Chief Medical Officer, Global Medical Team

Job Description

As a licensed MD with minimum experience of 10-15 years of clinical practice in internal medicine or any sub-specialties or insurance medicine experience, sound understanding of an insurance companies various business operations, and expert knowledge of medical science, technology and their impact on mortality, the Chief Medical Officer role plays a key leadership role in the development and maintenance of Sun Life’s proprietary medical underwriting guidelines and approaches.

Reporting to the Corporate Chief Underwriter, this position will contribute to the strategy of identifying and implementing innovative enhancements and efficiencies to our underwriting approach by using analytics, as well as advances in medical science and technology delivering a more simplified purchase process for the customer and more favorable overall results for the company.

In addition to a focus on the Global marketplace, the Chief Medical Officer will be responsible at times for researching medical conditions of importance to insurance underwriting and consulting and collaborating with other members of the global offices of Sun Life to suggest enhancements to our global proprietary guidelines and approaches.

What will you do :

• Lead a team of MDs across the global Sun Life enterprise to maintain exemplary service standards and quality of work provided on case consultations to the Life Underwriters who hold a variety of approval limits, including large multi-million lines of coverage
• Maintaining an industry presence, building and maintaining networks and relationships with internal and external partners and keeping informed of developing medical and technical advancements as well as an awareness of industry rules and regulations that may affect underwriting.

Active participation in industry committees and working groups (ex. AIM Committee)

• Ensuring company remains at the forefront of underwriting by actively monitoring and reviewing changing medical science and translating its applicability to insurance medicine, conducting research, drawing conclusions and making recommendations appropriate for underwriting
• Responsible for participating and developing the medical content of the proprietary underwriting manual WWUM (Sun Life World Wide Underwriting Manual).

Must be able to translate complex medical research into underwriting guidelines.

• Consulting and providing input / content for underwriting-related marketing, educational and promotional materials for various health associated causes supported by Sun Life
• Providing education to both to Sun Life Global Underwriting teams
• Consulting with Underwriting audit team on case assessments
• Acting as secondary liaison with reinsurance Medical Directors
• Liaison for our high cost drug business to determine veracity, efficacy of newly approved (FDA) drugs for rare diseases
• Providing medical support for the International divisions and corporate Chief underwriter
• Work with medical directors across the enterprise to ensure adherence to corporate governance and create strong working relationship.

What do you need to succeed :

• MD, 10-15 years of insurance medicine experience
• Board certified in insurance medicine preferred
• Experience in the Asian, Canadian and American insurance markets.
• Extensive knowledge of Insurance Medicine and Life Insurance, Clinical Medicine and Human Pathology
• Medical degree from an accredited medical school in Canada / United States or equivalent
• Strong mathematical acumen and at a minimum, a basic understanding of Insurance Pricing.
• Extensive industry knowledge of medical underwriting and risks associated with various parts of the world
• Statistical analysis skills and a familiarity with statistical tools and research methodology
• Strong background in technical and medical research with technical writing skills.
• Specialist certification in Internal Medicine or related sub-specialty such as Cardiology is desired, but not a requirement.
• Experience in clinical medical practice.
• Experience in revising underwriting guidelines and consulting on underwriting manuals is an asset, but not a requirement
• Ability to actively monitor and review changing medical science with an ability to recognize its applicability to insurance medicine.
• Must be adaptable and able to quickly understand insurance medicine and how its focus differs from clinical medicine and research.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to work as part of a small team, both in a leadership role and as a contributing member is critical.
• Creative problem solving skills.
• Flexibility of thought and openness to new ideas.
• The ability to motivate and maintain a positive work environment is vital.
• As a leader, able to delegate work, promote cooperation amongst the staff and resolve conflicts in a manner which encourages good work relations.
• Ability to read, write and speak in languages in addition to English (such as French, Mandarin or Cantonese) is desirable.
30+ days ago