Senior Risk Management Director

United Therapeutics Corporation; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 215,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

United Therapeutics Corporation, based in the United States, seeks a Senior Risk Management Director to lead enterprise risk management, insurance programs, and organizational resiliency. The role focuses on reducing exposure, ensuring compliance, and enabling proactive risk-informed decision-making.

Qualified candidates will have extensive experience in ERM and commercial insurance, with strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of risk management and/or commercial insurance experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance, or risk management.
• 5+ years of experience as a functional leader and/or people manager.
• Ability to read, understand, explain, and negotiate insurance policy language.
• Subject Matter Expert in commercial insurance coverages, enterprise risk management, and organizational resilience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills with team, peers and business stakeholders.
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to engage confidently across all levels of the organization, including executive leadership and that Board delivering risk insights with clarity, credibility and impact.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to execute effectively at both strategic and operational levels.
• Proven ability to lead enterprise risk processes, manage complex insurance portfolios, and oversee cross-functional risk initiatives.
• Skilled in managing a team; including developing others, giving feedback, managing conflict, and fostering collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead ERM program strategy and execution.
• Administer ERM activities and risk exposure identification and mitigation.
• Negotiate insurance coverage, pricing, structure and limits.
• Oversee risk management compliance with SOPs.
• Lead organizational resiliency and business continuity planning.
• Provide ongoing risk management expertise across the company.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

Risk management

Commercial insurance

Negotiation

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s in business/finance

Master’s in business/finance

MBA, JD, or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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The job details are as follows:

Who We Are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq:UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension(PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF).

The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create bio-artificial organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Who You Are

The Senior Risk Management Director leads the vision and strategic direction for the company’s risk management function, ensuring it supports and advances organizational objectives. The role drives execution across enterprise risk management, corporate insurance, and organizational resiliency to reduce exposure, strengthen preparedness, and enables proactive risk-informed planning and decision-making. Sound like you?

• ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT: Responsible to ensure successful execution of the Department’s strategic goals and objectives Administer all ERM Program activities Assist corporate and business unit leaders in identifying exposures to loss and implementing appropriate risk management strategies to eliminate or reduce the impact of such loss Oversee the development and maintenance of a Risk Management Program Manual
• CORPORATE INSURANCE: Lead and oversee the Property, Casualty and Management liability insurance programs Participate in negotiating insurance coverage and pricing, structure and limits for all property, casualty, management liability and other insurance policies and service agreements Conduct cost/benefit analysis of program alternatives as appropriate Evaluate adequacy of limits and appropriateness of retentions/deductibles Participate in managing broker and insurer relationships Responsible for risk management compliance with Clinical Trial Insurance SOP
• CONTRACT REVIEW: Review leases, business development opportunities, clinical trial agreements, contracts and other legal documents to evaluate appropriateness of wording and assure compliance with insurance and risk management policies
• ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCY: Oversee the business continuity management/planning across all business segments of the organization Lead the Corporate Resiliency Program to ensure it addresses all critical business functions and provides assurance that they can resume normal business operations to within planned disruption specifications Ensure that the management of the Organizational Resiliency Program includes regular testing of plans in accordance with the Organizational Resiliency Program Policy and framework Assist business units with review and inspection of facilities with a focus on loss reduction Review and provide recommendations on insurer issued loss prevention reports
• Provide ongoing risk management and insurance subject matter expertise, resources, guidance and collaboration to all Unitherians
• Other duties as may be assigned

For this role you will need

Minimum Requirements

• 15+ years of risk management and/or commercial insurance experience with a Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance, or risk management OR 13+ years of risk management and/or commercial insurance experience with a Master’s Degree in business, finance, or risk management
• 5+ years of experience as a functional leader and/or people manager
• Ability to read, understand, explain, and negotiate insurance policy contract language
• Subject Matter Expert in commercial insurance coverages, enterprise risk management, and organizational resilience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills with team, peers and business stakeholders
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to engage confidently across all levels of the organization, including executive leadership and that Board delivering risk insights with clarity, credibility and impact
• Strategic mindset with the ability to execute effectively at both strategic and operational levels
• Proven ability to lead enterprise risk processes, manage complex insurance portfolios, and oversee cross-functional risk initiatives
• Skilled in managing a team; including developing others, giving feedback, managing conflict, and fostering collaboration across disciplines

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in biotech or pharmaceutical industry, including global clinical trial risk strategy
• Deep understanding of contractual risk, and indemnification provisions within the life sciences space
• Master’s Degree MBA, JD, or equivalent
• Certified Risk Manager (CRM)
• Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
• Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC)
• Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
• Safety, loss prevention, and claims experience

Job Location:

United Therapeutics requires this candidate to be on-site at either our Durham, North Carolina location or our Silver Spring, MD position a minimum of 3 days a week.

At United Therapeutics, our mission and vision are one. We use our enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence to innovate for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders. We are bold and unconventional. We have fun, we do good.

At United Therapeutics, our mission and vision are one. We use our enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence to innovate for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders. We are bold and unconventional. We have fun, we do good.

The salary for this position ranges from $215K to 260K per year. In addition, this role is eligible for the Company’s short-term and long-term incentive programs.

The salary range is the range United Therapeutics Corporation in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Eligible employees may participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more. For additional information on Company benefits, please visit https://www.unither.com/careers/benefits-and-amenities

United Therapeutics Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Eligible employees may participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more. For additional information on Company benefits, please visit https://www.unither.com/careers/benefits-and-amenities

United Therapeutics Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.