Algorithmic Underwriting Lead

Birmingham Source: WhatJobs
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Overview

In this role, you lead the rules engine that drives Fast Track underwriting decisions at Marsh Risk. You work with underwriting leadership to ensure accurate, reliable outcomes within the Underwriting Framework, while enabling automation and decision support for Account Managers. You will partner with the CUO, Technical Underwriting Managers, and Controls to improve the framework and the performance of the automated decisioning system. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role that shapes scalable, value-driven automation for underwriting. You will make a meaningful impact on risk assessment, client outcomes, and operational efficiency.

Pay / Benefits

  • professional development opportunities
  • inclusive culture
  • career opportunities
  • well-being benefits

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the rules engine underpinning automated underwriting decisioning for Fast Track
  • Support automated decisions with no human referral and underwriting recommendations for Account Managers
  • Oversee initial in-scope / out-of-scope decisioning and automated bind processing
  • Ensure decisions stay within the Underwriting Framework boundaries
  • Provide rule-based support when outcomes require judgment rather than binary automation
  • Partner with CUO, Technical Underwriting Managers, and Oversight & Controls Manager to identify improvements
  • Identify opportunities to enhance the Underwriting Framework for greater automation
  • Monitor system performance, decision outcomes, and exception trends; resolve defects and logic gaps

Key requirements

  • Experience in underwriting automation, pricing model development, decision engines, or rules management
  • Strong understanding of underwriting frameworks, referrals, and decision support processes
  • Ability to translate underwriting rules and commercial intent into operational logic
  • Analytical and detail-oriented
  • Innovative, but disciplined
  • Strong technical and commercial judgment
  • Collaborative
  • Influential
  • Adaptable in a fast-moving environment
  • Underwriting automation
  • Rules management
  • Decision engine development

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