Remote Underwriting Manager — Lead & Optimize Health Insurance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401K with employer match

Pension plan after 3 years

Paid time off and wellness programs

Employee recognition program

Job summary

Premera Blue Cross, a nationwide health insurer, seeks an Underwriting Manager to guide a high-performing team from a remote work setup. You will blend leadership, underwriting expertise, and strategic insight to strengthen operations and support organizational priorities.

You will lead reporting, pricing, contracting, and process improvement initiatives, driving performance and collaboration across departments while shaping long-term policies and procedures for the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration 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, using these reports to effectively manage the business and report results to senior management teams.
• 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 experience

Health insurance knowledge

Negotiation skills

Contracting expertise

Education

Bachelor's in Business Administration

Job description

Premera Blue Cross, a nationwide health insurer, seeks an Underwriting Manager to guide a high-performing team from a remote work setup. You will blend leadership, underwriting expertise, and strategic insight to strengthen operations and support organizational priorities.

You will lead reporting, pricing, contracting, and process improvement initiatives, driving performance and collaboration across departments while shaping long-term policies and procedures for the organization.