Product Manager Europe, Construction

QBE Europe; Paris; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading insurance provider is seeking an European Construction Product Leader to manage and develop a profitable portfolio of construction risks across Europe. This role involves executing underwriting strategies, managing P&L, and ensuring compliance with regulations while fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. Candidates should have substantial experience in construction underwriting and leadership abilities.

Prestations

Flexible parental leave

Wellbeing initiatives

Employee network groups

Qualifications

• Experience in Construction Underwriting.
• Strong leadership skills to lead the UW Community.
• Ability to manage relationships at senior executive levels.

Responsabilités

• Lead and execute Construction underwriting strategy across Europe.
• Manage the Construction P&L across Europe.
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Connaissances

Leadership skills

Construction Underwriting experience

Strategic thinking

Excellent communication

Relationship management

Description du poste

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee

The purpose of this role is to strategically manage and develop a profitable portfolio of Construction risks in Europe in alignment with the business plan. This involves providing leadership in product strategy, pricing, and portfolio management, while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The role also includes driving profitable growth, managing resources effectively, and overseeing the country’s and Europe P&L for the Construction business lines within the organisation.

At QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future.

The opportunity

We are creating a new role as part of our growth European strategy plan. We are looking to grow QBE’s Construction practice across Europe. With already an existing Construction offering in France, Spain and Netherlands, we are looking to expand our Construction offering to all European offices. This role will play an active role in shaping and supporting the growth of our Construction book. The European Construction Product Leader can be based in any of our European offices or London.

Your new role

UW Strategy and Business Plan

• Lead and execute Construction underwriting strategy consistently across Europe and ensure the delivery of the Construction annual business plan in alignment with overall Europe and EO Construction strategy.
• Responsible for the Construction P&L across Europe, driving, shaping, and remediating the Construction portfolio across Europe as required.
• Ensure teams awareness of strategic direction of Construction portfolio to achieve delivery of business objectives.
• Recommend, implement, and manage the resources needed to deliver the Construction plan in the most effective way.

Portfolio management, performance and reporting

• Develop the Construction portfolio in line with plan, risk appetite and European/EO Underwriting strategy across Europe.
• Oversee the review and analysis of the Construction portfolio across Europe.
• Monitor and report on the progress against business plan, identifying deviations, recommending, and implementing remedial action to achieve business objectives.
• Review and drive actions arising from reports that regularly monitor the performance of the portfolio gross and net of reinsurance, comply with exception reporting criteria, and audit the underwriting performance against QBE underwriting standards.
• Work closely with Insurance Operations to ensure an appropriate recording and measurement of insurance risks for the Construction Portfolio, including DUA’s where relevant, driving data accuracy and good practice.
• Recommend systems and reports to ensure the book of business is managed efficiently and effectively.

Technical expertise

• Act as a technical Construction leader for Europe and the first point of referral for any cases that exceed the Portfolio Manager authority, escalating up to the relevant EO Construction Leader.
• Refer to Director of Underwriting and Portfolio Management – Europe for input into commercially based decisions only.
• Agree and communicate appropriate risk appetites for the owned line of business and ensure that portfolio teams operate within those limits.
• Establish aggregate limits and govern activity within these limits for the Construction line.
• Ensure sound underwriting decisions within the product portfolio are being made, considering all risks to ensure progress toward business plan objectives.
• Contribute to aggregate management and peer review processes to encourage and develop excellence.
• Demonstrate understanding and awareness of market dynamics and market cycle to drive and enhance business performance.

Reinsurance

• Understand and comply with any reinsurance requirements to minimize risk and to deliver to business plan objectives.
• Apply the Reinsurance strategy affecting portfolio(s).
• Manage the effective purchase of facultative reinsurance across Europe for Construction.

Compliance

• Accountable for the compliance of QBE EO’s underwriting framework for the portfolios or business unit under their control.
• Comply with all legal and regulatory requirements, adhere to underwriting standards and good practice, meet all reporting requirements, and enable the identification, measurement, and effective management of insurance risks.
• Ensure compliance with QBE Underwriting Authority by all staff in the department.

Stakeholder Management

• Establish and strengthen strong relationships with key internal stakeholders including CUO functions business partners, reinsurers, and colleagues to maximize influence and achieve business outcomes.
• In conjunction with European Head of Market Management and in-country homologues, establish and strengthen excellent relationships with key external stakeholders including customers, brokers, and industry bodies.
• Represent QBE’s interests through participation in industry forums and corporate activity to safeguard or enhance QBE’s market position and maximise brand leverage.

People

• Lead the UW Community for Construction across Europe.
• Motivate and develop the team by demonstrating good leadership behaviours and management best practice to support the achievement of business goals.
• Continually develop product underwriting expertise and technical knowledge through identifying and implementing appropriate development activities.
• Work with the Country Underwriting Managers to provide direction and support when developing the team, ensuring people are available and aligned with business needs.
• Establish clear accountabilities and authority levels for the team and build a strong culture of accountability and performance to ensure delivery of goals.

About you

• Experience in Construction Underwriting.
• Strong leadership skills to lead the UW Community.
• Experience in delivering strategic and change insurance solutions to clients who require the pooling of a broad base of technical expertise.
• Ability to operate in a matrix management environment where active listening and influencing skills are required.
• Strong background in influencing and developing new opportunities.
• Strong ability to manage relationships at senior executive and leadership level, creating clear value return to the business.
• Strategic thinking, analytic and structured mind.
• Excellent written and oral communication with ability to influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to manage competing and changing priorities with adaptability in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to operate across functions, and numerous locations/territories.
• Team player, results‑driven and “can do” attitude.

Why QBE? At My Best

At QBE, we want our people to feel rewarded and inspired to perform at their best. We have created “At My Best” to recognise that one size doesn’t fit all and priorities can change depending on life stage. Our wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility for what matters most and support our diverse workforce. We also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and several employee network groups.

Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

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