[Hiring] Manager, Group Medical Underwriting @Lincoln Financial

Role Description

As a Manager in Group Medical Underwriting, you will manage a team of medical underwriting professionals. You will oversee the adherence to policies and procedures, setting priorities, communicating key goals, tracking performance, and training team members to ensure success.

• Supervise the day-to-day team operations for the medical underwriting team.
• Manage the evaluation of individual employee medical underwriting requirements and risk selection on members of group accounts including new applicants, late plan entrants and benefit change requests during enrollment periods.
• Evaluate risks and determine approval or rejection on complex cases and second signoffs.
• Maintain knowledge on current and emerging medical underwriting practices and present on new trends/information to team.
• Responsible for administering medical underwriting rules and guidelines, application quality audits, and insurance laws and regulations.
• Provide training and development opportunities, including stretch assignments, for team members and give honest and open feedback to aid in the development of talent.
• Manage and enhance organizational initiatives by positively influencing and supporting change management and/or departmental/enterprise initiatives.
• Responsible for hiring, training and development of staff.
• Ensure that top talent is hired and retained.
• Build organizational capability.
• Serve as a resource to team members and internal/external stakeholders.
• Forge strong professional relationships with key partners (internal and external), with strong emphasis on collaboration with distribution and project management partners.
• Ensure Quality Assurance and Training recommendations are incorporated into employee development and performance measurement.
• Carry out duties in compliance with all state and federal regulations and guidelines. Complies with all company and site policies and procedures.
• Remain current in professional and industry trends.
• Make a positive contribution as demonstrated by: Making suggestions for improvement, Learning new skills, procedures, and processes.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Medical Underwriting expertise
• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's)
• 5+ Years of risk management experience with substantial background in medical underwriting group coverages including 2+ years of managerial, supervisory, and/or demonstrated leadership experience

Requirements

• FALU (Fellow Academy of Life Underwriting)
• FLMI (Fellow Life Management Institute)
• Group/employer insurance experience

Benefits

• Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
• Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
• PTO/parental leave
• Competitive 401K and employee benefits
• Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance program
• Work arrangements that work for you
• Effective productivity/technology tools and training