Underwriting Strategy Manager (Insurance)

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid, with attendance at the London office up to 2–3 days per week

Company

hirify.global UK is a specialist insurance business serving customers ranging from high-value homeowners to innovative technology companies.

What you will do

• Act as a trusted thought partner and operational proxy to the UK Chief Underwriting Officer, shaping priorities, agendas and decision flow.
• Prepare briefing papers, recommendations and executive materials for leadership, governance and board forums.
• Translate underwriting, portfolio and market information into clear, decision-ready insights and identify emerging risks, dependencies and opportunities.
• Own the operating rhythm for UK underwriting, including leadership meetings, quarterly business reviews, portfolio reviews and planning cycles, while tracking actions and decisions.
• Lead targeted analytical work on portfolio performance, trends, trading outcomes and strategic trade-offs using data from underwriting, pricing, finance and management information teams.
• Support underwriting transformation and change initiatives, coordinate stakeholders and represent the CUO in selected forums.

Requirements

• Significant experience operating in or alongside a senior leadership or executive environment, ideally in financial services or insurance.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to quickly understand underwriting, portfolio and risk concepts.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distil complex information into clear, persuasive executive messages.
• Experience managing ambiguity, competing priorities and sensitive information with professionalism and judgement.
• Advanced stakeholder management skills within a matrix organisation and the ability to influence without formal authority.
• Highly analytical and structured thinking with strong problem-solving capability.
• Gravitas and confidence to operate credibly with senior leaders.
• Low-ego, high-impact approach, strong ownership, intellectual curiosity, commercial focus, resilience and adaptability.
• Strong judgement and discretion; comfortable operating at pace.

Nice to have

• Direct experience in insurance underwriting, pricing, portfolio management or a closely related discipline.
• Exposure to regulatory and conduct considerations in insurance or financial services.
• Quantitative or financial background.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working designed to support work-life balance, combining office collaboration with independence and flexibility.
• The London office serves as the team hub for collaboration and in-person working.
• Role situated within a specialist insurance organisation and its UK and Group leadership functions.