Pliant Plastics Corporation

Insurance Director

Pliant Plastics Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New York • United States

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Lead

About the role

  • Grow the insurance vertical in the US & globally
  • Lead commercial development for Pliant’s insurance business across international markets, with responsibility for pipeline creation, strategic account development, and vertical growth.
  • Win and expand insurance customers
  • Source, develop, and close opportunities with carriers, MGAs, TPAs, assistance providers, healthcare-focused insurers, and other insurance payment stakeholders.
  • Drive complex enterprise sales cycles
  • Lead multi-stakeholder deals end-to-end, from discovery and value mapping through solution design, internal alignment, security and compliance reviews, commercial negotiation, and close.
  • Shape the global insurance payments narrative
  • Articulate how Pliant solves insurance-specific pain points such as slow claims disbursement, manual provider settlement, poor payment visibility, limited control over spend, reconciliation complexity, fraud exposure, and weak claimant or member experience.
  • Develop high-value use cases
  • Build and refine solutions for use cases including claims payouts, emergency assistance payments, direct-to-provider payments, healthcare and hospital settlement, broker and partner commissions, premium refunds, member cards, and internal operational spend.
  • Build ecosystem relationships
  • Develop strategic relationships with insurance platforms, claims technology providers, TPAs, assistance companies, banks, networks, and other partners that can accelerate distribution and product adoption.
  • Translate market needs into roadmap input
  • Provide structured feedback to Product and Operations on regional requirements, insurance workflows, reporting needs, reconciliation, controls, and integration opportunities.
  • Support thought leadership and market presence
  • Represent Pliant in the market through conferences, customer workshops, partner meetings, industry content, and strategic marketing initiatives.
  • Maintain rigorous pipeline discipline
  • Keep CRM data, forecasting, account plans, and stakeholder mapping highly accurate and actionable.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in insurance, fintech, payments, or insurtech, with a strong track record of working with insurance companies and related ecosystem players in complex B2B environments.
  • Strong insurance domain fluency across one or more of the following areas: claims payments, assistance, provider payments, healthcare settlement, policyholder disbursements, operational insurance payments, or cross-border insurance payment workflows.
  • Deep understanding of payment infrastructure including card-based payments, virtual cards, push payments, bank-based disbursements, controlled spend, reconciliation, and multi-rail payment strategy.
  • Credibility with senior insurance stakeholders and the ability to engage decision-makers across claims, operations, finance, treasury, partnerships, product, compliance, and procurement.
  • Experience leading complex international deals involving multiple stakeholders, long sales cycles, solution customization, and enterprise buying processes.
  • Commercial and strategic strength with the ability to connect customer pain points to scalable product and partnership opportunities.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate payment infrastructure into clear business value for insurance audiences.
  • High ownership and autonomy in building a vertical, opening new markets, and operating cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment.
  • Bonus points for Experience in global insurance payments, claims infrastructure, or treasury-related insurance workflows
  • Existing relationships with carriers, MGAs, TPAs, assistance providers, or claims technology platforms
  • Experience working with international insurance markets such as Europe, the UK, North America, or global travel and health insurance ecosystems
  • Familiarity with embedded finance, API-based issuing, or card program management
  • Experience helping build a vertical business line inside a scaling fintech or payment company.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and performance-based incentives
  • A highly influential role shaping Pliant’s global insurance strategy
  • The opportunity to build a strategic vertical in an ambitious international fintech
  • High ownership and room to make a visible impact from day one
  • A flexible, remote-friendly work environment
  • Access to a talented, collaborative, and fast-moving team
  • Professional growth in one of the most exciting intersections of fintech and insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
insurancefintechpaymentsinsurtechclaims paymentsprovider paymentspayment infrastructurecard-based paymentsvirtual cardsreconciliation
Soft Skills
communicationstrategic thinkingcommercial acumenstakeholder engagementownershipautonomyproblem-solvingrelationship buildingnegotiationthought leadership