Head of Construction

Department : Underwriting Location: Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver or Montreal Reports To : Head of Field Underwriting & Distribution and General Manager, North American Construction Company

Overview:

Liberty Mutual Canada is the Canadian operation of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. We offer a broad suite of commercial insurance products and solutions to mid-size and large Canadian companies with Canadian, North American and/or multinational risks. Liberty Mutual Canada has over 300 employees and services its clients coast-to-coast from our regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. At Liberty Mutual Canada, diversity is about all of us. Our promise to you is a culture that is collaborative, rewarding and empowering. We are committed to attracting and retaining employees across all dimensions of diversity and believe that recognizing, appreciating, and applying the unique insights, perspectives and backgrounds of each person cultivates an atmosphere of trust and respect. At Liberty Mutual Canada, our values are to foster a high-performing, equitable and inclusive culture where the best talent of all backgrounds can bring their whole selves to work and succeed. If you are unsure whether or not your experience matches every requirement below, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied and diverse perspectives and experiences that we can add to our team! Our core values guide all of our decision-making and come to life through our benefits and employee programs.

We offer:

• A premier flexible work environment (a combination of on-site & remote work) supporting our employees in their pursuit of a healthy work-life balance
• Competitive health & dental benefits plan
• Market-leading pension plan
• Competitive time off policy
• External education & tuition reimbursement programs
• Employee & Family Assistance Programs
• An opportunity to get involved and become a member of one of our national employee committees - social responsibility, employee engagement, diversity, equity, & inclusion

The Opportunity:

The Head of Construction will build and lead a national, multi-line Construction industry vertical with a region-first go-to-market operating model. This role carries national profit and loss accountability across a Construction portfolio spanning property and casualty lines on an annual and project basis - including property, GL, automobile, contractors equipment/inland marine, builders risk, wrap-up and US workers compensation. The Head of Construction will work closely with Surety and Specialty leaders to maximize cross-line success across surety, professional liability, contractors pollution liability, management liability, cyber, and marine, and will partner with aligned functional leads across risk control/engineering, operations, claims, and technology. At the core of this role is field underwriting execution - translating the underwriting strategy developed in partnership with the Office of Underwriting into disciplined, consistent risk selection and portfolio outcomes across Canada. The Head of Construction will own the go-to-market and distribution strategy, manage strategic broker partnerships at a national level, and embed regional underwriting pods that bring the vertical to life in market. This leader is accountable for driving profitable growth, maintaining portfolio quality, and ensuring the field operates with the risk selection discipline and appetite alignment required to build a top-quartile Construction book. This leader will also serve as Liberty Mutual Canada's (LMC) primary connection into the North American Construction vertical - contributing Canadian market insights and portfolio performance strategies into North American strategy discussions, activating cross-border capabilities within the Canadian market, and ensuring LMC's Construction go-to-market approach is informed by and aligned with the broader NA Construction strategy where relevant.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Champion and model our Liberty Values and Guidelines for Inclusion to drive market leading culture and ensure positive employee engagement.
• Own national profit and loss accountability for the multi-line Construction vertical; set portfolio objectives, monitor execution against plan, and ensure performance visibility in collaboration with the Office of Underwriting (OOU).
• Develop and execute a region-first go-to-market strategy - deploying regionally-embedded underwriting pods to win mid-to-large annual contractor and project business, supported by centralized centres of excellence where efficiency and consistency demand it.
• Execute the underwriting strategy developed in partnership with the OOU - translating appetite, risk selection criteria, portfolio limits, and aggregation controls into consistent field-level decisions; partner with OOU on governance, wordings, tools, and referral frameworks.
• Lead, recruit, develop and retain a national Construction team including national re

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