Senior Manager, Insurance Program

Ceres is a national network of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change. Ceres directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a group of more than 100 leading institutional investors with collective assets of over $10 trillion. 

Ceres plays a unique role in the national environmental and sustainability movement by bringing the perspective and power of investors to environmental and sustainability issues and specifically to the performance, practices and policies of corporations.Today Ceres is a growing organization with expanding influence in the investment, environmental, and corporate arenas. For more information about Ceres, please visit our website. 

Position Overview: 

Ceres is looking to hire a Senior Manager focused on the insurance sector.  Insurance is the world’s largest industry, underpinning nearly all economic activity. The Senior Manager position offers a unique opportunity to move a key sector of the economy toward action on this century’s most pressing environmental issue, climate change. This is a full-time position that will report to the Director, Insurance Program.

Responsibilities: 

Specific duties include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Developing and implementing strategies (in partnership with Insurance Program team) to engage a range of insurance industry actors, including large insurance and reinsurance companies, insurance regulators and catastrophe modelers on the issue of climate change risks and the urgent need for mitigation and adaptation;
• Engaging Ceres constituents (including investors, NGOs and Ceres companies) by highlighting the financial risks and opportunities related to climate change and insurance/risk management;
• Advocating for comprehensive insurance sector climate risk management, develop and promote best practices and regular sustainability reporting;
• Building the business case for insurers to incorporate climate risks into their investment practices/policies;
• Effectively communicating to a broad range of actors, including the broader financial community, equity analysts and bond rating agencies, about the risks that climate change poses for insurers;
• Managing relationships with constituents, including but not limited to, designing and implementing workshops, conference calls, and dialogue meetings with companies and stakeholders;
• Managing research projects and writing research reports and other multi-media communications to reach insurers and stakeholder groups (these will be web-based as well as print media);
• Partnering with other program teams (such as Investor Programs, Corporate Program, Communications, Development, Finance and Administration) as needed to accomplish organizational objectives;
• Leading planning and implementation for Insurance Program’s activities related to the annual Ceres Conference.

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree, required. Master degree in business, environment, law or public policy or related field, preferred
• 7 years of work experience, required
• 3 years of insurance sector experience, preferred
• Strong analytic skills and strategic thinking abilities
• Demonstrated program management and project management skills
• Experience working on campaigns, is a plus
• Knowledge of environmental and sustainability issues and an understanding of corporations (including corporate reporting tools), the socially responsible investment community, and the environmental and sustainability movements
• Knowledge and experience with the insurance and finance industries, necessary
• Effective presentation and facilitation style, necessary
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, necessary
• Experience working with senior management level professionals
• Sound judgment, sensitivity to diverse constituencies, excellent interpersonal skills, strong initiative and motivation
• Successful record of organizing and managing multiple projects and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Willingness to travel as needed to accomplish duties noted above

Additional Information:

The insurance industry performs two distinct roles in the global economy -risk management and investment - making it both subject to the impacts of climate change and an essential driver of climate action. As risk experts, insurers have special credibility in delivering messages - via the media and directly to the companies and individuals they insure - that affirm the reality and impact of climate change.

Insurers also are some of the largest investors in the world, controlling more than $23 trillion in global investments. US insurers hold more than a quarter of this total, making them a critical source of capital for the global economy to transition toward a low-carbon future. Ceres is the only sustainability NGO with deep expertise in the insurance industry. For more on how Ceres has led engagement with the sector, please go this link.      

To Apply:

Please email your resume, a list of three references, and a letter describing your qualifications, interests, and potential contribution to our organization. Please type “Senior Manager, Insurance Program” into the subject field of your email.

We encourage all applicants to review our website to familiarize themselves with Ceres before applying.

While we prefer email, please address correspondence to: 

Careers at Ceres
ATTN: Senior Manager, Insurance Program
99 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111 

Ceres is an equal opportunity employer and seeks qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.