National Manager

National Manager - Portfolio Underwriting Support

**Primary Details**
Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee
- **Permanent, full-time role**:

- **Hybrid**:

- **Location Preference is Sydney or Melbourne, also open Nationally.**

**The Opportunity**

We have a great opportunity to join the Chief Underwriting Office as National Manager - Portfolio Underwriting Support. As National Manager you are responsible for leading a team of National Portfolio Specialists to deliver product and underwriting technical support to the National Portfolio Management team for both personal lines and commercial products. You will also support the GM Underwriting on cross product underwriting portfolio projects.

**How will I help?**

A day in the role may look a bit like this:

- Develop, deliver, and drive effective planning of the Portfolio Underwriting Support function to ensure delivery of services underpinning business plans
- Lead, manage, coach and mentor a team of National Portfolio Specialists to ensure effective resource allocation, optimal performance, capability development, employee engagement and retention
- Supervise the governance of the Product Committee function for relevant products as per instructions from the Product Chair
- Oversee and coach team on underwriting and portfolio management activities in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements to ensure obligations are met
- Coordinate the maintenance of underwriting rules including risk management and risk acceptance criteria
- Demonstrate understanding and awareness of market dynamics and market cycle to drive and enhance business performance
- Assist the GM Underwriting coordinate and manage team wide projects, business, and technical activities

**About You**

To be successful in this role you will have a solid working knowledge of Underwriting Operations, with extensive experience in a Leadership role. You will also have:

- Solid leadership experience and engagement skills
- Advanced planning, organisational and project management skills
- Proven experience of managing teams.
- Experience managing a National Underwriting portfolio
- Broad working knowledge of risk management, regulatory environment, portfolio management, insurance principles and underwriting
- Strong commercial acumen with experience in senior stakeholder management
- Experiences with strategy and operations would be beneficial

**About QBE**

We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future - helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage.

We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities.

With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment - what if it was yours too?

Your career at QBE - let's make it happen

**Benefits**

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

- 'Hybrid Working' - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
- Our 'Thriving at our Best' wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super
- The ability to maximise retirement savings through voluntary super contributions and company matching
- Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners

**Rewards & Recognition**

We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

- 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice
- 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards
- Gold Employer status for 4 years in a row 2019 - 2022 Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) - the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion
- Ranked 6th place in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2021 as voted by graduates
- Top 20 Workplaces for Dads in 2019 and 2020 (HBF Direct Advice for Dads)
- Family First accredited employer since 2021

**and let's make it happen**

**Skills**:
Business Management, Coaching for success, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Infl