Senior Manager, Ceded Reinsurance - Remote

Overview

If you're looking for the stability of a profitable, growing company with the agility of a startup, we’re hiring! SageSure, a leading Managing General Underwriter (MGU) specializing in catastrophe-exposed property insurance, is seeking a Senior Manager, Ceded Reinsurance to play a critical role in our reinsurance strategy.

In Short

• Support the Ceded Reinsurance team in planning, coordinating, and executing key strategic initiatives across areas like reinsurance programs, risk analysis, contracting, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and strategic planning.
• Lead and manage cross-functional projects between leadership, carriers, and reinsurance brokers in the design, structuring, and pricing of reinsurance programs.
• Coordinate and facilitate reinsurance contract reviews, ensuring alignment and incorporating revisions with input from all key stakeholders.
• Conduct risk assessments for our carrier partners' homeowners' programs, identifying exposures and evaluating the impact on their reinsurance programs.
• Collaborate with internal teams (legal, executive management) and external stakeholders (brokers and carrier partners) to negotiate, understand, and execute reinsurance contracts.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports on reinsurance programs, including loss data, reserves, and regular updates on carrier program performance for senior management.
• Contribute to the development offering documents in the ILS (cat bond) space to secure multi-year capacity for our carrier partners.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in P&C reinsurance, with a focus on buying, broking, or underwriting reinsurance agreements.
• Extensive knowledge of reinsurance structures, including quota share treaties, catastrophe XOL, per risk XOL, aggregate stop loss, cat bonds, and facultative certificates.
• Strong project management skills, with experience in coordinating complex projects and working across functions to drive strategic initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams involving executive leadership, brokers, carriers, and legal counsel in the design, negotiation, and execution of reinsurance contracts.
• Deep analytical skills to assess reinsurance program performance, identify risk exposures, and analyze financial data (including loss data, reserves, and program profitability).
• Experience preparing financial reports and presenting updates to senior management on reinsurance program performance.
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance and the ability to ensure alignment with legal and market requirements across all reinsurance placements.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence key stakeholders internally and externally.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to contribute to long-term planning and decision-making related to our carrier partners reinsurance strategy and overall risk management.
• A detail-oriented, proactive, and results-driven attitude, with the ability to thrive in high-pressure, fast-paced environments.

Benefits

• Generous health benefits and perks, including tuition reimbursement, wellness allowance, paid volunteer time off, a matching 401K plan, and more.