Director, Underwriting Team Manager

You desire impactful work.   You’re RGA ready RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies , we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

Overview Leads and performs activities in assigned functional area, managing a team of facultative underwriters and providing back-up support of regional underwriting lead role.   Develops, maintains, and communicates expertise in assigned function al area.   Using critical thinking, evaluates and classifies medical, non-medical, and financial risks on large, more complex and challenging life risks/cases.   Develops and manages client relationships to ensure client's needs are met while ensuring profitable underwriting decisions and maintaining RGA Re's philosophy.   Manages departmental client centricity endeavors. Recommends and participates in the development and implementation of process improvements that may extend beyond the area of oversight. Responsibilities may also include l ead ing and manag ing underwriting initiatives including, but not limited to, SU P/SUP at Scale operational management, sales and process enablement, and business execution.

Leads and performs the duties related to daily team management.  Duties include but are not limited to co-signing of cases, workflow supervision, general oversight of work, associate development and mentoring activities, hiring, training, evaluating, coaching, and disciplining direct reports.  Fosters a positive and engaged work environment. Assists underwriting leadership as underwriting client contact for assigned business development region in review of underwriting aspects related to pricing quotes and review of client requirements coordinating with Business Development, Pricing, Claims, Treaties, and other departments as needed. Collaborates with the various functional areas, including, but not limited to, Underwriting, Business Development, and CMS to help manage and assist the regional teams, fac exclusive teams SUP teams, and SUI in developing and delivering memorable and impactful solutions for clients, aligned to our foundational resources and strategy approach to client centric design. Works alongside CMS, Regional Leads, Underwriting, and SUI to coordinate and drive client centricity strategy.  Ensures that client communications regarding RGA services are coordinated, clear, measurable, and tied back to the original scope of work, celebrating successes and adapting to changes along the way. Organizes and shares client industry and organizational information to help RGA anticipate needs, prepares context-relevant recommendations, and identifies future expansion opportunities.  Works alongside CMS, Regional Leads, Underwriting, and SUI to coordinate subsequent client communications and interactions. Assists in completing underwriting quality scorecards and/or related documents ensuring pricing evaluations/recommendations meet our guidelines and are profitable. Assists in performing data analysis for clients, senior underwriting management, sales/marketing and actuarial departments by summarizing data resulting in meaningful reports, comparison grids, scorecards, and other formats as needed. Keeps abreast of and monitors client company special underwriting programs that RGA Re participates in such as conversion programs, table shave programs, requirements guidelines and preferred guidelines. Appraises and underwrites large, complex, and challenging risks for life insurance up to approval authority.  Ensures underwriting quotes are sound, competitive, and profitable to RGA.  Under direction, makes exceptions within RGA  philosophy and practice, balancing