Vice President, Underwriting Strategy and Portfolio Insights (Hybrid)

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2025 and certification as a Great Place to Work in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year.

Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs.

The Underwriting Strategy & Portfolio Insights Leader is a senior strategic partner to the SVP, Underwriting Strategy, responsible for helping build and lead Selective's underwriting strategy function. This role combines portfolio analytics, strategic planning, and cross-functional leadership to identify emerging risks and opportunities, guide underwriting strategy, and improve portfolio performance across the enterprise.

All job duties and responsibilities must be carried out in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

1. Partner with the SVP to shape and execute enterprise underwriting strategy.
2. Analyze portfolio performance across lines, segments, geographies, and risk characteristics.
3. Identify trends, profitability issues, growth opportunities, concentration risks, and shifts in risk quality.
4. Develop strategic recommendations related to portfolio mix, pricing direction, appetite, and performance improvement.
5. Lead portfolio reviews, strategic analyses, and executive-level reporting.
6. Translate internal performance data and external market intelligence into actionable underwriting insights.
7. Build analytical frameworks, leading indicators, and tools to monitor portfolio health.
8. Partner across Underwriting, Product, Actuarial, Claims, Finance, Analytics, and regional leadership.
9. Support strategic initiatives, execution tracking, and accountability measures.
10. Help recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing strategy team.

Knowledge and Requirements

*Strong understanding of commercial P&C economics, pricing, loss trends, profitability drivers, and underwriting performance.
*Demonstrated ability to turn complex data into clear business insights and strategic recommendations.
*Experience influencing senior stakeholders across functions.
*Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
*Comfort operating in ambiguity and building new processes or frameworks.
*Experience with underwriting strategy, portfolio management, enterprise planning, or executive-level strategy support.
*Experience with external market data sources and analytics tools such as Power BI, SQL, Python, or R.
*Familiarity with predictive modeling, AI, and machine learning applications in insurance.
*People leadership and talent development experience.

Education and Experience

• College degree in a relevant field such as Actuarial Science, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Business, or Risk Management preferred.
• 10+ years of P&C insurance experience in underwriting, actuarial, portfolio management, claims analytics, pricing, strategy, or a related field.
• Professional designation such as CPCU, FCAS, ACAS, or ARM preferred.

Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and 20 days of paid time off. Additional details about our total rewards package can be found by visiting our benefits page.

The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs.

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual's unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences - and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.

For Massachusetts Applicants

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