Manager – Life Underwriting – Remote

Symetra

14d • Remote

About The Position

Symetra’s Individual Life Division is seeking a collaborative and results‑driven Manager, Life Underwriting to lead a team supporting our National Marketing Organization (NMO) partners. This role is ideal for an experienced underwriting leader who is passionate about people development, customer experience, and business growth—especially within digital and modern underwriting environments.
As Manager of Life Underwriting, you will lead and develop a team of underwriters supporting core life insurance products, including Symetra’s award‑winning Swift Digital application process. You’ll balance technical expertise with people leadership, ensuring profitable growth, strong partner relationships, and a high‑quality customer experience.

Requirements

• 6+ years of Life underwriting experience.
• Strong underwriting judgment, analytical skills, and attention to detail.
• Passionate about coaching, mentoring, and developing people.
• Organized, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
• Clear, confident communicator who builds trust and collaborates effectively.
• Willingness and ability to travel periodically for business needs and leadership development activities.
• College degree preferred, high school diploma required.

Nice To Haves

• Prior leadership or team‑lead experience guiding professionals through complex, customer‑focused work preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop underwriters
• Hire, train, coach, and develop a high‑performing underwriting team.
• Serve as an escalation and referral resource, applying advanced underwriting judgment and authority.
• Provide regular feedback, coaching, and performance guidance to support individual and team growth.
• Drive underwriting quality and results
• Analyze underwriting data, key metrics, and business trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Recommend and implement action plans that support profitable, compliant, and customer‑focused outcomes.
• Review complex cases and recommend appropriate coverage, pricing, and alternatives.
• Build strong partnerships
• Develop trusted relationships with brokers, NMOs, and internal partners.
• Collaborate across teams to support business development, retention, and service excellence.
• Ensure compliance and consistency
• Maintain adherence to regulatory requirements, underwriting guidelines, and internal standards.
• Conduct audits, reviews, and quality checks to ensure accuracy and consistency.

Benefits

• Flexible full-time or hybrid telecommuting arrangements
• Plan for your future with our 401(k) plan and take advantage of immediate vesting and company matching up to 6%
• Paid time away including vacation and sick time, flex days and ten paid holidays
• Give back to your community and double your impact through our company matching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees