Underwriting Manager (Health Insurance)

Location: Remote/telecommuter within the listed U.S. states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, or Wisconsin.

Salary: $108,100–$183,800 national range; $123,200–$209,400 national-plus range for higher-cost labor markets, including Western Washington and Alaska.

Company

hirify.global provides health insurance services and works to improve healthcare for members, customers, and communities.

What you will do

• Lead underwriting, pricing, and contracting activities to ensure adequate rates, policy provisions, risk management, and profitability.
• Develop management reports covering financial and membership positions, contract fulfillment, production, and business performance.
• Manage underwriting processes and turnaround objectives while maintaining pricing data and contract generation systems.
• Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate underwriting employees while building team capabilities.
• Manage assigned cost-center budgets and support departmental strategy, policies, and procedures.
• Advise internal departments, sales, and account management teams through presentations, negotiations, data reviews, and underwriting policy guidance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field, or four years of equivalent work experience.
• At least five years of underwriting, regulatory, or health insurance consulting experience, including previous underwriting experience.
• Substantial knowledge of the health insurance industry and group administration or underwriting within an insurance carrier.
• Leadership experience in complex business cases or projects, with strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to assess market conditions and recommend contract and underwriting improvements supporting competitiveness and revenue growth.
• The role is primarily sedentary and requires keyboard use and clear communication by telephone and in person.

Nice to have

• Two years of health insurance management or leadership experience.
• Master’s degree.
• CEBS designation.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work from home in an eligible U.S. state.
• Medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance options.
• 401(k) employer match and a pension plan vested after three years.
• Paid time off, wellness resources, counseling, and stress-management programs.
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate education.