Personal Lines Underwriting Director – Strategy Execution

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor in Germany seeks a senior leader to own the end-to-end underwriting guidelines strategy for Personal Lines, driving governance of rules, decision trees, and eligibility across channels.

The role shapes the roadmap for underwriting models, translates analytics into actionable guidance, and partners with IT, data science, and actuarial teams to deploy scalable solutions. Strong people leadership and change management are essential.

Qualifikationen

• Deep understanding of underwriting guidelines, decision frameworks, and the practical application of predictive models.
• Ability to convert abstract risk appetite and analytic insight into executable underwriting rules and guidance.
• Comfort partnering with data science, actuarial, and analytics teams; able to challenge and interpret model outputs.
• Understanding of system constraints, frontline usability, and deploying strategy at scale.
• Proven ability to lead teams through significant change in tools, processes, and ways of working.
• Demonstrated success as a people manager, including talent development and performance management.
• Ability to explain complex underwriting and modeling concepts succinctly to senior leaders.

Aufgaben

• Own the end-to-end underwriting guidelines strategy for Personal Lines
• Lead the development, governance, and evolution of underwriting rules, decision trees, and eligibility frameworks across channels and products
• Define the strategic roadmap for underwriting models, including risk segmentation, pricing support, and decision automation
• Translate complex analytic outputs into actionable underwriting guidance for automated and human decisioning
• Establish governance frameworks for guideline changes, model updates, and rule deployments
• Drive underwriting modernization, including automation, straight-through processing, and model-driven decisioning
• Partner with IT and Delivery teams to implement underwriting strategies in systems and monitor post-deployment performance
• Develop monitoring and feedback loops to assess guideline and model performance and recommend enhancements
• Produce executive-ready materials explaining underwriting logic, tradeoffs, and impacts
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of strategy professionals
• Represent underwriting strategy in senior leadership forums and cross-functional design decisions

Kenntnisse

Underwriting Guidelines Development

Predictive Modeling Application

Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Change Management

Executive Communication

Tools

Underwriting Rules

Decision Trees

Risk Segmentation

Pricing Support

Decision Automation

Guideline Governance

Model Performance Monitoring

Analytic Insight Translation

System Constraints Understanding

Frontline Usability

Jobbeschreibung

• Own the end-to-end underwriting guidelines strategy for Personal Lines


• Lead the development, governance, and evolution of underwriting rules, decision trees, and eligibility frameworks across channels and products


• Define the strategic roadmap for underwriting models, including risk segmentation, pricing support, and decision automation


• Translate complex analytic outputs into actionable underwriting guidance for automated and human decisioning


• Establish governance frameworks for guideline changes, model updates, and rule deployments


• Drive underwriting modernization, including automation, straight-through processing, and model-driven decisioning


• Partner with IT and Delivery teams to implement underwriting strategies in systems and monitor post-deployment performance


• Develop monitoring and feedback loops to assess guideline and model performance and recommend enhancements


• Produce executive-ready materials explaining underwriting logic, tradeoffs, and impacts


• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of strategy professionals


• Represent underwriting strategy in senior leadership forums and cross-functional design decisions

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant work experience


• 3+ years of proven experience leading cross functional teams


• Deep understanding of underwriting guidelines, decision frameworks, and the practical application of predictive models


• Ability to convert abstract risk appetite and analytic insight into executable underwriting rules and guidance


• Comfort partnering with data science, actuarial, and analytics teams; able to challenge and interpret model outputs


• Understanding of system constraints, frontline usability, and deploying strategy at scale


• Proven ability to lead teams through significant change in tools, processes, and ways of working


• Demonstrated success as a people manager, including talent development and performance management


• Ability to explain complex underwriting and modeling concepts succinctly to senior leaders

Core Competencies

Expertise in developing and implementing underwriting guidelines and decision frameworks, with a strong focus on automation and model-driven decisioning. Proven leadership in managing cross-functional teams and translating complex analytics into actionable strategies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Underwriting Guidelines Development


• Predictive Modeling Application


• Cross-Functional Team Leadership


• Change Management


• Executive Communication

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Underwriting Rules


• Decision Trees


• Risk Segmentation


• Pricing Support


• Decision Automation


• Guideline Governance


• Model Performance Monitoring


• Analytic Insight Translation


• System Constraints Understanding


• Frontline Usability

Soft Skills

• Mentoring


• Talent Development


• Performance Management


• Collaboration


• Communication

Industry Keywords

• Personal Lines Underwriting


• Governance Frameworks


• Model-Driven Decisioning


• Automation


• Straight-Through Processing