General Description: Responsible for driving top line program growth, overall team production and profitability for one or multiple Programs under management.  
Responsibilities: • Responsible for interviewing, hiring, training, and development of the team. • Manage employees through performance reviews, performance improvement plans, setting priorities, developing work plans and schedules, handling department issues, recording time and attendance, and approval of expense reports. • Identify, plan, and resolve routine department coverage and workload issues. Take necessary action to resolve issues.Provides management oversight and P&L responsibility for specific insurance programs.  • Recommend to management the authority levels for underwriting staff and amendments or enhancements to applicable program.  • Manage applicable program parameters. Includes portfolio metrics and program strategy. Ensure underwriting profitability and compliance aligns with carrier and regulatory standards.• Serve as the most senior subject matter specialist for applicable program. Underwrite the most highly complex assignments. Determine appropriate price and develop rate tables, coverage grant, terms, and conditions. • Market company products and services through defined distribution sources. Develop and maintain applicable agency, broker, and account relationships. • Collaborate with actuarial, operations, loss control, and claims functional staff in the execution of agreed program strategy and identification of program opportunities.• Provide leadership support to less experienced staff.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:• 5 years + of insurance experience, including management experience, in the Entertainment sector. Experience in placement of E&S policies and relationships with Carriers serving the Entertainment sector.• High school diploma or graduate equivalent degree required. College degree preferred.

·        If position requires servicing and/or underwriting direct client responsibilities (verses indirect), Property & Casualty and/or appropriate business licensure is required.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products. • Experience managing an underwriting business, product development, customer retention, and claims advocacy for one or more insurance programs. • Experience participating in the development and implementation of sales and service goals.• Ability to develop and lead implementation of strategic business initiatives, marketing strategies, and campaigns. • Ability to provide market intelligence, consultation, and client-specific assistance to producers.