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About the Role
The Product Head drives underwriting strategy, aligns talent and capital, and builds internal and external partnerships to achieve product goals. This role ensures transparency through metrics and reporting, supports the MGU, and collaborates with leadership to meet targets while promoting company values and sustainable business results.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute product underwriting strategy aligned with capital provider appetite, premium objectives, target loss ratios, portfolio mix, and growth goals.
- Own portfolio performance across premium, new business, renewals, profitability, geographic distribution, line of business mix, and key loss drivers.
- Establish underwriting guidelines, referral practices, compliance standards, and first-line risk management controls.
- Continuously evaluate and enhance product offerings, including opportunities for geographic expansion and market growth.
- Partner with actuarial and pricing teams to develop, maintain, and refine pricing models and supporting analytics.
- Coordinate bespoke capital solutions and collaborate with capital providers, RSUM, and MGU leadership as needed.
- Recruit, develop, and retain top underwriting talent while building succession plans and appropriately delegating authority.
- Cultivate and manage key external relationships, including TPAs, service providers, data partners, and other strategic vendors that enhance product performance.
- Collaborate with shared service teams including actuarial, legal, compliance, finance, and operations to align resources and address business needs.
- Share best practices, market intelligence, and performance insights across the organization to support broader enterprise success.
- Establish and monitor portfolio health metrics that provide actionable insights to leadership, capital providers, and other stakeholders.
- Deliver transparent, accurate, and timely reporting on underwriting, operational, and financial performance.
- Ensure the integrity and quality of all product and portfolio-related data, reporting, and analytics.
- Partner with distribution and business development teams to strengthen broker and market relationships.
- Lead product-specific marketing strategies aligned with enterprise brand and growth objectives.
- Contribute to business planning, forecasting, staffing models, and compensation strategies for assigned product lines.
- Monitor production trends and portfolio performance, proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and variances to plan.
- Support executive reporting, KPI management, and strategic planning activities.
- Ensure operating plans and business initiatives effectively support current and future product needs.
Requirements
- 10+ years of Property & Casualty underwriting experience.
- Proven experience leading product strategy, portfolio management, and underwriting teams.
- Demonstrated success managing profitability, growth, and capital partner relationships.
Skills
- Property & Casualty Underwriting
- Commercial Lines Underwriting
- Portfolio and Financial Management
- Pricing and Market Analytics
- Regulatory Compliance
- Underwriting Systems and Technology Solutions
- Market Intelligence and Competitive Analysis
- Strategic Thinking
- Execution Excellence
- Influence and Collaboration
- Talent Leadership
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
Location
- Toronto - Ontario
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in Risk Management, Actuarial Science, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
- Active Property & Casualty and/or Surplus Lines license required.
- Professional designations such as CPCU, ARM, AU-M, or equivalent preferred.
About the Company
- Ryan Specialty is committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization.
- Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions.
- Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities.
Equal Opportunity
- Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.