Portfolio Solutions Team Lead

Allianz Commercial; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Private healthcare

Pension

Generous parental leave

Job summary

Allianz Commercial seeks a Portfolio Solutions Team Lead to guide a growing team across onboarding, bordereaux processing, and portfolio monitoring in a multi-location setting (O’Fallon, MO; Chicago, IL; Alpharetta, GA). You will coordinate with underwriting, finance, IT and other stakeholders to drive process improvements and automation, while maintaining governance and reporting on portfolio performance.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of leadership experience in insurance or portfolio management.
• Experience with delegated authority, facilities, program business, MGA relationships or similar structures.
• Strong understanding of bordereaux processing, reconciliation, and data validation.
• Familiarity with CAT modeling, portfolio monitoring, rate adequacy or related profitability indicators.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to support day-to-day tasks and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Portfolio Solutions Analysts and establish scalable operating models.
• Own onboarding and implementation for delegated authority programs, ensuring timelines and dependencies are met.
• Quality-check work related to bordereaux processing and data validation before escalation.
• Monitor portfolio profitability indicators and raise risks to Head of Portfolio Solutions.
• Collaborate on cross-functional projects for onboarding, process improvement, automation, and broader initiatives.
• Maintain documented procedures, controls, and governance standards for onboarding and monitoring.
• Identify operational risks and drive process improvements and automation opportunities.
• Coordinate with Underwriting, Claims, Finance, Actuarial, Legal, Compliance, IT and PMO to support execution.
• Support executive reporting on project status, portfolio performance, and operational risk.

Skills

Leadership experience

Portfolio management

Delegated authority

Bordereaux processing

Data validation

Cross-functional collaboration

Automation opportunities

AI tools usage

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Job description

We are looking for a Portfolio Solutions Team Lead to be located in our office located in O’Fallon, MO, Alpharetta, GA OR Chicago, IL.

Your Team

Allianz Commercial (AzC) specializes in corporate property insurance for the most complex and challenging risk exposures in more than 200 countries and territories. With a focus on larger international risk portfolios, we offer tailor‑made 'All Risks' property damage and business interruption insurance through our global network. Our experience speaks for itself, insuring the majority of Global Fortune 500 companies, managing over 1000 global property insurance programs, and fielding an underwriting team averaging over 20 years’ experience, backed up a worldwide team of risk consultants and claims specialists. When it comes to underwriting insurance products for well‑known famous sports venues, sports/entertainment facilities, major airlines, retail/wholesale companies, banks and manufacturers, we do it all!

Some Of Your Specific Responsibilities Could Include

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Portfolio Solutions Analysts by prioritizing workload, managing performance, building capability, and creating a scalable, well‑documented operating model as the function grows.
• Personally lead onboarding and implementation for select delegated authority programs and facilities, ensuring timelines, dependencies, and operational requirements are clearly managed.
• Quality‑check analyst work related to bordereaux processing, reconciliation, and data validation before it reaches underwriting, finance, or other business stakeholders.
• Monitor portfolio profitability indicators, including loss ratios, rate adequacy, and exposure accumulation, and elevate deterioration or emerging risk to the Head of Portfolio Solutions.
• Represent Portfolio Solutions on cross‑functional project teams supporting new program onboarding, process improvement, automation, and broader strategic initiatives.
• Own and maintain documented procedures, controls, and governance standards for onboarding, bordereaux processing, and portfolio monitoring.
• Identify operational risks, drive process improvement opportunities, and support automation initiatives that improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• Coordinate closely with Underwriting, Claims, Finance, Actuarial, Legal, Compliance, Operations, IT, and PMO to support program execution and issue resolution.
• Support executive reporting on project status, portfolio performance, operational risk, and key initiatives across the Portfolio Solutions function.

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• Experience leading, coaching, or mentoring others, with the ability to prioritize work, manage performance, and build repeatable team processes.
• Strong portfolio management capability, including the ability to monitor performance indicators, identify trends, and elevate emerging risks.
• Experience with delegated authority, facilities, program business, MGA relationships, or similar insurance portfolio structures preferred.
• Strong understanding of bordereaux processing, reconciliation, data validation, and operational data management.
• 3+ years of leadership experience (preferred).
• Experience supporting onboarding, implementation, or cross‑functional project delivery within insurance, underwriting, operations, or portfolio management environments.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across underwriting, claims, finance, actuarial, legal, compliance, operations, IT, PMO, and senior business stakeholders.
• Process‑oriented mindset with experience improving workflows, documenting procedures, strengthening controls, and identifying automation opportunities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a growing and evolving function.
• Familiarity with CAT modeling, portfolio monitoring, rate adequacy, exposure accumulation, or related profitability indicators preferred.
• Ability to utilize AI tools to support day‑to‑day tasks, improve efficiency, and contribute to data‑driven decision‑making.

The annualized base pay range for this role is $97,739 - $147,652 for O’Fallon, MO and $107,913 - $163,96 for for Chicago, IL or Alpharetta, GA . The annual base salary range represents a nationwide market range. The actual salary for this position may be above and will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role, the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate. The base pay is just one component of the AzC total compensation package. As part of our comprehensive compensation and highly rated benefits programs, employees are also eligible for annual performance‑based cash incentive awards.

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What’s in it for you?

Let’s Care About Everything That Makes You, You

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.

Let’s care for your financial wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Let’s care for your opportunities to progress

From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

Let’s care for life’s twists and turns

From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We’ve got your back.

Let’s care for our society and our planet

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.

Care to join us?

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid‑sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family‑owned and medium‑enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what’s ahead.

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At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

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