning skills: able to conduct analyses, address challenges, and collaborate effectively with multiple teams and functions.

• Demonstrates ability to establish clear priorities, execute on objectives, and manage time and competing priorities; effectively communicates risks, and issues and escalates issues as appropriate.

• Demonstrates analytical and influence skills; is able to articulate analytical results as well as the “so what.”

• Strong project management skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently and handle competing priorities.

• Exceptional interpersonal, listening, and engagement skills.

• Highest level of integrity and honesty.

• Confident, self-motivated, and self-directed.

• Eagerness to develop new skills and enhance expertise.

• Strong analytical capabilities with a curiosity for finding answers to questions.

• Proactive task and issue management, with the awareness of when to escalate issues as appropriate.

The base salary for this role can range from $140K - $170K, based on a full-time work schedule. An individual’s ultimate compensation will vary depending on job-related skills and experience, geographic location, alignment with market data, and equity among other team members with comparable experience.