Director Underwriting Capabilities and Tools - Dwelling

** Why USAA?*
* At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

** The Opportunity*
* We are seeking a dedicated Director UW Capabilities and Tools - Dwelling.

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be  
** in the office 4 days per week** . This position must be based in our  
** San Antonio, TX;
Plano, TX;
Phoenix, AZ;
Colorado Springs, CO;
Chesapeake, VA or Tampa, FL
** offices. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

** What you'll do:*
* Underwriting is shifting from a static to a dynamic ecosystem powered by predictive models, advanced data integration, and automated decision engines. Our Underwriting Strategy and Capabilities team serves as the engine room for technological change for our personal lines of business.  Whether you are leading tech-savvy teams to design modular, cross-product solutions, managing the execution flow and multimillion dollar IT budget of our portfolio, or architecting our long-term strategic roadmaps, your mission is the same: reinvent how we underwrite through modern technology.  

We are looking for self-directed, analytically minded business subject matter experts who can bridge the gap between underwriting problems and complex systems engineering to deliver unprecedented speed, precision, and market responsiveness so we can serve more military members and their families.

As Director UW Capabilities and Tools - Dwelling you will manage a team of individual contributors that is responsible for overseeing and managing the launch and maturation of new products into target strategic markets. You'll serve as a cross functional expert, provide leadership, product expertise and support for initiatives related to product development, compliance, operational and process improvements, claims management, vendor management, product documentation, fulfillment, and/or system releases.

+ Responsible for development of digital first products supporting the needs and risks of USAA Members.

+ Oversees the development and of launch new innovative product offerings as well as auxiliary/enhanced features/services for existing products.

+ Develops and finalizes recommendations to launch new products and the evaluation and decision to buy/build or ally for the line of business.

+ Develops and launches new innovative product offerings as well as auxiliary/enhanced features/services for existing products.

+ Generates creative product and coverage solutions for member needs to ensure a dynamic product development pipeline exists.

+ Responsible for maintaining thorough level of knowledge of business and underwriting performance for products in scope (e.g. trends, results, etc.).

+ Responsible for post-launch maintenance and underwriting of 'new in market' products based on product performance, member needs and competitive changes in the market including but not limited to product rules, rates, and forms.

+ Leverages cross functional resources to gather data and member information to support formulation of product strategy and acquire competitive intelligence.

+ Leads a team to analyze internal and external data and member information to support formulation of product strategy and enhance competitive intelligence.

+ Develops and communicates the new product value proposition for the line of business across teams and levels of leadership.

+ Ensures product development team delivers sales support to all distribution channels (e.g., .com, mobile, contact center) so that the new product is properly positioned to members.

+ Directs the analysis and evaluation across multiple new product performance…