Associate Senior Manager, Bonds Northeast Region (Primarily Home)

Main Street America Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance provider seeks an experienced candidate to manage bond production and underwriting activities. You will report to the Senior Manager, leading a performance-driven environment and collaborating with team members to achieve operational excellence. The ideal applicant will have a strong background in underwriting, product development, and marketing, alongside exceptional leadership and customer service skills. This primarily home-based role requires up to 50% travel and offers comprehensive benefits, including a competitive pension plan and a student loan repayment program.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) contribution

Pension plan

Annual incentive

Paid time off program

Student loan repayment program

Qualifications

• Proven experience providing customer-driven solutions and support.
• Effective experience leading people or projects.
• Experience with bond underwriting and servicing.

Responsibilities

• Manage bond production and underwriting activities for the team.
• Collaborate with team members to set clear goals and provide feedback.
• Oversee portfolio quality and adherence to underwriting guidelines.

Skills

Customer-driven solutions

Leadership

Bond underwriting

Product development

Marketing

Job description

Help manage all bond production, underwriting activities and functions for designated team. You will report to the Senior Manager, Bonds Regional Accounts.

Position Compensation Range

$113,000.00 - $194,000.00

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Compensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location. Relocation support is offered for eligible candidates.

Primary Accountabilities

• Create a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by facilitating and promoting trust, transparency, and inclusion. Work with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support ongoing development.
• Lead with influence and expertise. Actively contribute to the division or department leadership team. Communicate and support the organization mission, vision, values, policies, and practices.
• Oversee the portfolio quality and underwriting file quality of the regional team.
• Be a liaison in driving adherence to best practices and underwriting guidelines.
• Collaborate with the team to identify optimal workflow solutions that drive operational excellence of the field team.
• Develop and execute marketing plans for the assigned territory within underwriting standards, rating and product development strategies.
• Provide consulting expertise to customers and direct reports to generate solutions to problems or identify needs.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

• Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
• Demonstrated effective experience leading people or projects.
• Demonstrated experience with bond underwriting, product development, marketing, production and servicing.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of bond coverages, liability and value.

Licenses

• Not applicable.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 50%.

Physical Requirements

• Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

Working Conditions

• Not applicable.

Additional Information

• Offer to the selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks.
• Offer to the selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions.
• Sponsorship will not be considered for this position unless specified in the posting.
• Candidate must have experience within the New Jersey market.
• Prefer the selected candidate live within the state of NJ or NJ adjacent.
• Candidate may also be considered for a lower-level position (Lead Field Contract and Large Commercial Underwriter).

In this primarily home-based role, you will spend 80% of your time (4+ days per week) working from home. On occasion you may be asked to travel to an office location for in-person engagement activities such as team meetings, trainings, and culture events.

We provide benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. You will have access to comprehensive medical, dental, vision and wellbeing benefits that enable you to take care of your health. We also offer a competitive 401(k) contribution, a pension plan, an annual incentive, 9 paid holidays and a paid time off program (23 days accrued annually for full-time employees). In addition, our student loan repayment program and paid-family leave are available to support our employees and their families. Interns and contingent workers are not eligible for American Family Insurance Group benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws pertaining to non-discrimination, non-harassment and equal opportunity. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

American Family Insurance is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please email [e-mail] to request a reasonable accommodation.