Medical Underwriting and Operations Lead

Team Clinical Leadership team

Working Pattern -Hybrid 2days per week in either the Vitality Bournemouth or London time hours.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Previously demonstrated underwriting experience in medical insurance or life (preferable a minimum of 2 years) although we will consider strong candidates with transferable experience too
• Strong understanding of underwriting processes risk assessment and regulatory requirements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

What this role is all about:

As the Medical Underwriting Service and Operations Lead youll drive innovation and be in front of changes across our underwriting function. Youll oversee servicing and underwriting for both new and existing business with a focus on improving processes digitising the customer journey and enhancing broker and client experiences.

Youll work closely with the Team Manager and have cross-functional accountability in areas like risk systems service delivery and transformation. A key part of the role is directing automation and data-driven improvements to deliver consistent high-quality service.

Key Actions

Leadership:

• Lead underwriting and servicing operations collaborating with internal teams and external partners
• Foster a high-performance culture and provide mentorship and technical guidance

Change innovation and improvement:

• Drive continuous improvement across underwriting and operational processes
• Advance strategic projects including digitisation and automation
• Stay current with industry trends and regulatory changes

Operations:

• Manage end-to-end underwriting processes and ensure compliance
• Monitor KPIs/SLAs and implement improvements
• Enhance management reporting and data analysis to connect opportunities

Stakeholder management:

• Build strong relationships with brokers and partners
• Act as a key liaison across business units
• Communicate progress and insights to senior leadership.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in medical underwriting.

What do you need to thrive

• Excellent leadership communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think strategically and drive innovation
• Excellent communication coaching and feedback skills
• Strong advanced Excel and data analysis skills
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Experienced in delivering projects and continuous improvement
• A strong degree of comfort with medical concepts and terminology

So whats in it for you

• Bonus Schemes A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12% We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer please visit our careers page.Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

If you are successfulin your application and join us at Vitality this is our promise to you we will:

• Help you to be the healthiest youve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong and are supported to be happy and healthy.