Senior Risk Manager

The National Fire Protection Association’s mission is to help save lives and reduce loss with information, knowledge, and passion. An international nonprofit established in 1896, we are dedicated to the elimination of death, injury, property, and economic loss due to fire, electrical, and related hazards. The Association delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 consensus codes and standards, research, training, education, outreach, and advocacy;

and by partnering with others who share an interest in furthering the NFPA mission.

To better meet the needs of those who rely on our information and knowledge to keep people and property safe, we are amidst a transformation to expand our influence and further our safety mission. We are becoming increasingly digital and global to grow, thrive, and save more lives from fire, electrical, and other hazards. To accomplish this, we need effective leaders at all levels of the Association who understand what we are striving for, why it is important, and how to execute our vision and who passionately want to see NFPA through this important stage.

It is an exciting and empowering time to work at NFPA.

NFPA is looking to add a Senior Risk Manager to the Legal team!

Reporting directly to the Vice President & General Counsel, the Senior Risk Manager has overall responsibility for enterprise-wide risk management and insurance programs. The Risk Manager works closely with senior leadership to develop a sustainable framework, tools, practices, and policies necessary to identify, analyze, manage, monitor, and report on key risk management issues. The Risk Manager is responsible for implementing cost-effective strategies to mitigate exposure and efficiently protect the enterprise’s assets and integrity.

This position involves significant discretion and involvement with internal and external stakeholders to advance institutional practices, promote compliance, and support NFPA’s mission.

• Establish and monitor risk identification, assessment, and reporting across the NFPA enterprise to ensure full engagement of NFPA’s risk strategies, report key risks, and support the development of risk treatments in collaboration with risk owners and stakeholders.
• Provide oversight in the development and implementation of NFPA risk management policies and procedures designed to mitigate risk and support claim management, loss prevention and control, the transfer of risk, and monitor effectiveness of safety and compliance programs.
• In conjunction with Senior Leadership anticipate and actively manage operational, financial, and compliance risks; help ensure the integrity of NFPA’s internal controls; and help ensure strong stewardship and accountability at all levels.
• Facilitates the integration of risk management policy and strategy into all business activities across NFPA, including encouraging and elevating the consideration of risk management in key financial and operational decisions.

• Administers NFPA’s property and casualty (P&C) and liability insurance programs including broker selection and management, insurance purchase, implementation of alternative risk finance methods including self-insurance, management of annual renewals, and projecting NFPA’s annual insurance expenses, premium allocations and related reserve account funding.
• Leads analysis of NFPA’s liability insurance program structure and coverage limits. Serve as primary contact between carriers and broker, vendors, and management on all matters of property and casualty insurance. Coordinate and monitors insurance, claims and loss control services from insurance carriers and broker.
• Reviews property and casualty liability risk exposures relative to existing insurance and coverages available. Recommends changes where appropriate.
• Facilitate annual renewal application for P&C and liability insurance. Reviews broker proposals for insurance renewals.
• Creates guidelines that address minimum insurance requirements for vendor contracts. Establishes contractual risk transfer guidelines. Reviews major contracts for risk language and negotiates changes as needed.

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