Korn Ferry
Underwriting Operations Project Manager
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Project Manager - Underwriting Operations Governance
£850 per day | Inside IR35 | Contract
I'm currently recruiting for an experienced Project Manager to support a major specialty insurance organisation in strengthening and maturing its Underwriting Governance framework.
Working alongside a new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), the successful candidate will be responsible for taking the underwriting mandate and operationalising it across the organisation.
The objective is to create a clear, consistent and robust underwriting framework across markets, ensuring brokers and other stakeholders have clear guidance on underwriting authorities, product requirements and controls.
This is initially expected to be a c.6-month programme, with further transformation work likely to follow.
Key Responsibilities
- Operationalise the new underwriting mandate across the organisation.
- Create and cascade a clear set of underwriting authorities.
- Develop and implement product guidelines across individual markets.
- Establish appropriate underwriting controls and processes.
- Review and improve the existing product approval process.
- Ensure underwriting governance is consistently applied across different markets.
- Work with HR, Legal and other key functions to embed the required governance framework.
- Identify gaps within existing underwriting processes and implement improvements.
- Work closely with the CUO and senior underwriting stakeholders.
- Manage delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring activity is prioritised and delivered effectively.
- Support the organisation in creating a more mature, consistent and controlled underwriting operating model.
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Experience Required
- Significant Project Management experience within specialty insurance - essential.
- Strong understanding of underwriting processes and governance.
- Experience working with senior underwriting stakeholders, ideally including CUO-level stakeholders.
- Proven experience delivering underwriting transformation or governance programmes.
- Experience creating or implementing underwriting authorities, mandates, controls or guidelines.
- Understanding of product approval processes within insurance.
- Experience working across multiple markets would be highly beneficial.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to operate confidently with senior leadership.
- Strong process, governance and operational delivery experience.
- Able to translate strategic requirements into practical, operational processes.
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This role would suit someone who has previously worked on:
- Underwriting governance transformation
- Underwriting operating models
- Underwriting mandates and authorities
- Product approval frameworks
- Underwriting controls
- Specialty insurance transformation
- International insurance governance
Rate: £850 per day
IR35: Inside IR35
Contract: Initially c.6 months, with potential for further work
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
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