Manulife

Director, Underwriting Research – Development

Manulife

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Massachusetts • United States

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Salary

💰 $128,550 - $222,820 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Oversee the research, analysis, and development of proposals for recommendations on the effectiveness of new data sources and underwriting techniques
  • Collaborate with teams to develop innovative, data-driven underwriting solutions and capabilities that ensure seamless experience for a broad customer base
  • Support product development work for targeted initiatives
  • Analyze underwriting data through various studies and claims experience if applicable
  • Prioritize project work, focusing on generating the most value for the business
  • Keep abreast of external factors that may affect underwriting
  • Keep abreast of competitor actions and industry trends
  • Work with internal stakeholders to recommend and implement underwriting guideline changes
  • Provide oversight of relationships with external vendors, partners and technologies that support business capabilities
  • Apply innovative thinking and creative problem-solving to address complex underwriting challenges
  • Participate in management of mortality and risk monitoring, including post implementation and monitoring plans and outcomes
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement of underwriting practices and procedures
  • Responsible for leading discussions to communicate recommendations, results and progress to senior leadership

Requirements

  • Advanced knowledge and experience of underwriting risk assessment - medical, non-medical, financial
  • Experience with project and tech implementations and owning the translation of business requirements to technology capabilities
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral and written (technical) communication skills and comfort presenting to senior leaders on technical topics
  • Ability to convey complex underwriting concepts to diverse stakeholders
  • Exceptional collaboration and presentation skills, demonstrated through experience working with various technical audiences and across multiple functions such as actuaries, medical, data scientists, operations, legal and compliance teams
  • Mentorship and coaching of developing talent and team members
  • Excellent MS Office Skills, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams and web tools
  • Undergraduate and/or post graduate degree in science, medical or related field or minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in underwriting and/or research experience
  • FALU/FLMI a plus
Benefits
  • health, dental, mental health, vision insurance
  • short- and long-term disability
  • life and AD&D insurance
  • adoption/surrogacy benefits
  • wellness benefits
  • employee/family assistance plans
  • retirement savings plans (including pension/401(k) plans)
  • global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions
  • financial education and counseling resources
  • up to 11 paid holidays
  • 3 personal days
  • 150 hours of vacation
  • 40 hours of sick time
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
underwriting risk assessmentdata analysisproject implementationbusiness requirements translationmortality monitoringrisk monitoringcontinuous improvement of underwriting practices
Soft Skills
interpersonal communicationoral communicationwritten communicationpresentation skillscollaborationmentorshipcreative problem-solving
Certifications
FALUFLMI