AVP, Reinsurance Placement - Alternative Ventures & Specialty Finance

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Job Description Summary

Do you have the desire to apply risk management practices to drive business outcomes? Our industry-leading workforce personifies an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If this sounds like a place where you could thrive, we want to know more about you!

As the AVP, Reinsurance Placement – Alternative Ventures & Specialty Finance, you’ll set the strategic direction for risk transfer across a complex and evolving portfolio. You’ll lead the design and execution of reinsurance, retrocession, and international strategies aligned to enterprise objectives, overseeing end to end placements from market engagement through negotiation and execution. As a trusted partner to brokers, reinsurers, and internal stakeholders, you and the team you lead will bring analytical and structural insight to emerging risk transfer needs and complex enterprise transactions.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

• Leads strategy, design, and execution of risk transfer placements for the Alternative Ventures and Specialty Finance portfolio.

• Develops reinsurance, retrocession, and international reinsurance strategies aligned with enterprise goals.
  Oversees end‑to‑end placement execution including negotiation, market submissions, documentation, and coordination.

• Serves as primary liaison with key reinsurance partners and brokers with an expectation of strengthening strategic relationships.

• Provides analytical and structural insight into emerging reinsurance and retrocession needs.

• Ensures adherence to internal controls, documentation standards, and reinsurance guidelines.

• Supports enterprise transactions requiring specialized structuring and risk analysis including interpretation of modeling output and financial impacts.

• Leads and mentors a team of professionals, fostering capability development and high performance.

• Drives continuous improvement of processes, tools, and placement practices. Including the application of AI on contract review and management.

• Establish and drive functional area vision, strategy, and objectives; oversee and lead associate management to include performance management, talent management, engagement, salary planning and administration and resource demand management strategies.

Performs other responsibilities as assigned

Reporting Relationships: Reports to: VP, Reinsurance and Corporate Risk Management, Leads a team of professionals.  

Typical Skills and Experiences: 

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or other quantitative related field. Advanced degree (MBA) strongly preferred.

License/Certification/Designation: Pursuit or attainment of related designations such as CPCU is preferred.

Experience:  Typically, 10 or more years of reinsurance or related experience; strong background in reinsurance, programs, MGAs, retrocession, international direct and assumed business and insurance linked securities preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:  Proven experience leading high‑complexity negotiation and market engagement. Familiarity with structured, international and alternative risk transfer solutions. Strong capability in data‑driven decision‑making, including actuarial and modeling insights. Demonstrated ability to lead through influence in cross‑enterprise settings.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resource Business Partner.

Values:  Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions: 

Overtime Eligibility: Exempt (not eligible)

Working Conditions: Office environment; travel required, including international.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job.  Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties. 

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.

The national salary range for AVP, Reinsurance Placement - Alternative Ventures & Specialty Finance : $154,000.00-$290,000.00

The expected starting salary range for AVP, Reinsurance Placement - Alternative Ventures & Specialty Finance : $154,000.00 - $258,000.00