Remote Underwriting Manager: Lead a High-Impact Team

Premera Blue Cross; Kansas; Remote; USD 108,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

401(k) with company match

Pension plan after 3 years of service

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

On-site parking (hybrid/onsite)

Job summary

Premera Blue Cross in the United States is seeking an Underwriting Manager to lead a high-performing team and shape underwriting strategy across the organization. This remote/telecommuter role supports key priorities while delivering strong financial results.

You will recruit, train, and develop underwriting professionals, manage budgets, and partner with sales and account teams to drive competitive pricing and policy provisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field or 4 years of work experience.
• 5 years of underwriting, regulatory, or health insurance consulting experience.
• Previous underwriting experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy management monitoring reports for tracking financial and membership positions and contract and fulfillment production.
• Manage underwriting, pricing, and/or contracting activities to ensure that rates and policy provisions are adequate to meet the risks assumed and the profit objectives of the company.
• Manage underwriting processes to meet or exceed turnaround goals and objectives.
• Create and maintain core competency in underwriting by recruitment, hiring, and training of high-quality, experienced, and energetic teams. Manage the associated performance appraisal process.
• Manage the budget process for assigned cost center(s), subject to corporate guidelines and senior management requirements.
• Serve as primary point of contact within Premera for other departments seeking information related to underwriting policy.
• Provide integral support to sales and account management teams, in internal and external presentations and negotiations.
• Develop and maintain pricing data and contract generation systems that support departmental and strategic management decisions with timely and accurate information.
• Assist underwriting senior management in sustaining long-term policies and procedures to formulate work unit strategy in support of organizational strategy.
• Monitor and review data from internal departments for content and accuracy, and to identify associated problems and develop solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Underwriting

Budgeting

Policy pricing

Contracting

Data analysis

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 years of work experience

Job description

Premera Blue Cross in the United States is seeking an Underwriting Manager to lead a high-performing team and shape underwriting strategy across the organization. This remote/telecommuter role supports key priorities while delivering strong financial results.

You will recruit, train, and develop underwriting professionals, manage budgets, and partner with sales and account teams to drive competitive pricing and policy provisions.