Market Segment Leader - Manufacturing/Wholesale (Corporate Underwriting) (Hybrid)

Location: Hybrid; Short Hills, New Jersey, United States. The role requires a strong in-person field presence and the ability to drive an automobile with a valid state-issued driver's license in good standing.

Salary: USD $184,000–$238,000 per year.

Company

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with nearly 100 years of financial performance.

What you will do

• Set and advance the underwriting strategy for the Manufacturing & Wholesale market segment, maintaining a broad generalist appetite supported by specialty niches, guidelines, and standards.
• Generate portfolio, line, segment, class-of-business, market-size, and regional insights to drive profitable growth, diversification, and appetite breadth.
• Monitor economic, technological, social, political, and environmental factors; engage directly with customers to understand operations, exposures, risks, business plans, and evolving needs.
• Identify expansion and product-development opportunities and partner with Product teams on technology solutions that improve underwriting efficiency and accuracy.
• Lead, coach, train, mentor, and develop subject matter experts supporting regional underwriters through referrals, consultations, and knowledge transfer.
• Provide underwriting expertise for complex, unique, and high-exposure risks while partnering with actuarial, analytics, claims, legal, marketing, product, regional, compliance, and risk-management teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of generalist Commercial Lines underwriting experience, including 5+ years in the Manufacturing & Wholesale market segment.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience managing small projects, with excellent customer service, networking, relationship-building, presentation, problem-solving, sales, and negotiation skills.
• Proven leadership capability.
• Valid state-issued driver's license in good standing and ability to drive an automobile.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with a strong in-person field presence.
• Competitive base salary and incentive plan eligibility.
• Comprehensive health care plans and a retirement savings plan with company match.
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program and tuition assistance and reimbursement programs.
• 20 days of paid time off.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and a welcoming workplace.