Senior Life Underwriter, Underwriting Strategies

February 22

Ethos

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Ethos blends industry expertise and technology to provide accessible and affordable life insurance coverage.

Life Insurance • Term Life Insurance • Technology

201 - 500

Description

• Are you passionate about building best in class underwriting technology? The role seeks a visionary with ability to communicate across departments effectively and bring ideas to life. You’ll need to partner with end-users of Ethos systems and engineers to create a constant and virtuous cycle of improvements on our underwriting ecosystem. • Ongoing analysis and monitoring of rules engine and workbench performance • Continued review of evidence and synthesization of underwriting data from all sources • Work with Head of Underwriting Strategies to assess business risk for changes to underwriting guidelines • Creation of specific recommendations and action plans to drive automated underwriting decisions and process improvement across underwriting and case management • Act as both an owner and contributor to multiple projects and initiatives • Solidify protocols for rule and system enhancements • Maintain appropriate documentation for underwriting criteria, guidelines and workflows • Ability to prioritize system decisions based on business need, business case and ROI • Serve as underwriting process expert and liaison to work cross-functionally with colleagues and partners in product, engineering, operations, finance, marketing, legal, etc • Ensure end-user proficiency with new systems, programs, and applications across departments through onboarding training and regular updates • Work with engineers to serve as a business liaison in order to efficiently integrate new data, models, partners programs, and applications as the need arises

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of life new business underwriting and case management experience • Extensive experience with underwriting rules engines and rules management • Comfortable working in an agile environment and leveraging systems such as JIRA • An understanding of data and models in the underwriting process • The ability to communicate results and needs among multiple parties • A record of identifying opportunities and quickly delivering solutions • Desire to be a team player in a dynamic environment • An obsession with the customer and ability to challenge the status quo

Benefits

• The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $ 123,000 - $206,000. • Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. • The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. • Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. • Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only and do not include applicable bonus, equity, or benefits. • You can find further details of our US benefits at https://www.ethoslife.com/careers/ • Don't meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. • At Ethos we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. • We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity and inclusion and look for applicants who understand, embrace and thrive in a multicultural world. • We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. • Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records. • To learn more about what information we collect and how it may be used, please refer to our California Candidate Privacy Notice