Programs Underwriting Director (Insurance)

Location: Boston, United States; overnight business travel required up to 35%.

Base salary: $150,722–$203,918 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides insurance carrier services and manages delegated underwriting programs with Managing General Agent partnerships.

What you will do

• Oversee the strategic management, profitable growth, and stewardship of assigned MGA program partnerships.
• Manage program lifecycles from due diligence and onboarding through portfolio management, remediation, and steady-state operations.
• Govern delegated underwriting authority, clear complex referrals, and lead annual audits for compliance with guidelines and filed rates.
• Lead the research, design, implementation, and regulatory filing of insurance products, including resolving Department of Insurance objections.
• Own program budgets and monitor premium, growth, profitability, GWP, commissions, claims performance, reserves, and bordereaux quality.
• Maintain project plans, risk registers, dashboards, and executive reporting while coordinating underwriting, actuarial, claims, finance, technology, and compliance stakeholders.

Requirements

• 15+ years of property and casualty insurance experience, with significant program underwriting and filings expertise.
• Demonstrated success managing portfolio profitability, remediation strategies, and complex portfolios within an insurance carrier environment.
• Knowledge of insurance policy contracts, medical malpractice, professional liability, general liability, directors’ and officers’ liability, managed care liability, excess and umbrella liability, reinsurance, and SIR and deductible programs.
• Strong understanding of jurisdictional compliance requirements, data calls, audits, and program-specific obligations.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; RPLU, CPCU, or another insurance designation is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, plus strong written, verbal, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Medical malpractice and professional liability underwriting experience.
• Salesforce experience.
• RPLU, CPCU, or another insurance designation.

Culture & Benefits

• Values care, connection, collaboration, and continuous development.
• Emphasis on trust, responsive communication, flexibility, solution-oriented collaboration, and ongoing learning.
• Overnight travel is required as needed by the business, up to 35%.