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Director, Catastrophe Claims
Location
United States
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
$122.4K - $204.4K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Shape and execute strategy across a complex, multi-site CAT operation while managing performance, compliance, customer experience, and operational discipline.
• Drive performance across cycle time, quality, customer experience, capacity planning, and expense control.
• Lead large, geographically dispersed CAT teams through surge events—balancing agility, scale, and consistency.
• Coach, develop, and elevate leaders at all levels; build a high-performance culture centered on accountability and empathy.
• Ensure policyholders receive transparent, empathetic, timely support during their most difficult moments.
• Oversee regulatory adherence, complex claim decisions, and escalation protocols.
• Advance processes, systems, and claims operating models that enhance scale and performance.
• Collaborate with Product, Finance, Legal, Catastrophe, Technology, and client-facing teams to align execution with enterprise strategy.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of P&C claims experience with proven leadership of multi-team or large-scale claims operations.
- Deep catastrophe leadership experience, including high-severity, high-volume event management and surge staffing models.
- Strong operational ownership across quality, performance, customer experience, expense control, and loss-cost management.
- Expertise in regulatory compliance, coverage evaluation, claims investigation standards, and vendor/IA oversight.
- Exceptional communication, executive presence, data-driven decision-making, and influence across matrixed organizations.
- High emotional intelligence, resilience, and command presence with strong decision-making in urgent or ambiguous situations.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
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