Life Underwriter Manager (US Life Insurance, Onsite)

ConnectOS; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ConnectOS, based in Metro Manila, seeks an energetic leader to guide a developing underwriting team toward high achievement. The role emphasizes mentorship, strategic staffing, and improving onboarding, training, and quality control across domestic and international staff.

The right candidate has extensive life underwriting experience, strong leadership, and a data-driven approach to decisions, with excellent communication and collaboration skills to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Life underwriting (US-based underwriting experience is preferred).
• 5+ years in underwriting leadership or development.
• Extensive knowledge of life insurance trends and new technology.
• Owner mentality with a track record of timely delivery.
• Data oriented decision making and strong intuition.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a developing underwriting team with passion, positivity, and continuous improvement.
• Allocate 50% of time to case underwriting and ensure high quality decisions.
• Recruit, hire, mentor, and develop underwriting staff domestically and internationally.
• Create and improve onboarding and underwriting training programs.
• Develop performance management and quality control systems for feedback and reviews.
• Drive underwriting workflow optimization and implement rules within underwriting engine.
• Support strategic efforts with QA testing of automated rules and processes.

Skills

Life underwriting

Leadership

Team development

Communication

Data-driven decisions

Job description

About the role

Do you want to make the world a better place for underwriters? Are you a natural leader who loves to mentor and guide? This role seeks a dynamic, hands-on individual who has the energy and vision to guide a developing team to high levels of success.

What are we looking for?

Skills Required:

• 10+ years in Life underwriting (US based underwriting experience is preferred)).
• 5+ years of experience in an underwriting leadership or development role
• Extensive knowledge of life insurance trends and new technology
• Sharp focus on execution and an owner mentality with a track record of delivering success in a timely manner
• Data oriented decision making skills and great intuition
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills

What will you do?

• 50% of this role will be dedicated to case underwriting
• Ability to lead the team with passion, positivity and continual improvement
• Work closely with Chief Underwriter, Sr. Director/Director of Underwriting Operations to recruit, hire, mentor, and develop underwriting staff both domestically and internationally
  • Assess quality and headcount
  • Perform hiring analysis to flex with our growth
  • Create and improve onboarding and underwriting training programs
  • Develop performance management and quality control system to provide feedback, guidance and reviews to underwriting team members
• Assist underwriting staff to develop their technical and decision making skills, while ensuring adherence to our core values.
• Drive strategic efforts to optimize underwriting workflows, including work to implement rules within an underwriting engine, recommending solutions and best practices as appropriate
• As needed, work with Underwriting Strategies to perform quality assurance testing of automated rules and processes

Benefits & perks

• Medical, Dental Coverage and Life insurance from day 1 of employment
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave (with Quarterly Sick Leave Conversion)
• Competitive salary package and annual appraisal
• Financial Assistance Program
• Mandatory Government Benefits and 13th Month Pay
• Complimentary Sleeping Quarters, Coffee at no cost
• Complimentary Office Fitness and Wellness Facilities at no cost
• Regular Company Events, Work Life Balance, and Career growth opportunities
• Accessible location at the heart of Metro Manila --- the Mega Tower, EDSA

ConnectOS is certified as a Great Place to Work and is a top-rated Philippines employer of choice.

Our client was built to make life insurance faster, easier, and more accessible by combining industry expertise, advanced technology, data science, and a human-centered approach to deliver a seamless digital experience that has transformed the industry and earned the backing of leading investors while helping protect millions of families.

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Equal Employment Statement

Employment decisions at ConnectOS will be conducted without consideration of factors such as age', race, color, religion, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, and marital status. ConnectOS ensures the full confidentiality of the data it processes.