Managing Director, Construction

• Manage the profitability, growth, and retention of business within a location or region.
• Partner with RVP to develop and implement business strategies to effectively achieve profit and growth objectives.
• Effectively manage local strategies, objectives and tactics concerning relationships with brokers and agencies.
• Underwrite and skillfully negotiate the most complex, at-risk, or hard-to-close deals.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with internal partners within the business unit and across the enterprise to create sales strategies and identify cross-selling opportunities.
• Regularly meet in person with agents and brokers and have the ability to travel to these meetings.
• Provide strategic direction and support for team and take responsibility for coaching, training, and performance management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Eight to ten years of relevant underwriting experience with experience in construction risk or oil and gas.
• Experience leading or managing others.
• Prior management of a field location.
• Expert level knowledge of construction risk or oil and gas products, the regulatory environment, and the local insurance market.
• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to proactively identify underwriting, marketing, or financial challenges and analyze available information to make timely decisions in alignment with our risk appetite.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to successfully negotiate in difficult situations with agents and brokers.
• CPCU designation.
• Six years of underwriting, claim, operations, risk assessment, actuarial, sales, product, or finance experience.

Demonstrates expert-level knowledge in construction risk and oil and gas products, with a strong focus on underwriting, negotiation, and strategic relationship management. Proven ability to lead teams, develop business strategies, and analyze complex financial challenges to drive profitability and growth.

• Underwriting Experience
• Construction Risk Expertise
• Oil And Gas Knowledge
• CPCU Designation
• Team Leadership

• Underwriting
• Risk Assessment
• Financial Analysis
• Negotiation
• Sales Strategy Development
• Performance Management
• Market Analysis
• Deal Structuring
• Cross-Selling Opportunities
• Regulatory Compliance

• Critical Thinking
• Communication
• Relationship Management
• Coaching
• Training

• CPCU

• Construction Risk
• Oil And Gas
• Insurance Market
• Broker Relationships
• Field Location Management