Captive Consulting Manager

The Baldwin Group; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 122,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

The Baldwin Group seeks a Manager, Captive Consulting to lead the captive consulting practice, directing engagement delivery, team development, and growth of the practice. As a senior strategic advisor, you will guide the firm's most complex captive relationships, shaping strategy and expanding capabilities.

You will partner with leadership to drive new business, oversee feasibility studies, formation projects, and program reviews, while mentoring consultants to ensure high-quality, compliant

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree is a plus.
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in captive consulting, risk management, or alternative risk financing, including experience leading teams.
• Designations such as ARM, CPCU, CCM preferred.
• Travel may be required to client sites, captive domiciles, and industry events.

Responsibilities

• Leads, mentors, and develops a team of captive consultants and senior captives.
• Oversees feasibility studies, formation projects, and ongoing program reviews.
• Drives growth by identifying new business opportunities and leading proposals.
• Represents the practice in industry associations, events, and thought leadership.
• Partners with firm leadership on resourcing, budget, and strategic priorities.

Skills

Executive communication

Client relationship mgmt

Leadership

Proposal development

Strategic planning

Risk financing

Alternative risk transfer

Regulatory affairs

RFP response

Strategic influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree

Industry designations (ARM, CPCU, CCM)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Engagement management tools

Job description

The Manager, Captive Consulting leads the firm’s captive consulting practice as a people leader, directing engagement delivery, colleague development, and growth of the practice. As a senior strategic advisor, the Manager serves the firm’s most significant and most complex captive relationships, guiding feasibility studies, formation projects, and ongoing program reviews. This leader partners with practice and firm leadership to expand capabilities, shape practice strategy, and drive new business across the captive insurance market. The role combines deep captive and alternative risk financing expertise with proven people leadership and business development.

Position Summary

The Manager, Captive Consulting leads the firm’s captive consulting practice as a people leader, directing engagement delivery, colleague development, and growth of the practice. As a senior strategic advisor, the Manager serves the firm’s most significant and most complex captive relationships, guiding feasibility studies, formation projects, and ongoing program reviews. This leader partners with practice and firm leadership to expand capabilities, shape practice strategy, and drive new business across the captive insurance market. The role combines deep captive and alternative risk financing expertise with proven people leadership and business development.

Primary Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Leads, mentors, and develops a team of Captive Consultants and Senior Captive Consultants, overseeing staffing, workload, quality, and professional development.
• Establishes and maintains quality and methodology standards for feasibility studies and other captive deliverables across the team’s book of business.

Client & Advisory

• Serves as senior strategic advisor for the firm’s largest and most complex captive client relationships.
• Oversees delivery of feasibility studies, formation projects, and ongoing captive program reviews across the practice.

Practice Growth & Market Leadership

• Drives growth of the captive consulting practice by identifying new business opportunities, leading proposals and responses to requests for proposal, and representing the practice in industry associations and events.
• Builds and maintains relationships with captive domicile regulators, captive managers, actuaries, and other third-party providers.
• Represents the practice in thought leadership, speaking engagements, and marketing materials.

Practice Operations & Strategy

• Partners with firm leadership on resourcing, budget, and strategic priorities for the captive consulting practice.
• Monitors industry, regulatory, and tax developments affecting captive insurance and adjusts practice strategy accordingly.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge & Experience

• Deep expertise in captive structures, domiciles, feasibility analysis, and regulatory and tax considerations.
• Strong knowledge of alternative risk financing and the broader risk management landscape.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent client engagements while driving practice growth.
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills, including experience advising senior client and firm stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in business development and in building client and industry relationships.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and relevant analytical and engagement management tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; an advanced degree is a plus.
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in captive consulting, risk management, or alternative risk financing, including experience leading teams.
• Relevant industry designations (e.g., ARM, CPCU, CCM, or similar) preferred.
• Travel may be required to client sites, captive domiciles, and industry events.

Skills & Behaviors

Functional/Technical Skills

• Risk Financing & Alternative Risk Transfer: Structures and advises on captive and alternative risk financing solutions, from feasibility through formation and ongoing optimization.
• Specialty Lines Product Knowledge: Applies deep knowledge of captive structures, domiciles, and specialty coverage to the firm’s most complex programs.
• Complex Account Strategy: Sets strategic direction for the firm’s largest and most complex captive relationships, aligning program design to client objectives.
• Regulatory Affairs & Licensing: Navigates captive domicile regulatory and tax requirements and maintains strong relationships with regulators and third-party providers.
• Proposal Development & RFP Response: Leads proposals and competitive pursuits that grow the captive consulting practice.
• Executive Communication: Advises senior client and firm leaders and represents the practice in thought leadership and speaking engagements.

Behaviors

• Strategic Influence: Shapes practice strategy and influences client and firm leadership on complex captive decisions.
• Client Focus: Anticipates and serves the needs of the firm’s most significant captive relationships.
• Delivers Outcomes: Drives engagement delivery and practice growth to consistent, high-quality results.
• Guides the Team: Provides day-to-day direction to captive consulting colleagues, balancing workload, quality, and development.
• Grows Others: Coaches and mentors Captive Consultants and Senior Captive Consultants, building capability and career progression across the practice.

The starting pay is $135,000 salary. Salary is negotiable upon time of offer.