Retail Property Underwriting Director — Equity & Growth

Shepherd; Fort Worth (TX); Sur place; USD 250 000 - 350 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Shepherd is launching a Commercial Property vertical and seeking a leadership-driven Underwriting Leader to define strategy, go-to-market, and profitable growth. The role requires 10+ years of property underwriting, a strong broker network, and an entrepreneurial mindset to leverage modern tech and AI-enabled workflows.

The position is based in Shepherd offices in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, or Dallas–Fort Worth, with travel about 25% to meet brokers and partners.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of commercial property underwriting with retail middle market and large accounts.
• Proven profitable growth: quoting, binding, and building a property book while managing loss- and combined-ratio targets.
• Strong command of risk selection, COPE analysis, valuation, pricing, coverage, and manuscript forms.
• Hands-on CAT modeling experience (RMS / AIR / Verisk) and disciplined aggregate and exposure management.
• Established retail broker relationships at regional and national levels.
• People leadership experience with underwriters, including setting authority and audits.
• Executive presence to present strategy and results to leadership, partners, and reinsurers.

Responsabilités

• Define the production strategy for retail commercial property, including target classes, TIV bands, geographies, appetite, and growth and loss-ratio targets.
• Support in writing underwriting guidelines, authority framework, referral rules, and rating approach.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data to design the submission-to-bind workflow, pricing tools, and CAT-exposure views.
• Underwrite new and renewal primary and excess property within your authority.
• Own premium, profit, loss-ratio, retention, and expense results for the vertical.
• Use your retail broker relationships to drive submission flow in the first year.
• Serve as Shepherd's senior property voice with brokers, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Hire, coach, and grow a team of property underwriters and support staff as the book scales.
• Work with Claims, Actuarial, Customer Experience and Finance so the business is underwritten, serviced, and reported well.

Connaissances

Commercial property underwriting

Retail and large accounts

Broker relationships

Leadership experience

Executive presence

CAT modeling (RMS/AIR/Verisk)

Team building / mentoring

Risk selection proficiency

Underwriting audits

Travel willingness 25%

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Description du poste

Shepherd is launching a Commercial Property vertical and seeking a leadership-driven Underwriting Leader to define strategy, go-to-market, and profitable growth. The role requires 10+ years of property underwriting, a strong broker network, and an entrepreneurial mindset to leverage modern tech and AI-enabled workflows.

The position is based in Shepherd offices in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, or Dallas–Fort Worth, with travel about 25% to meet brokers and partners.