Assistant Underwriting Manager

About the role

The State of California is seeking an Assistant Underwriting Manager to support the management of the Regional Office's underwriting function. This position reports to the Pleasanton location (Greater Bay Area Region) and works closely with the Regional Underwriting Manager.

Responsibilities

• Support the management of the Regional Office’s underwriting function to achieve Budget Plan objectives while upholding all corporate and regulatory advisories, guidelines, and procedures.
• Effectively lead, coach, and develop staff while fostering strong employee engagement.
• Collaborate across regions, departments, and business segments to meet operational needs and enterprise wide objectives.
• Oversee underwriting and policy servicing functions, ensuring compliance with corporate underwriting and marketing standards.
• Acquire, develop, and retain an assigned book of business.
• Recruit, hire, train, develop, appraise, and discipline staff as needed.
• Plan, organize, direct, and control the operations of the assigned underwriting unit.
• Contribute to the Policy Operations and Regional Office leadership team.
• Build and maintain strong professional relationships with the broker community and monitor broker trends.
• Uphold integrity in every aspect of the workplace.
• Deliver high quality customer service in a timely and professional manner.

Requirements

This position requires occasional overnight travel up to five days in duration to any of our State Fund locations.

Qualifications

To be considered, you must provide a fully completed STD 678 application, resume, and any other requested materials. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, website searches, and third-party reviewers can be helpful in researching responses to the SOQ; however, by submitting your application for this position, you understand and acknowledge the SOQ you submit is your own work, in your own words, and accurately reflects your knowledge, skills, abilities, and experiences.

Skills

Strong analytical, organizational, and time management skills, self-motivation with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, excellent interpersonal and team building capabilities, a positive and solution-oriented attitude, even in challenging environments, the ability to partner effectively with regional leadership and cross-functional programs, skill in assessing and monitoring performance, workflow processes, and workload balance.

Benefits

The State of California offers a competitive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $7,580.00 - $9,416.00 per month.

Schedule

This is a 12 month Limited Term Position which may be extended to 24 months, or become Permanent.