Director, Product & Underwriting Innovation (Waterloo)

Director, Product & Underwriting Innovation

Toronto, ONT, Canada

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and launch new products, services, and underwriting methodologies that define future business.
• Own the product & underwriting innovation pipeline from strategic planning to launch, ongoing management, and profitability.
• Drive increased underwriting sophistication using advanced analytics and third‑party vendors to enhance risk segmentation and decisioning.
• Lead a small, agile team to build a robust innovation pipeline, taking novel ideas from concept through to market launch.
• Maintain a culture of innovation, ensuring the product & underwriting portfolio remains relevant, competitive, and positioned for future growth.
• Lead end‑to‑end development lifecycle for new products and underwriting mechanisms, from ideation, concept validation, pilot design, to execution.
• Champion a test‑and‑learn approach, ...