Senior Director IDI Underwriting, Fully Underwritten

At The Standard, you’ll join a team focused on putting our customers first.
Our continued success is driven by a high-performance culture. We’re looking for people who are collaborative, accountable, creative, agile and are driven by a passion for doing what’s right – across the company and in our local communities.
We offer a caring culture where you can make a real difference, every day.
 
Ready to reach your highest potential? Let’s work together.

Job Summary

As the senior director of IDI underwriting you will develop, direct, and execute the strategic direction for the IDI fully underwritten (FUW) team to drive the profitable growth of IDI in partnership with IDI sales.

• Develop strategy for profitable FUW growth in partnership with business leaders, setting servicing standards to meet business, product, and customer needs. 

• Serves as an internal consultant to management, distribution partners and external contacts, communicating alternative risk ideas, influencing decisions and the development of new strategies, and serving as a key resource to the division.

• Partner with other management personnel in projects and planning, either as a lead or in a supporting role. 

• Develop, performance manage, and retain employees and leaders on assigned teams, creating an inclusive team environment, and promoting effective team problem solving.

• Lead and/or facilitate team members in assessing customer needs to properly identify and implement customer-focused improvements in workflow, systems, and procedures. 

• Promote the adoption of Lean principles to identify risk and implement key performance improvement metrics.

Skills and Background You’ll Need

• Education: A bachelor’s degree in business or a related field is required. An MBA is highly preferred.

• Five (5) years of experience as a leader of leaders in underwriting and operations is required.

• Ten (10) years of experience working in underwriting and operations is required.

• Experience working in benefits, product management, finance is preferred.

• Five (5) years of experience collaborating with a sales dept., working together to reach balance and meet organizational goals.

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate

• Ability to develop, monitor and execute a strategy timely.

• Ability to use data to educate others and measure effectiveness of deliverables.

• Maintain a successful and productive culture.

• Successful development of leaders and individual contributors within their team.

Why join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, innovation and financial strength thanks to the contributions of the talented, creative and compassionate people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• An annual incentive bonus plan

• Generous paid time off

• A supportive and responsive management approach

• Opportunities for career growth and advancement 

• Paid time off to volunteer

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

• Much more!

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Please note - the salary range for this role is listed below. In addition to salary, our package includes incentive plan participation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits, as well as an initial PTO accrual of 164 hours per year. Employees also receive 11 paid holidays and 2 wellness days per year.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.

Salary Range:

$124,250.00 - $198,500.00

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Equities, Inc. and StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. The Standard offers a drug and alcohol free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on Standard property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation, employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.