Overview As SLM Region Lead, you drive new business underwriting and production across a U.S. region via a team of 8-12 underwriters. You lead revenue-generating activities in collaboration with CI and Distribution to hit growth targets. You mentor talent, manage productivity, and ensure audit and compliance standards are met. You work closely with Operations to optimize underwriting execution and workflow, and you influence stakeholders at all levels. This role supports regional hiring and development, with travel as needed.
Compensation / Benefits- comprehensive benefits package
- discretionary annual incentive program
Responsibilities- Drive new business production across branches and distribution sources
- Approve deals within authority limits with timely, accurate decisions
- Coach and manage underwriter productivity and desk-management skills
- Analyze production, profitability, and productivity by industry and branch to drive improvements
- Collaborate with CI Field Underwriting and Distribution to implement local market tactics
- Partner with Distribution on sales execution and agency communications
- Ensure adherence to audit and compliance requirements, including self-audits
- Contribute to talent management, including performance assessments and compensation planning
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Travel as needed
Key requirements- 5-7 years of commercial lines underwriting experience
- Strong working knowledge of multi-line and monoline offerings
- Proven leadership, teamwork, and relationship-building abilities
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Ability to coach and develop others using technical and analytical skills
- Experience driving business results through producer and sales management
- Experience developing and executing business plans
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills
- Ability to align customer perspectives with business and profit strategies
- Bachelor in any field or equivalent experience
- relationship-building
- communication
- negotiation
- commercial lines underwriting
- multi-line and monoline product knowledge
- analytical decision-making
