Senior Director of Risk Engineering

The Commercial Lines Underwriting unit of Verisk Insurance Solutions is hiring an experienced Sr Director of Risk Engineering and Innovation to lead the team that is the source of deep technical insurance and risk control knowledge on the commercial lines underwriting products and will drive, participate and support the Commercial Lines thought leadership and Innovation efforts maintain brand recognition and leadership.

Our objective is to attract a leader who has deep insurance risk control knowledge, understand underwriters needs, and has a business development drive to innovate within the Commercial Lines Property/Casualty Market



* Lead and empower the Engineering and Data quality teams with the goal of innovating towards the development of new products based on risk control field experience and insurance underwriting needs


* Responsible for communicating with the customer and through the Commercial Lines Underwriting organization all evolving and emerging risks and hazards with the goal to innovate, train, coach and develop new products and solutions with the customers' view and technical excellence.


* Understand Customers' needs in collaboration with the Product and Customer Engagement teams to develop and support new initiatives, services and products


* Drive, coordinate and contribute to thought leadership activities, such as collaborating in the development of white papers, supporting speakers/speaking at industry events, or utilizing other mass media platforms, to help maintain our market leader position


* Leverage customer interactions and market research to identify new product innovations related to product direction/planning


* Responsible for quality control of proprietary commercial property databases and related data collection processes and workflow.


* Lead, drive and manage the development and maintenance of procedures and guidance related to field operations for building and community mitigation surveys in alignment with onsite risk control deep domain expertise and customer needs


* Fosters collaboration between Underwriting, Product, Actuary, Survey, and Finance on key initiatives and strategies to ensure growth and profitability of the unit



* Professional Engineer (PE) designation.


* Proven experience leading team(s) with strong records of building great internal and external customer relationships that focus on gaining actionable insights and forming collaborative partnerships with the goal of innovation, product improvement, and ease of use


* Ten (10) years or more in insurance loss control experience of commercial property risks, associated underwriting practices and issues, and understanding of insurance surveys with key risk control and best practice recommendations.


* Strong problem solving, mentoring, conceptual thinking, analytical skills, and the ability to deal with ambiguity.


* Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, inclu...