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MassMutual Financial Group is a financial services firm that supplies individuals and businesses with insurance, retirement, investment, and financial planning
Underwriting Lead – Intelligent Automation
Location
United States
Posted
119 days ago
Salary
$163.9K - $215K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Underwriting Lead – Intelligent Automation
MassMutual Financial Group
• Coordinate with team members for maximal impact on systems and automation. • Partner with leadership across the enterprise to champion changes that improve processes, while maintaining mortality expectations. • Be a champion for data-driven underwriting practices. • Lead the effort and provide recommendations around new technologies and methodologies for automation and process efficiency. • Provide guidance on the development, testing and implementation of new AI tools and predictive models. • Business lead for identifying areas that require a solution and giving direction to the type of solution needed. • Develop workflows. • Create pilot plans. • Establish roll out plans for new solutions. • Create monitoring metrics plan for new solutions. • Work with Competitive Intelligence by keeping an eye on industry/carrier developments around AI initiatives.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years of relevant work experience in Life Underwriting
- Experience leading special projects, including underwriting automation systems
- Confident communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience developing content and presenting to executive leadership team
- Ability to develop strategy plan and execution plan
- Ability to partner effectively with internal teams and external partners
- Strong understanding of life insurance products, underwriting processes and regulatory environment
Benefits
- competitive salaries
- incentive and bonus opportunities
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