Teams at Howden Re

Own the vision, roadmap, and backlog for insurance underwriting and rating platforms. Translate underwriting workflows into requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria; prioritize delivery; coordinate PI planning across Agile Release Trains; and partner with architects, engineers, and business stakeholders. Lead UAT, validate delivered functionality, facilitate cross-functional decisions, remove impediments, and improve underwriting workflows, rating accuracy, user experience, and delivery efficiency through Agile, SAFe, and Lean practices.

Leads the Cyber underwriting team, setting production goals, managing performance, and underwriting complex risks. Builds broker and client relationships, manages portfolio profitability, quotes and binds accounts, and serves as a technical subject matter expert. The role also supports hiring, develops underwriting talent, monitors market dynamics, and drives new and renewal business while exercising delegated underwriting authority.

Leads the Cyber underwriting division by defining underwriting strategy, managing a team, reviewing referrals, curating profitable portfolios, and evaluating complex risks. Builds broker, client, and capacity-provider relationships; drives premium, quote, hit-ratio, and retention goals; oversees hiring, performance management, budgets, and underwriting authority. The role also contributes to product innovation, governance, and division-level initiatives while serving as a subject matter expert.