Director, Risk Management

White Cap•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Director, Risk Management is a strategic leader responsible for protecting White Cap’s people, assets, financial performance, and long-term growth. The role oversees insurance, claims, and risk management, and partners with Finance, Legal, Internal Audit, Environmental Health and Safety, Operations, Supply Chain, and other functions to strengthen risk mitigation and business resilience. The Director leads corporate insurance and risk strategy, oversees claims and enterprise risk management, and develops analytics and executive reporting. The role also manages external risk-partner relationships, actuarial reserve work, risk budgets and forecasts, acquisition due diligence, surety and bonding needs, and contractual insurance requirements. The Director leads and develops risk-management professionals and promotes collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and service to the business. Problems are typically defined by higher-level leadership and can be difficult, requiring analysis and investigation. The role determines how to achieve planned results within organizational plans, policies, and guidelines, and may set or change plans or goals within the department or area. It may manage a department through multiple management layers or directly supervise senior or technical-advisor-level professional contributors. The position is based in a comfortable indoor work area. Most time is spent sitting, with frequent opportunity to move about; rarely, light lifting or moving may be needed. Overnight travel is typically 5% to 20% of the time.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in a related discipline.
Typically requires 9 or more years of experience in a related field, including several years in a management or supervisory capacity.
Strong knowledge of commercial insurance, casualty claims, loss analysis, and risk-financing concepts.
Ability to translate complex matters into practical business recommendations.
Demonstrated analytical, financial, project-management, and executive communication skills.
Ability to influence senior leaders across functions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline.
10 or more years of progressive corporate risk management, commercial insurance, brokerage, claims, risk financing, or related experience, including leadership of complex programs and professional staff.
Experience managing RMIS platforms.
ARM, CPCU, CRM, or comparable designation.
Experience with Enterprise Risk Management, M&A integration, captive or alternative risk financing, and operationally complex industries.

Responsibilities

Lead corporate insurance and risk strategy, including program design, renewals, coverage analysis, market benchmarking, policy review, and evaluation of limits, retentions, and alternative risk-transfer structures.
Manage relationships with brokers, carriers, underwriters, actuaries, third-party administrators, and other external risk partners; represent White Cap in insurance-market and underwriting discussions.
Provide strategic oversight of workers’ compensation, casualty, and other claims, including complex-claim reviews, reserve management, vendor performance, litigation coordination, and initiatives to reduce claim frequency, severity, and total cost of risk.
Support the Enterprise Risk Management program through risk assessments, emerging-risk identification, risk prioritization, risk appetite, key risk indicators, mitigation plans, and escalation protocols.
Partner with senior leaders and risk owners to establish ownership, measurable actions, and ongoing monitoring of enterprise risks aligned with strategic priorities.
Develop risk dashboards, claims analytics, and executive reporting; communicate material trends, emerging exposures, and recommendations to senior management and Board-level audiences.
Oversee loss-reserve actuarial work, evaluate assumptions and reserve estimates, and manage risk-management budgets, forecasts, and loss-allocation reporting.
Lead insurance and risk-management due diligence for acquisitions and support the integration of acquired businesses into White Cap’s insurance, claims, and risk programs.
Coordinate surety and bonding needs with brokers, Legal, Finance, and operating teams, and support contractual insurance and risk-transfer requirements.
Lead and develop risk-management professionals while fostering collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and strong service to the business.