Portfolio Underwriting Director - Fintech / Financial Institutions Vertical

March 21

Vouch Insurance

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Vouch is a new kind of insurance platform for startups.

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Description

• Vouch is a Virtual First Workplace with San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City office locations. This role can be based anywhere in the U.S. as long as you can work our Vouch core collaboration hours (8:30 am-2:30 pm Pacific Time) when most internal meetings are held. • Vouch seeks a dynamic, goal-oriented, and creative Portfolio Underwriting Director. This role requires deep expertise in professional and/or management liability lines and a solid understanding of standard (P&C) coverages. Your key responsibilities will be to drive profitable growth within one or more of our innovation-focused insurance portfolios. As a dedicated professional team manager, you will play a key role in achieving specific growth targets and maintaining optimal loss ratio goals across various insurance products in a vertical. • In your capacity, reporting to Vouch's Head of Underwriting, you will be tasked with delivering strategic and tactical portfolio management outcomes and underwriting complex accounts while consistently driving improvements in underwriting efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements

• 12+ Years of Experience in Underwriting Management and/or Professional Liability lines with either Portfolio / Home Office and or P&L accountabilities and direct underwriting responsibilities • 5+ Years of Experience Managing Underwriting Teams • Understanding of key P&C lines of insurance and desire to learn new lines • Ability to demonstrate a relentless commitment to GWP Growth and Loss Ratio performance through inquisitiveness in getting at root causes of portfolio performance issues • Experience working with actuarial, legal, product development, and compliance teams to deliver key underwriting insights to drive changes to underwriting, coverage, and pricing • Strong leadership and management skills, including the ability to effectively direct, motivate, and mentor a diverse team, ensuring high productivity and team morale • Proven ability to drive creative and innovative solutions with customer and profitability in mind • Experience in delivering complex projects from ideation through execution • Keen ability to prioritize high-impact work, manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment, and continuously look for opportunities to improve underwriting efficiency and effectiveness • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships with team members and external stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages • Health, dental, and vision insurance • Parental leave • Flexible vacation time (Unlimited PTO) • Wellness allowance ($80/month) • Technology allowance ($100/month)