Director, Underwriting Portfolio Management, US

Location: Fort Wayne, IN; Alpharetta, GA; Kansas City, MO; Chicago, IL; or Armonk, NY, US. Hybrid work is required, with employees expected to work from the office three days per week every week.

Estimated annual base salary: $220,000–$330,000 in Armonk, NY; $208,000–$312,000 in Alpharetta, GA, Chicago, Fort Wayne, and Kansas City. Total compensation may also include short- and long-term incentives and benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides reinsurance, insurance, and insurance-based risk transfer solutions across Property & Casualty and Life & Health.

What you will do

• Own and deliver the underwriting portfolio plan, translating Group objectives, risk appetite, financial ambition, and market conditions into portfolio choices.
• Assess portfolio economics, risk, return, diversification, and capital consumption to develop capacity, allocation, and steering recommendations.
• Work directly with Palantir and other analytical platforms to investigate portfolio questions, test hypotheses, and interpret underwriting performance and exposure data.
• Identify material risks, concentrations, dependencies, and opportunities, then translate findings into management actions.
• Support governance decisions, track implementation outcomes, and adjust actions when intended results are not achieved.
• Partner with portfolio engineering, data, and analytics specialists while communicating recommendations to underwriting, finance, risk, capital management, and senior leadership.

Requirements

• Proven experience analysing and managing complex underwriting portfolios.
• Deep expertise in capital allocation, capacity-setting frameworks, risk, return, diversification, and capital consumption.
• Experience interrogating large and complex datasets, testing hypotheses, and producing decision-ready insights with Palantir or comparable analytical platforms.
• Strong understanding of underwriting economics, market dynamics, and portfolio management in reinsurance or commercial insurance.
• Ability to present complex analytical conclusions clearly and influence senior stakeholders across underwriting, finance, risk, and capital management.
• Visa sponsorship, visa transfers, visa extensions, and relocation support are not available.

Culture & Benefits

• Integrated Portfolio Strategy & Steering team combining underwriting portfolio management, engineering, data, and advanced analytics.
• Inclusive workplace focused on equal opportunity, fresh perspectives, innovative thinking, and professional development.
• Flexible hybrid environment with office attendance required three days per week.
• Total compensation approach including base pay, incentives, and benefits.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the recruitment process.