Product and Underwriting Portfolio Manager

Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies is a P&C subsidiary of National Indemnity Company, supported by 1,200 employees. We write small commercial insurance solutions including workers compensation, business owners policies, commercial auto, commercial umbrella, professional liability, and personal lines including homeowners/personal umbrella with a national footprint, distributing its products primarily through independent retail agents with over $2.2 Billion of in-force premium.  BH GUARD Insurance Companies are rated A+ (Excellent) by AMBest.

BH GUARD currently offers an excellent opportunity for a Product and Underwriting Portfolio Manager over Small Commercial package to guide our next stage of growth at Berkshire Hathaway Guard Insurance Companies. The position can be located in either Wilkes-Barre, PA, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, and Parsippany, NJ. 

The Product and Underwriting Portfolio Manager will collaborate closely with the line of business leader, playing a pivotal role in documenting and versioning strategies. This role requires a strong ability to contribute date-driven and experience -driven ideas, actively supporting the execution of strategic initiatives. 

• Lead the evaluation of vendors and their contracts. Owns collaboration with legal to drive contract terms and conditions. Owns and creates any SOWs.
• Owns collaboration with the line of business leader to build business cases and cost benefit analysis to support third party enrichment concepts.
• Owns, manages and maintains business backlog, RAID logs, resource plans, including best practices for communicating with business systems.
• Lead meetings and workshops with cross-functional team members; develop strategies to enhance cross-functional collaboration.
• Responsible for facilitating communication and influencing outcomes across underwriting, claims, actuarial, analytics, product development, operations, et al.
• Responsible from project initiation phase to completion; responsible for establishing key metrics, monitoring execution, and reporting on results.
• Proactively step in to address critical needs as they arise throughout the project’s lifecycle.

• Bachelor's degree preferred with concentration in Risk Management, Business, Economics, Finance, Math, Statistics or Actuarial Sciences
• 5 + years of Project Manager, Product Owner or Delivery experience.
• Must exhibit expertise in industry trends, state regulations, and compliance processes.
• Must promote and exemplify data driven decision-making.
• Promotes and exemplifies a culture of collaboration, including stakeholders at various levels and in various departments.

Salary Range

$110,000.00-$200,000.00 USD 

The successful candidate is expected to work in one of our offices 3-4 days per week and also be available for travel as required.

The annual base salary range posted represents a broad range of salaries around the U.S. and is subject to many factors including but not limited to credentials, education, experience, geographic location, job responsibilities, performance, skills and/or training.