A specialist insurance business is hiring a Vice President to launch and lead a new Risk Intelligence function. The company is a focused underwriting unit inside a larger global insurance platform. It writes coverage for freight brokers and third-party logistics providers, mostly medium and large operators, across the US and Canada. The team is small, highly specialized, and built around proprietary technology. It manages a sizable book of premium across several hundred insured clients.

This is a founding role. You will not inherit a department. You will build one.

About the role

This is an operational, field-facing role, not a back-office policy job. You will:

• Work directly with insured clients to review how they actually run their business
• Assess their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and confirm they are clearly written, properly put in place, and followed in practice
• Find the gaps between what should happen and what does happen, then drive the fixes
• Tie that work to measurable results: fewer losses, fewer claims, stronger client performance
• Advise the underwriting team using what you learn in the field
• Build the Risk Intelligence department over time, with your first hire expected within about a year

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Risk Intelligence function from the ground up
• Design repeatable processes, SOP audit frameworks, and an enterprise risk management (ERM) approach the company can scale
• Conduct client reviews and operational assessments, mostly by video call, some on site
• Check how well each insured vets and onboards motor carriers (safety, financial standing, licensing, insurance) and where their compliance checklists break down
• Give clients clear, practical recommendations to tighten safety and compliance
• Partner with underwriting to sharpen risk selection, and with claims to spot loss trends and prevent repeat losses
• Act as a trusted advisor who raises the operational maturity of the clients you serve
• Help define how the department and team grow over the next several years

Requirements

Essential

• Strong analytical ability and a data-driven approach to decision-making
• 15-plus years of hands-on experience in logistics, transportation, or supply chain operations at the enterprise risk level
• Ability to manage multiple clients simultaneously and maintain clear priorities without constant escalation
• Deep working knowledge of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) design and rollout, motor carrier vetting and onboarding, risk management and loss control, and contractual liability and exposure management
• Full professional English proficiency
• Proven experience building process frameworks and risk structures, not only operating within existing ones
• Based in the United States with work authorization, and able to travel 15 to 20 percent for client visits and industry conferences
• Confidence working directly with clients and executives, with the credibility to influence change

Preferred

• Ability to support and advise an underwriting team with operational and risk insight
• Direct experience managing real-world risk events, such as:
• Cargo theft and security exposures
• Operational breakdowns and execution failures
• Regulatory fines and penalties
• Complex contractual disputes
• Transportation Management System (TMS) failures
• Margin compression
• Large-loss events and high-value verdicts
• Crisis response and rapid scaling
• Working knowledge of logistics management systems, carrier databases, and standard data tools (Excel or similar), plus Microsoft Outlook and Word
• Certifications in logistics, transportation, or risk management

Benefits

• Base salary: $240,000 to $280,000 per year
• Additional annual bonus
• 22 days of paid leave
• 401(k) with retirement plan support
• Healthcare coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness stipend
• Full benefits package

Location and Travel

• Open to location: onsite, hybrid, or fully remote for a candidate with the discipline to work independently
• US-based essential
• Travel of 15 to 20 percent

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