副总裁，西北区负责人 - 承保
Vice President, Northwest Zone Leader - Underwriting
#### 职位描述
西北区副总裁负责西北地区的整体领导、业绩和盈利增长。该高管职位负责管理承销团队，同时推动整个区域的承销卓越、业务产出、经纪关系和组合盈利能力。
副总裁作为区域业务负责人，负责执行承销策略、人才发展、分销管理以及区域内的运营表现。该职位与高管团队、产品、精算、理赔和分销团队紧密合作，实现增长目标，同时保持承销纪律，为经纪合作伙伴提供卓越服务。
理想的候选人是一位具备强大技术专长和出色领导力、业务开发及战略执行能力的承销高管。
#### 关于该职位
**主要职责**
**区域领导与业务管理**
- 领导西北区的所有承销运营和业务表现。
- 制定并执行区域业务计划，实现盈利性保费增长，同时保持承销纪律。
- 对区域业务产出、盈利能力、组合管理和服务目标负责。
- 监控区域关键绩效指标（KPI）、报价流程、成交率、定价充分性、损失趋势和整体组合表现。
- 识别增长机会、市场趋势和竞争动态，以推动战略决策。
- 向高管团队代表西北地区，并定期汇报业绩、机会和风险。
**领导力与人才发展**
- 招募、培养、指导并留住一支高绩效的承销团队。
- 建立问责制、协作、紧迫感和承销卓越的文化。
- 定期进行辅导会议、文件审查、绩效评估和职业发展讨论。
- 明确承销期望，强化一致性、权威合规性和执行力。
- 与人力资源和高管团队合作，进行继任规划和组织发展。
- 主导新承销人才的入职和培养。
**承销领导力**
- 为复杂、高知名度或大额责任账户提供技术指导和授权。
- 确保承销质量、定价充分性和对合规要求的遵守。
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#### Description
The Vice President, Northwest Zone Leader is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and profitable growth of the Northwest Region. This executive leadership role oversees a team of underwriters while driving underwriting excellence, production, broker relationships, and portfolio profitability across the region.
The VP serves as the regional business leader, owning the execution of underwriting strategy, talent development, distribution management, and operational performance within the zone. This individual partners closely with executive leadership, product, actuarial, claims, and distribution teams to achieve growth objectives while maintaining underwriting discipline and delivering exceptional service to broker partners.
The ideal candidate is a proven underwriting executive who combines strong technical expertise with exceptional leadership, business development, and strategic execution.
#### About the Role
**Key Responsibilities**
**Regional Leadership & Business Management**
- Lead all underwriting operations and business performance for the Northwest Zone.
- Develop and execute regional business plans that deliver profitable premium growth while maintaining underwriting discipline.
- Own regional production, profitability, portfolio management, and service objectives.
- Monitor regional KPIs, submission flow, hit ratios, pricing adequacy, loss trends, and overall portfolio performance.
- Identify growth opportunities, market trends, and competitive dynamics to drive strategic decision making.
- Represent the Northwest Region with executive leadership and provide regular updates on performance, opportunities, and risks.
**Leadership & Talent Development**
- Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain a high-performing underwriting team.
- Create a culture of accountability, collaboration, urgency, and underwriting excellence.
- Conduct regular coaching sessions, file reviews, performance evaluations, and career development discussions.
- Establish clear underwriting expectations while reinforcing consistency, authority compliance, and execution.
- Partner with Human Resources and executive leadership on succession planning and organizational development.
- Lead onboarding and development of new underwriting talent.
**Underwriting Leadership**
- Provide technical guidance and referral authority on complex, high-profile, or large casualty accounts.
- Ensure underwriting quality, pricing adequacy, and adherence to company underwriting guidelines.
- Maintain underwriting discipline while balancing growth objectives and market competitiveness.
- Monitor portfolio performance and proactively address emerging trends, concentration management, and loss drivers.
- Partner with Product, Actuarial, Claims, and Reinsurance teams to continually refine underwriting strategy and appetite.
- Champion data-driven underwriting and continuous portfolio optimization.
**Broker & Distribution Leadership**
- Develop and strengthen executive-level relationships with key wholesale brokers and strategic distribution partners throughout the Northwest.
- Drive regional business development initiatives and identify opportunities to expand market share.
- Represent the company at broker meetings, industry conferences, and customer events.
- Collaborate with national distribution leadership to execute strategic broker plans and regional initiatives.
- Serve as the primary underwriting leader for the region and a trusted advisor to brokers and carrier partners.
**Strategic & Operational Execution**
- Execute company underwriting strategy and ensure consistent implementation across the region.
- Collaborate with executive leadership on forecasting, budgeting, staffing, and business planning.
- Drive operational excellence through process improvements, workflow optimization, and technology adoption.
- Ensure compliance with underwriting authority, carrier guidelines, regulatory requirements, and internal controls.
- Support new product launches, underwriting initiatives, and strategic growth opportunities.
#### Requirements
1. 5-10+ years of commercial casualty underwriting experience, preferably within E&S or specialty insurance.
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing underwriting teams and regional operations.
- Strong technical underwriting expertise with the ability to evaluate complex casualty risks.
- Proven success leading profitable growth within a wholesale distribution model.
- Strong understanding of portfolio management, pricing, and underwriting profitability.
- Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to balance growth, risk selection, and operational execution.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, high-growth environment.
**Preferred Experience**
- Experience leading regional underwriting operations.
- Expertise in casualty, general liability, construction, habitational, hospitality, manufacturing, E&S business.
- Strong relationships within the wholesale brokerage community.
- Experience working with delegated authority programs, MGAs, or specialty carriers.
- Familiarity with underwriting technology, analytics, and data-driven portfolio management.
#### Benefits
- Full remote flexibility and asynchronous work culture.
- Unlimited PTO and fully paid sick leave.
- Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus HSA and FSA options.
- Additional financial protection and retirement benefits, including a 401(k), company-paid life insurance, and disability coverage.
#### Compensation
- Base Salary Range $250,000-$350,000- This is a good-faith compensation range based on what Ledgebrook reasonably expects to pay for this position at the time of this posting. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of relevant factors including experience, qualifications, geographic location and other relevant factors.
- Employees in this position are eligible to participate in Ledgebrook’s equity incentive program.
**For Candidates Applying From The U.S.:**
_Please note: This position is open only to candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. We are unable to offer sponsorship at this time._
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