Lead Market Underwriter

Company :

Highmark Inc.

Job Description :

JOB SUMMARY

***This is a Hybrid position that will require you to come into either our Philadelphia, PA Office or our Camp Hill, PA Office up to 3 days a week.

This job serves as the single-point-of-contact for sales teams and most critical and complex customers, delivering insights and recommendations to sales in order to aid customer acquisition/retention while maintaining performance goals. The incumbent will be assigned to more complex and critical clients and books of business and will serve as subject matter experts for other team members. The incumbent will perform client specific trend analysis and other strategic ad-hoc analysis, while serving as a trusted adviser to Sales and clients.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand the department's and company's strategic goals and competitive position and drives client-level results towards these ends. Actively works with Sales team to manage most complex portfolios of clients towards financial and business targets, e.g. membership, revenue, margin, etc.

• Proactively draws insights from quote details, client understanding and regional insights to deliver best-possible recommendation to Sales. State and maintain independent perspective, including under pressure from more senior individuals, identifying opportunities and concerns.

• Responsible for portfolio of clients through underwriting engagement, from identification through documentation of final sold-contract details.

• Serve as the accountable owner for all quotes delivered to sales partners. Develop a perspective on each client package deliverable. Clearly and confidently communicates Underwriting's position on the risk profile of each client.

• Identify tool improvement needs and communicates needs to Product Development teams.

• Maintain accurate book management details including concession budget.

• Perform strategic trend analysis that may involve one complex client or block of clients.

• Serve as subject matter expert and train team members.

• Other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Mathematics or related field

Substitutions

• Six (6) years additional experience required in lieu of degree

Preferred

• None

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 7 years of Health Care Underwriting OR risk mgmt OR actuary work OR applying advanced mathematics

to include

• 1 years of external client interaction or comparable external interactions

Preferred

• 3 years of External Client interaction

• 3 years in Risk Management OR of Actuary work OR of applying Advanced Mathematics

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• None

Preferred

• None

SKILLS

• Understanding of health products, services, risk assessment and techniques

• Consultative mindset

• Strong Oral and Written Communications skills

Language (Other than English):

None

Travel Requirement:

0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

Position Type

Office-based

Teaches / trains others regularly

Frequently

Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Occasionally

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)

Never

Physical work site required

Yes

Lifting: up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds

Rarely

Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds

Never

Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement : This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company's Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee's responsibility to comply with the company's Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

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Req ID: J238062