Great Lakes/Pacific Northwest Regional Senior Manager - Surety Bonds (Primarily Home) - Military Veterans
at American Family Insurance
Manages team accountable for bond production, underwriting activities and functions for the specified contract surety operations team. You will report to AVP Bonds. Join us today!
Position Compensation Range (for certain geographic locations):
$162,000 to $276,000 Yearly.
Position Compensation Range:
$144,000.00 - $245,000.00Pay Rate Type:
SalaryCompensation may vary based on the job level and your geographic work location.
Primary Accountabilities
•Creates a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by facilitating and fostering trust, transparency, and inclusion. Works with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support on-going development.
•Leads with influence and expertise. Actively contributes to division or department leadership team. Communicates and supports organization mission, vision, values, policies, and practices.
•Manages all bond production, underwriting activities and functions for the specified contract surety regional field operations team. Has direct as well as indirect production, agency management and underwriting responsibilities.
•Oversees the acceptance, declination and rating of risks.
•Prepares the budget and of the operation plans for the assigned territory. Assists staff in the acquisition and retention of large accounts.
•Develops and executes marketing plans for assigned territory within underwriting standards, rating and product development strategies.
•Provides 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 and contracts.
•Solid knowledge and understanding of bond coverages, liability and value.
Licenses
•Not applicable.
Travel Requirements
•Up to 10%.
Physical Requirements
•Work that primarily involves sitting/standing.
Working Conditions
•Not applicable.
- Offer to selected candidate will be made contingent on the results of applicable background checks.
- Offer to selected candidate is contingent on signing a non-disclosure agreement for proprietary information, trade secrets, and inventions.
- Our policy restricts consideration of applicants needing employment sponsorship (visa) to specialty occupations. Sponsorship will not be considered for this position.
- Internal candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of location and will be considered based upon the needs of the role.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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.
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We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the requirements listed above. Skills can be used in many different ways, and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!
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.
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At the American Family Insurance Group* passion & purpose fill the halls. We’re striving to attract and retain a diverse workplace. We believe a strong culture of diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to inspiring, protecting and restoring the dreams of our customers — and our employees. It’s why we’re committed to creating a collaborative environment where uniqueness is valued and individuals are treated equitably. We’re focused on building key partnerships, driving the accountability of our leaders, and embedding critical equity and inclusion learnings into the fabric of our business. Your ideas, your background, and your experience make a difference. They’re vital to our company’s success. We deliver diversified and innovative insurance solutions by keeping up with the ever-changing demands of our customers. We understand that we can only do this with a diverse workforce.
We Value the Heroes Who Have Served for us. Please click the below to see how we are honoring our Military Veterans like you!
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Read more about our pledge for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion https://www.amfam.com/providing-support/diversity-and-inclusion
*The American Family Insurance Group includes American Family Insurance, The General, Homesite, Main Street America, and CONNECT, powered by American Family Insurance. Across these companies the group has nearly 13,000 employees nationwide and is the nation’s 12th-largest property/casualty insurance group, ranking No. 301 on the Fortune 500 list.