Head of Strategy and Performance Management

MS Amlin Reinsurance Managers, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 280,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

MS Reinsurance in New York seeks a seasoned leader to partner with the North America CUO, translating regional priorities into actionable underwriting strategy, analytics, and operational excellence. You will work with underwriters, actuarial, and global teams to align market strategies with risk appetite and client needs.

The role demands 10+ years in reinsurance or related fields, strong analytics, and senior stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in reinsurance, underwriting, strategy, operations, or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of reinsurance markets and client dynamics.
• University degree in business, finance, economics, insurance, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the NA CUO to set regional strategic priorities.
• Develop market strategies and templates aligned with risk appetite.
• Lead underwriting portfolio reviews with global coordination.
• Improve client strategies using financial and market insights.
• Define KPIs and dashboards for portfolio steering.
• Ensure cross-functional collaboration across groups.
• Develop client presentations with global Marketing.
• Clarify requirements for data input and pricing docs.
• Own ad hoc topics and ensure policy compliance.

Skills

Experience

Industry knowledge

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Technical skills

Agility and initiative

Education

University degree in business/finance/economics/insurance

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

About MS Reinsurance

MS Reinsurance is a global reinsurer based in Switzerland, with underwriting offices in Zurich, Bermuda, Miami, and New York. We offer top-notch reinsurance products and services to clients around the globe. As part of the leading insurance group MS&AD, we strive to be a trusted partner, helping clients transform risks into opportunities through specialized reinsurance solutions and expert guidance.

About the role

Reporting to the Chief Underwriting Officer, North America, you will act as a strategic and operational partner to the North America underwriting leadership team. The role will help translate regional priorities into action across strategy, underwriting content, analytics, stakeholder engagement, and operational excellence. You will work closely with business and underwriting leaders across the United States, Specialty Lines Heads, underwriters and underwriting assistants, as well as Actuarial, Performance Management, Cat Modelling, Reporting, Marketing, Wordings & Contracts and other global functions. The scope will evolve with business needs and includes both recurring responsibilities and ad hoc priorities, with the opportunity to assume increasing underwriting responsibilities over time. “To help North America Underwriting turn strategic priorities into coordinated, measurable and timely execution.”

Your Responsibilities

Partner with the North America CUO to develop and execute strategic and tactical priorities for the region, in alignment with MS Reinsurance’s global underwriting strategy, the Group CUO and other regional underwriting leaders. Support the NA CUO and leadership team in developing consistent market strategies, business cases, methodologies and templates aligned with risk appetite and client and broker priorities. Lead North America Underwriting Team in developing framework and preparation for underwriting portfolio reviews in coordination with Global CUO office Work with the Group Client team and North America underwriting leadership to strengthen client strategies by improving the use of financial, market and news insights and constructively challenging storylines and tactics. Develop practical productivity frameworks and KPIs by team and client and recommend measures to optimize resource allocation across North America. Gather underwriting team feedback and support the North America CUO in developing and improving underwriting, wordings and contracts guidelines and related expectations. Facilitate alignment among Chief Technical Underwriting Office, the North America CUO and Group CUO on appetite, underwriting responsibilities and cross-team collaboration. Establish management dashboard with consistent financial and performance metrics to enable portfolio steering and to improve broker and client relationships, market footprint, share of wallet and the balance of capacity deployment. Enhance the approach to broker relationship management, including reports and statistics that support high-quality discussions. Develop clear, reusable client presentation materials in collaboration with the global Marketing team. Define and help implement consistent operating standards, processes and KPIs for underwriters and underwriting assistants, including expectations for data input and pricing documentation. Clarify Underwriting’s requirements and priorities for deliverables from Actuarial, Cat Modelling, Claims and other functions to support smooth cross-functional collaboration. Maintain central oversight of projects and deliverables requiring underwriting input, prioritize requests across North America and track progress through clear status reporting and escalation. Take ownership of critical and ad hoc topics, drive them to completion and ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, standards and regulations.

Your Profile

• Experience: 10+ years in reinsurance, underwriting, strategy, operations, consulting or a comparable role in a complex international environment.
• Industry Knowledge: Strong understanding of reinsurance markets, underwriting processes, risk appetite, portfolio management and client and broker dynamics.
• Educational Background: A university or college degree in business, finance, economics, insurance or a related discipline is preferred.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to translate broad business priorities into practical plans, frameworks, decision materials and measurable outcomes.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities, with the ability to define meaningful KPIs, interpret data and develop clear recommendations.
• Project and Process Management: Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, establish operating standards, track dependencies and deliver against deadlines.
• Stakeholder Management: Confidence working with senior leaders and cross-functional teams, with the judgment to challenge constructively, influence without direct authority and build alignment.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills in English; additional languages relevant to North American markets are an advantage.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially PowerPoint and Excel, with strong attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
• Agility and Initiative: A proactive, pragmatic and highly organized team player who is comfortable with an evolving remit, changing priorities and ad hoc assignments.

Why work with us?

Make your mark with us. At MS Reinsurance, we’re big enough to make a difference and small enough that everyone counts. We offer an entrepreneurial culture, where there’s less hierarchy and more action, and room for innovation. Here, you’ll have the power to drive real change and shape our path ahead. Join a place where ambition can become reality, with development and platforms that support where you want to go next. Together, we’ll help you discover your potential as we expand ours. We live day-to-day by our values: collaborative, progressive, empowering, and responsible. This means you’ll join a team which upholds mutual trust and treats each other with respect. While teamwork is at the heart of our approach to reinsurance, we don’t expect our team to think alike; at MS Re, we don’t just welcome your differences, we believe they’re essential to our success.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $280,000-$320,000

Other information

Note that we will only consider applicants eligible to work in New York.

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