Surety & Insurance Risk Manager

Giga Energy Inc.; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity

401(k) with employer match

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

FSA/HSA

Commuter benefits

Team offsites

Job summary

Giga Energy Inc. is seeking a Surety & Insurance Risk Manager to join the Risk & Insurance team, reporting directly to the Head of Risk & Insurance. You will manage day-to-day administration of bonding and insurance programs and help stand up scalable processes and systems as the company grows.

This is a remote role with occasional travel (~10%) for offsites, collaborating with Growth and Finance to ensure alignment on risk and deal structuring.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience in insurance or risk management.
• Experience with performance bonds/surety underwriting.
• Understanding of corporate and project-level insurance programs.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Comfortable operating with incomplete information in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day administration of performance bond submissions—paperwork, timelines, and status tracking across all live deals.
• Build and own portfolio-wide risk reporting—aggregate bond capacity, exposure, and insurance program status.
• Administer corporate and project-level insurance programs—renewals, certificates of insurance, coverage tracking.
• Build and maintain data infrastructure (bond capacity, program terms, deal history, renewal calendars).
• Prepare deal-level bonding and insurance summaries for broker and surety negotiations.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and Growth on the operational side of deal structuring.
• Build the processes, templates, and systems that will let the function scale as Giga grows.

Job description

What you'll do

As Surety & Insurance Risk Manager, you'll join Giga's Risk & Insurance team, reporting directly to the Head of Risk & Insurance. You'll manage the day-to-day administration of Giga's bonding and insurance programs — including bond submissions, portfolio-wide risk reporting, and insurance program administration. This is a builder's seat: you'll help stand up the processes and systems that let the function scale as Giga grows.

Where you'll work

This role is remote — we don't care where you sit, only that you're excellent at the job. You'll travel occasionally (about 10% of the time, roughly a couple of trips per year) for company and team offsites to stay closely connected with Growth and Finance, given how tightly this role works with them.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day administration of performance bond submissions — paperwork, timelines, and status tracking across all live deals

• Build and own portfolio-wide risk reporting — aggregate bond capacity, exposure, and insurance program status across all active and pipeline deals into a single source of truth for leadership

• Administer corporate and project-level insurance programs — renewals, certificates of insurance, coverage tracking

• Build and maintain the data infrastructure (bond capacity, program terms, deal history, renewal calendars) that lets the function make fast, informed decisions

• Prepare deal-level bonding and insurance summaries for broker and surety negotiations

• Partner with Legal, Finance, and Growth counterparts on the operational side of deal structuring

• Build the processes, templates, and systems that will let the function scale as Giga grows

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in insurance, risk management, or performance bonds/surety

• Working knowledge of and/or related experience with how performance bonds are underwritten, priced, and structured — insurance backgrounds with transferable skills are welcome

• Solid understanding of corporate and project-level insurance programs

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or a related field

• Comfortable operating with incomplete information in a fast-moving environment

Bonus points

• Background at a surety company, insurance carrier, or brokerage

• Experience in construction, infrastructure, or industrial/energy sectors

• Industry-specific certifications (e.g., CPCU, ARM, surety bond producer credentials)

• Experience helping build out a risk management function from the ground up

Benefits

• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance

• Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup

• 401(k) with 4% employer match

• Unlimited PTO

• Parental leave

• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Commuter benefits

• Quarterly team onsites where all offices come in-person to collaborate