Insurance Manager

Overview

Harvard University offers a vibrant community advancing its mission in teaching and research. The Financial Administration (FAD) supports Harvard’s mission by stewarding resources, providing guidance and consultation, ensuring compliance with university and federal guidelines, mitigating risk, pursuing operational excellence, and promoting the financial health of the University. FAD’s aim is to be exemplary colleagues, trusted partners, valued advisors, and agents of positive change.

Core aspirations include engaging with respect, honesty, integrity, cultivating equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, welcoming innovation, collaboration, and flexibility, and enjoying work while growing professionally.

Learn more about Financial Administration and its eight reporting units.

Job Summary: Responsible for the identification, evaluation, and protection against key risk exposures at the University, as well as any necessary loss mitigation related to such exposures.

Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Insurance Manager is a key player in the procurement and administration of the university’s casualty insurance and self-insured programs, supporting the department’s consultative approach and regularly interacting with internal clients and partners to assess and address risk. Responsibilities include contract and policy reviews, on-site meetings and assessments, interviews and research; partnering with the claims manager and Office of General Counsel on claims and coverage issues;

recommending solutions for addressing business risk; aggregating data and synthesizing key themes for reporting to the team and director; and managing external service partners to optimize performance and deliverables.

Typical Duties:

• Evaluate the current suite of risk financing solutions and underlying framework to ensure alignment with exposures and risk appetite.
• Maintain fluency in the state of the insurance market and evolving risk issues and their impact on the University.
• Maintain fluency in the legal, regulatory, and governance environments impacting higher education.
• Provide reports to guide leadership on policy renewal strategies, design specifications, implementation timelines, and financial analyses.
• Manage external service partners to ensure timely, quality deliverables within financial targets.
• Maintain professional relationships with stakeholders to maximize performance.
• Periodically measure and report on expected deliverables against performance metrics as part of oversight duties.
• Analyze exposure data and historical loss information to assess trends and identify improvement opportunities.
• Provide timely guidance to internal clients on on-demand insurance inquiries in consultation with the team and the Director.
• Contribute to the department’s annual budget projections and interim financial reports.
• Participate in claims management with internal and external partners.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
• Minimum of 7 years’ relevant work experience

Additional Qualifications:
Certificates and Licenses:

• Associate in Risk Management (ARM) or Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) preferred

Why join Harvard University Central Administration?

Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) supports the university by delivering high-quality services to schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and communities through dynamic partnerships.

Working Conditions:

• Onsite work is performed in an office setting.

Standard Hours/

Schedule:

35 hours per week

• 1-2 days onsite per week on average with additional days for ad-hoc meetings.
• Worksite locations include Cambridge, Allston, Boston (Longwood Medical), and partner locations.

Visa Sponsorship Information: Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position

Pre-Employment Screening: Identity, Education

Other Information:

• Please provide a cover letter and resume as one document with your application.
• This position has a 90-day orientation and review period.

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Harvard offers a comprehensive benefits package supporting health, wellbeing, and professional development, including paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, wellbeing resources, and tuition assistance.

Harvard University is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We seek talent from all parts of society and the world, and we strive to ensure everyone at Harvard thrives. Harvard has an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics and is designed to help all community members participate fully in work and campus life.