RMI

Principal, Insurance & Climate Resilience – Climate Finance Program

RMI

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $139,000 - $172,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead RMI’s insurance and disaster resilience strategy, identifying high-impact opportunities where insurance can drive real-world resilience outcomes.
  • Develop and advance frameworks linking natural catastrophe risk, insurance pricing, resilience investment, and financial stability.
  • Shape RMI’s positions on emerging issues such as resilience incentives, risk-based pricing, insurance protection gaps, and insurance-linked adaptation finance.
  • Translate complex risk, regulatory, and market dynamics into actionable insights for insurers, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
  • Contribute to organizational strategy-setting and cross-program integration (e.g., climate finance, adaptation, energy systems, and policy).
  • Design and oversee multi-year initiatives related to insurance, resilience, and physical risk.
  • Ensure analytical rigor across workstreams, including engagement with risk engineering, catastrophe modeling, and financial modeling where relevant.
  • Guide the development of high-quality outputs, including reports, frameworks, convenings, and pilot projects.
  • Serve as a senior external representative of RMI with insurance executives, regulators, investors, philanthropic partners, and global institutions.
  • Leverage and expand a strong external network across insurers, reinsurers, brokers, regulators, and allied adaptation and resilience organizations.
  • Drive fundraising and partner development, including shaping proposals and stewarding strategic relationships.
  • Represent RMI at industry forums, conferences, and private convenings.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of staff, fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
  • Provide clear strategic direction, coaching, and accountability across a growing portfolio of work.
  • Contribute to RMI’s leadership community, supporting institutional learning, talent development, and operational excellence.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional experience, with substantial experience in the insurance industry (e.g., carrier, reinsurer, broker, risk advisory, or related ecosystem).
  • Demonstrated expertise in natural catastrophe risk, pre-disaster risk mitigation, and the role of insurance in managing and transferring risk.
  • Strong understanding of insurance regulation and supervisory environments, particularly in the U.S., with exposure to global regulatory contexts preferred.
  • Proven experience operating at a strategic and senior level, including representing an organization externally.
  • Solid people management experience, including leading teams and complex work streams.
  • Ability to bridge technical analysis and senior-level decision-making across diverse stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and credibly to executive audiences.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision insurance
  • 403b retirement match with immediate vesting
  • Group life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability
  • Optional voluntary life, AD&D and accident plans
  • Health savings or flexible spending accounts
  • Fertility and hormonal health support
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Comprehensive leaves of absence (including generous parental leave)
  • Generous paid time off and sick leave
  • Paid sabbatical leave
  • Regional holidays with at least one extended break in each geography
  • Work from home and home technology allowances
  • Learning & development opportunities (LinkedIn Learning and an annual individual professional development budget)
  • Potential for bonuses and merit increases
  • Discount marketplace (gym memberships, pet insurance, etc.)
  • Hybrid / remote work options
  • Team retreats and geographic meetups
  • Rewards and recognition programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
natural catastrophe riskinsurance pricingresilience investmentfinancial modelingcatastrophe modelingrisk engineeringrisk-based pricinginsurance protection gapsinsurance-linked adaptation financepre-disaster risk mitigation
Soft Skills
leadershipteam managementstrategic directioncommunicationcollaborationcoachingaccountabilityorganizational strategy-settingmentoringrelationship building