Senior Director, Underwriting

Description

The Role:

As the Senior Director of Underwriting at Providence Health Plans, you will be the cornerstone of strategic planning and policy formulation, driving profitable membership growth, retention, business expansion, and diversification-each aligned with our long-term vision. Positioned within a vibrant and forward-thinking organization, you'll provide clarity in risk analysis and ensure consistency across all underwriting activities and methodologies, spanning diverse regions. This leadership role will represent the Plan alongside Sales, advocating pricing transparency to establish credibility and trust with Producer partners and employer groups.

What You'll Do:

• Strategic Innovator: Collaborate with the Leadership team to design and implement strategies that fuel product development, growth in special risk arrangements like stop-loss, and diversification of business lines.
• Operational Excellence Leader: Champion the establishment and achievement of department service level standards, overseeing all rating and underwriting activities for new and renewing commercial group lines of business.
• Relationship Architect: Cultivate high-performing partnerships with Sales, Product, and Actuarial departments, fostering a collaborative environment that drives corporate objectives.
• Transparency Advocate: Represent the Plan, alongside Sales Leadership, championing pricing transparency to establish credibility and trust with Producer partners and employer groups.
• Risk Management Pioneer: Ensure successful underwriting implementation for all commercial lines of business, maintaining stringent audits, processes, and guidelines compliant with State and Federal regulations.
• Mentor & Talent Developer: Inspire and mentor Underwriting Managers and staff, attracting top industry talent and promoting an environment of empowerment and sound decision-making.
• Financial Performance Guardian: Develop and oversee the financial performance of special risk arrangements, directing maintenance, updates, and auditing of underwriting methodologies consistent with strategic objectives.

What You'll Bring:

• Educational Background & Experience: A Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Mathematics, or a related field, complemented by a Master's Degree in Business Administration (preferred), and over a decade of healthcare underwriting experience.
• Leadership Expertise: 5 years of Director-level experience, demonstrating prowess in teamwork promotion, delegation, training, and coaching.
• Analytical Mastery: Exceptional quantitative skills and problem-solving abilities, paired with a deep understanding of insurance underwriting and rating methodologies.
• Strategic Visionary: A strategic thinker with a track record of swiftly addressing challenging strategic questions alongside senior management.
• Technical Proficiency: Expert knowledge in spreadsheet, statistical, and database software packages, with excellent math and project management skills.
• Communication Excellence: Superb communication skills in written, verbal, and listening formats, coupled with excellent negotiation and presentation abilities.

Why Join Us?

• Shape the Future: Be part of an organization dedicated to transforming healthcare underwriting and impacting countless lives positively.
• Unleash Your Potential: Take ownership of your career with autonomy and robust support to bring your visionary ideas to fruition.
• Collaborate with the Best: Join a team of passionate and talented professionals dedicated to excellence in their fields.
• Thrive in a Dynamic Setting: Embrace the fast-paced and ever-evolving healthcare industry, where challenges turn into rewarding opportunities.

Ready to Make a Lasting Impact?

If you're a visionary leader passionate about healthcare underwriting, we invite you to apply. Join us in shaping a healthier, more transparent future for all.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

About the Team

Providence has been serving the Pacific Northwest since 1856 when Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart and four other Sisters of Providence arrived in Vancouver, Washington Territory. As the largest healthcare system and largest private employer in Oregon, Providence is located in areas ranging from the Columbia Gorge to the wine country to sunny southern Oregon to charming coastal communities to the urban setting of Portland.

Our award-winning and comprehensive medical centers are known for outstanding programs in cancer, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, women's services, emergency and trauma care, pediatrics and neonatal intensive care. Our not-for-profit network also provides a full spectrum of care with leading-edge diagnostics and treatment, outpatient health centers, physician groups and clinics, numerous outreach programs, and hospice and home care.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

Requsition ID: 358646

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Underwriting

Job Function: Finance

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 5018 SALES UNDERWRITING OR REGION

Address: OR Portland 4400 NE Halsey St

Work Location: Providence Office Park Portland Bldg 1-Portland

Workplace Type: On-site

Pay Range: $89.02 - $142.32

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.