Underwriting Operations Lead
CFC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- You will partner with functional stakeholders and leaders both locally and in the UK to deliver efficient, compliant, and innovative operational activities that enable and drive profitable growth by:
- Developing and executing a strategic vision for Underwriting Operations, aligning with global organisational strategy and goals
- Championing operational best practices, including automation, AI integration, and process optimisation to drive efficiency, scalability, and underwriting excellence.
- Leading transformation initiatives, including system implementations, process redesign, and digitalisation of underwriting workflows.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Underwriting operations team, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture.
- Driving continuous improvement, standardisation, and documentation of underwriting processes, ensuring robust governance and compliance.
- Overseeing operational governance and filings and management information (MI)
- Ensuring strong control, compliance, and risk management standards are maintained, including oversight licensing, authority frameworks and binder agreements.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Underwriting, Finance, Claims, Compliance, Technology, and Legal teams to ensure seamless end-to-end operations of CFC USA
- Influence and engage with executive-level internal and external stakeholders, representing Underwriting Operations at industry events
- Driving continuous improvement through data-driven insights, process evaluation, and adoption of best-in-class methodologies
Requirements
- Proven leadership experience in underwriting operations within the US insurance market
- Demonstrated expertise in operational governance, compliance, and risk management frameworks.
- Strong technical understanding of commercial underwriting and insurance industry dynamics.
- Experience with large-scale transformation, change management, and digitalisation initiatives.
- Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at executive level.
- Track record of building and leading diverse, high-performing teams.
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and forward-thinking, with a commitment to excellence and innovation.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
operational governancecompliance frameworksrisk managementcommercial underwritingchange managementdigitalisationprocess optimisationautomationdata-driven insightssystem implementations
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementmentoringcollaborationanalytical thinkingdetail-orientedinnovationinfluenceteam building