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Senior Underwriting Consultant, Research & Development

John Hancock

$90,225 - $162,405
Aug 22, 2025
Remote, US
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John Hancock needs to maintain and enhance its core competency of Underwriting expertise by staying current with medical, lifestyle, and technological advances, and by simplifying the insurance process for customers.

Requirements

  • Knowledge and experience of underwriting risk assessment - medical, non-medical, financial.
  • Experience with tech implementations, communicating requirements, and testing.
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral and written (technical) communication skills and comfort presenting to senior leaders on technical topics.
  • Ability to convey complex underwriting concepts to diverse stakeholders.
  • Exceptional collaboration skills, demonstrated through experience working with various technical audiences and across multiple functions such as actuaries, medical, data scientists, operations, legal and compliance teams.
  • Excellent MS Office Skills, Excel, Powerpoint, Teams and web tools.
  • Undergraduate and/or post graduate degree in science, medical or related field or minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in underwriting and/or research experience.

Responsibilities

  • Research, analyze, and make recommendations on the effectiveness of new data sources and underwriting techniques.
  • Collaborate with teams to develop innovative, data-driven underwriting solutions and capabilities that ensure seamless experience for a broad customer base.
  • Support product development work for targeted initiatives.
  • Analyze underwriting data through various studies and claims experience if applicable.
  • Keep abreast of external factors that may affect underwriting (e.g. medical and technical advancements, industry rules, compliance and regulations).
  • Keep abreast of competitor actions and industry trends
  • Work with external vendors, partners and technologies that support business capabilities.

Other

  • This is a remote role open to any location in continental US
  • Highly engaged: able to self-manage work, problem solve, and execute projects under deadline pressure.
  • Prioritize project work, focusing on generating the most value for the business.
  • Work with internal stakeholders to recommend and implement underwriting guideline changes.
  • Apply innovative thinking and creative problem-solving to address complex underwriting challenges.