Principal, Insurance & Climate Resilience – Climate Finance Program

Role Overview

• Lead RMI’s insurance and disaster resilience strategy, identifying high-impact opportunities where insurance can drive real-world resilience outcomes.
• Develop and advance frameworks linking natural catastrophe risk, insurance pricing, resilience investment, and financial stability.
• Shape RMI’s positions on emerging issues such as resilience incentives, risk-based pricing, insurance protection gaps, and insurance-linked adaptation finance.
• Translate complex risk, regulatory, and market dynamics into actionable insights for insurers, investors, policymakers, and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to organizational strategy-setting and cross-program integration (e.g., climate finance, adaptation, energy systems, and policy).
• Design and oversee multi-year initiatives related to insurance, resilience, and physical risk.
• Ensure analytical rigor across workstreams, including engagement with risk engineering, catastrophe modeling, and financial modeling where relevant.
• Guide the development of high-quality outputs, including reports, frameworks, convenings, and pilot projects.
• Serve as a senior external representative of RMI with insurance executives, regulators, investors, philanthropic partners, and global institutions.
• Leverage and expand a strong external network across insurers, reinsurers, brokers, regulators, and allied adaptation and resilience organizations.
• Drive fundraising and partner development, including shaping proposals and stewarding strategic relationships.
• Represent RMI at industry forums, conferences, and private convenings.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of staff, fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
• Provide clear strategic direction, coaching, and accountability across a growing portfolio of work.
• Contribute to RMI’s leadership community, supporting institutional learning, talent development, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience, with substantial experience in the insurance industry (e.g., carrier, reinsurer, broker, risk advisory, or related ecosystem).
• Demonstrated expertise in natural catastrophe risk, pre-disaster risk mitigation, and the role of insurance in managing and transferring risk.
• Strong understanding of insurance regulation and supervisory environments, particularly in the U.S., with exposure to global regulatory contexts preferred.
• Proven experience operating at a strategic and senior level, including representing an organization externally.
• Solid people management experience, including leading teams and complex work streams.
• Ability to bridge technical analysis and senior-level decision-making across diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and credibly to executive audiences.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 403b retirement match with immediate vesting
• Group life, AD&D, and short
• and long-term disability
• Optional voluntary life, AD&D and accident plans
• Health savings or flexible spending accounts
• Fertility and hormonal health support
• Mental health and wellness support
• Comprehensive leaves of absence (including generous parental leave)
• Generous paid time off and sick leave
• Paid sabbatical leave
• Regional holidays with at least one extended break in each geography
• Work from home and home technology allowances
• Learning & development opportunities (LinkedIn Learning and an annual individual professional development budget)
• Potential for bonuses and merit increases
• Discount marketplace (gym memberships, pet insurance, etc.)
• Hybrid / remote work options
• Team retreats and geographic meetups
• Rewards and recognition programs