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About the role
Sana's vision is to make healthcare easy for small businesses through a seamless care experience and affordable benefits. Founded in 2017, Sana is a health plan solution built for small and midsize businesses designed around an integrated primary care service, Sana Care.
We’re looking for an Underwriter to support new business underwriting for our small group level-funded product. This role is critical to balancing profitable growth with competitive, compelling offers to prospects by collaborating across sales, actuarial, and product teams.
What you'll do
- Evaluate employer group risk and determine appropriate pricing for level-funded plans
- Collaborate with Sales to craft competitive proposals and win business without compromising profitability
- Analyze risk factors and make informed, data-driven decisions balancing risk tolerance with growth goals
- Help design and refine underwriting guidelines, processes, and tools as we scale
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Actuarial, and Customer Success to continuously improve the end-to-end experience
- Monitor underwriting outcomes and market dynamics to inform ongoing pricing and risk strategies
What they're looking for
- 3+ years of underwriting experience, ideally with a focus on small groups and/or level-funded products
- Strong understanding of health insurance pricing, risk assessment, and underwriting guidelines
- Comfortable taking calculated risks to support business goals in a fast-evolving startup environment
- Excellent communicator with the ability to explain underwriting decisions to non-technical stakeholders
- Highly collaborative and proactive builder of strong working relationships
- Strong data analysis skills (Excel, etc.)
Nice to have
- Experience working at an insurtech, carrier, or TPA focused on the small group market
- Familiarity with underwriting automation tools or systems
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