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About the Role

The Program Strategy & Portfolio Development Lead plays a critical role in shaping the composition and direction of the Programs portfolio by leading front-end opportunity triage, portfolio alignment, and strategic deployment of capacity. This role serves as the initial gateway for all new program opportunities, combining targeted market engagement with disciplined evaluation to ensure alignment with underwriting appetite, risk tolerance, and portfolio objectives.

Responsibilities

Lead initial evaluation of all new program submissions, acting as the central triage function for the Programs portfolio.
Assess strategic fit, underwriting quality, structure, and economics relative to portfolio needs and risk appetite.
Identify key risks, structural concerns (e.g., CAT aggregation, selection bias, limits, price, compressed layers), and diligence priorities.
Produce concise 1–2 page evaluation memos and deal snapshots for leadership forums.
Establish consistent “go / caution / no-go” frameworks for opportunity filtering.
Evaluate opportunities in the context of portfolio composition, diversification, and accumulation management.
Support disciplined allocation of capacity toward highest-risk-adjusted-return opportunities.
Highlight portfolio gaps, concentration risks, and strategic growth areas.
Provide input into annual and forward-looking portfolio strategy.
Drive a focused origination approach aligned to priority segments and strategic themes.
Build market intelligence across the programs universe.
Support conference strategy (e.g., Target Markets, WSIA) with a clear targeting framework.
Maintain a structured view of priority partners and target segments.
Translate external opportunities into clear internal business cases.
Prepare concise deal summaries outlining structure, economics, key risks, and strategic rationale.
Align early with underwriting, actuarial, and CUO leadership to shape opportunities prior to full diligence.
Act as the central conduit between market-facing activity and underwriting decision-making.
Maintain ownership of the new business pipeline with a focus on quality, not just volume.
Track and report key metrics, including submission quality and strategic alignment, conversion rates and hit ratios, speed and efficiency of decision-making, and expected vs. bound premium.
Provide forward-looking pipeline insights, not just reporting.
Develop a forward-looking view of the programs landscape, including emerging MGAs and new program structures, challenging capacity flows and underwriting trends, and M&A and platform consolidation.
Translate insights into actionable recommendations for portfolio positioning and appetite refinement.
Ensure new opportunities support long-term portfolio construction goals, not just near-term growth.
Provide a consistent framework for evaluating risk vs. return across diverse programs.
Contribute to broader Programs strategy across distribution strategy, product development gaps, and partner selection.
Reinforce early clarity around delegated authority scope, data/reporting requirements, and underwriting governance expectations.
Ensure only opportunities that meet minimum standards of transparency, control, and discipline progress forward.
Drive consistency in how opportunities are assessed, documented, and presented.

Requirements

Robust experience across Programs, delegated authority, underwriting, or portfolio management.
Robust understanding of MGA/program economics, structures, and risk drivers.
Experience assessing underwriting quality and structural risk at a portfolio level.
Background in underwriting, program management, or strategy within a carrier, MGA, or broker.
Established market relationships preferred, but depth of judgment prioritized over volume of contacts.
Outstanding portfolio mindset ability to evaluate individual deals in a broader strategic context.
Highly effective at triage, prioritization, and structured decision-making.
Ability to synthesize complex underwriting and commercial factors into clear recommendations.
Outstanding commercial judgment balancing growth, risk, and return.
Excellent communication skills, particularly in executive-level summarization.
Strategic thinker with high awareness of market dynamics and positioning.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Skills

Programs
Delegated authority
Underwriting
Portfolio management
MGA/program economics
MGA/program structures
MGA/program risk drivers
Underwriting quality assessment
Structural risk assessment
Carrier background
MGA background
Broker background
Market relationships
Judgment
Triage
Prioritization
Structured decision-making
Synthesizing complex factors
Commercial judgment
Communication skills
Executive-level summarization
Strategic thinking
Market dynamics awareness
Positioning awareness

Location

United States

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-Senior Level

Salary/Compensations

USD 132,200 – 257,100

Benefits

Enterprizing retirement savings plan
Health and wellness programs
Many other benefits
Wide range of learning opportunities for professional development

About the Company

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks.
For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.
We combine a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.
With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.
Learn more at axaxl.com

Equal Opportunity

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success.
That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.
It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements.
Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits.
Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index.
Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter.
Learn more at Inclusion & Diversity at AXA XL | AXA XL.
AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.