Director, Underwriting
Premera Blue Cross
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $153,700 - $307,400 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Assist Underwriting senior management in sustaining long-term policies and procedures to formulate work unit strategies in support of organizational goals.
- Provide integral support to Sales and Account Management teams in client presentations, negotiations, and sales of renewals and proposals.
- Use your understanding of key business goals and strategies to make decisions that address critical business threats and opportunities.
- Develop and maintain state-of-the-art pricing data systems that empower underwriting and strategic management decisions with timely and accurate information.
- Oversee the creation and maintenance of sophisticated underwriting models that set the standard for excellence.
- Stay ahead of the curve by leveraging technology to drive practical solutions.
- Lead an engaged underwriting team, inspiring them to grow and develop at a company that cares.
- Create and maintain a core competency in underwriting by recruiting, hiring, and training a high-quality, experienced, and energetic team of underwriters.
- Foster open and collaborative relationships with other departments to drive success.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Mathematics, or related field of study or 4 years of work experience.
- Eight years of group medical underwriting, or health insurance consulting experience, including 5 years of experience managing teams. (Required)
- Additional preferred skills/ experiences include: Master’s degree in a related field.
- CEBS Designation.
- Demonstrated track record in providing underwriting leadership in complex medium to large size businesses.
- Substantial and diverse knowledge of the health insurance industry and the group underwriting function within an insurance carrier setting.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate "win-win" solutions as it relates to business decisions.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
- Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
- Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.
- Generous paid time off to reenergize.
- Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
- Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
- For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.
- Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
- Free convenient on-site parking.
- Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
- Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.
- Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
- Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
underwritingpricing data systemsunderwriting modelshealth insurance consultingbusiness administrationmathematics
Soft skills
negotiationinfluencingleadershipteam managementcollaboration
Certifications
CEBS Designation