The Allegheny County Airport Authority [ACAA] invites you aboard our mission to create meaningful travel experiences in the aviation industry. As Pittsburgh’s gateway to the world, both Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport serve as beacons of change and connectivity for our region. As a member of our crew, you will directly serve, inspire, and advance our community in significant ways that impact the daily lives of others and the future of our organization. Whether you have a passion for travel, an appreciation for aeronautics and aviation, or an unparalleled love for the city of Pittsburgh, ACAA provides the opportunity for the next chapter of your career to take flight.
Our culture is one that emphasizes high performance, innovation, and learning. We know that those things only happen when everyone who works in an organization is properly empowered, equipped, and enabled in their roles to make an impact. At ACAA success is a shared responsibility, and we look forward to supporting and developing the unique strengths you could bring to our team.
Job Summary
Under the limited supervision of the Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, responsible for managerial and administrative work in planning, establishing, organizing, directing, and coordinating an enterprise risk management program for the Allegheny County Airport Authority. The position identifies and assesses risk and exposure in all phases of the Authority’s operations; reports findings on risk exposures to senior management; implements strategies to manage insurable and/or hazard risk; directs the purchase of insurance programs, safety agreements, and policy renewal process; makes recommendations regarding insurance coverage and language for tenant, construction, maintenance, consulting, vendor, and other agreements; manages loss control activities; prepares loss analysis; manages insurance claims.
The Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance interacts with the Authority’s insurance consultants, attorneys, insurance brokers, and claims adjusters as necessary to achieve objectives. The Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance, will have considerable latitude for independent judgment as to the technical aspects of the insurance and risk.
Here is how the Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance will help:
• Coordinate and lead the annual insurance policy renewal process for over a dozen types of insurance coverage, including the application process and proposals evaluation. Make coverage recommendations.
• Perform risk evaluation and forecasting.
• Review contracts, invitations to bid, requests for proposals, leases, licenses, and other agreements to verify/revise insurance language and establish threshold insurance limits with appropriate input.
• Ensure that the Authority’s risk management policies, practices, and strategies align with the Authority’s strategic priorities.
• Evaluate the impacts of new and proposed legislation and make recommendations to ensure compliance with all policies, procedures and regulations, including local, state and federal statutory laws, ordinances and health and safety regulations.
• Stay abreast of trends and innovations in risk management to enhance current Authority practices.
• Develop and oversee the contractor/vendor insurance certificate program. Review and approve all certificates of insurance of contractors, vendors, and consultants doing business with the Authority to ensure compliance with contract insurance language.
• Support and coordinate with Authority leaders to articulate risk management goals and risk appetites across the organization.
• Maintain claims log and monitor processing of aviation general liability, auto liability, workers’ compensation, and property insurance claims to ensure accurate and timely resolutions.
• Research, evaluate, recommend, and produce data reports regarding risk management, loss control, and claims by analyzing causes, patterns, or trends of incidents and claims.
• Maintain property and vehicle inventories and valuations.
• Provide risk guidance and oversight for all airport-sponsored and community events held at the airports and attend planning meetings as necessary.
• Develop employee risk management training, develop and implement risk management goals and procedures.
• Conduct verification of implementation, and conformance to, Contractor’s site-specific H&S plan and documentation.
• Provide coordination with public and regulatory agencies.
• Prepare and administer risk and management budget.
• Perform other related duties as required.
The successful candidate for the role of Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance will demonstrate the following key competencies needed in our culture:
• Communication: Ability to clearly articulate short-term vision, departmental goals and objectives; Collaborate effectively with peers; Able to communicate policy and strategy to team members.
• Strategic Thinking: Able to determine short-term outcomes and give guidance on how to meet goals; Able to direct and deliver plans to achieve efficient, on-time results
• Team Leadership – Direct and implement project objectives through “one team” approach; Focused on developing team; Direct work of team through leadership and accountability; Makes informed decisions.
• Customer Centricity – Leads team to identify and improve customer experience; Directs and implements improvements that positively impact most stakeholders.
Requirements to apply for the role of Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Insurance are:
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year degree-granting college or university. Five (5) years of experience in risk management, development of insurance portfolios, evaluation of insurance needs, risk and loss control, safety, risk reduction, or an equivalent combination of experience.
• Oral and written communication skills are required.
• Possess or obtain prior to employment a valid Pennsylvania Class C driver’s license. Note: license must be maintained throughout employment.
We also expect that candidates will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities in most cases:
• The ability to assess exposures as well as determine the applicable insurance coverage needed to protect the Authority and process claim information to conclusion.
• Ability to assess and communicate risk.
• Ability to manage internal department priorities and needs; manage multiple transactions simultaneously.
• Extensive knowledge of the policies, practices, and techniques of general management and administration of contracts.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in insurance coverages, policies, practices, and claim management.
• Detail-oriented and exceptional organization skills.
• Knowledge of the JD Edwards system.
• Considerable interpersonal skills; tactful, mature, fair and consistent.
• Planning and decision-making skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Ability to procure and manage consultants / contractors.
• Ability to travel up to 5.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds regardless of race, religion, age, sex, disability, political affiliation or sexual orientation.
Don’t meet every requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. As a Smarter Airport, we recognize that talent is not always related job history and skills come from valuable experiences that aren’t always shown on a resume. If you are excited to make a positive change for our region, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for our organization, whether it be this role or another.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and depth perception. Must be able to understand and speak clearly in English.
CONDITIONS
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Subject to remain on duty beyond normal hours or be recalled to duty up to 24 hours per day, seven days a week during emergency situations or other extensive periods.
Caring For Our Crew
At ACAA, we’ve got you covered. That applies to how we equip, empower, and enable our people to do their jobs. It also applies to our benefits, which are broader and more valuable than what many other employers offer:
• We offer two plan options for healthcare coverage from high-quality insurance carriers, as well as an ACAA-funded Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) that will help offset the cost of many medical expenses.
- ACAA employees pay almost $1,200 less per year in healthcare payroll contributions than the average employee in other companies, according to market surveys.
- When HRA funding is included, the health-plan deductibles paid by ACAA employees are about $1,200 lower on average than the costs paid by employees of other companies.
- ACAA does not require that employees meet a separate deductible for pharmacy expenses before prescription-drug coverage kicks in.
• ACAA’s dental plans (included with healthcare coverage) offer an option covering children’s orthodontia.
• Employees also can take advantage of a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to help pay for health care and dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis.
• All eligible full-time ACAA employees participate in the Allegheny County Employees Pension Plan, a defined-benefit plan that vests after 10 years of service.
• Employees also may participate in a Deferred Compensation Plan, which allows them to contribute part of their pay on a pre-tax basis into long-term retirement investments.
• A robust Employee Assistance Program (including access to free counselling sessions, financial guidance, and care coordination), life insurance options, a wellness program, and eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program round out ACAA’s exemplary benefits.
• Employees may enroll their children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age in our on-site preschool and childcare center, La Petite Academy, at Pittsburgh International Airport.
About Allegheny County Airport Authority
Allegheny County Airport Authority, which manages Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) and Allegheny County Airport (AGC), is committed to transforming Pittsburgh’s airports to reflect and serve the community, inspire the industry, and advance the region’s role as a world leader.
Pittsburgh International Airport serves nearly 10 million passengers annually on 17 carriers and was named by Fast Company magazine as One of the Most Innovative Companies in the World as well as a finalist in its World Changing Ideas awards, both in 2020. PIT’s first-of-its-kind microgrid – which completely powers the airport campus through natural gas and solar energy – has won numerous awards for resiliency and sustainability.
PIT is in the midst of an ambitious terminal modernization that will make the passenger experience more efficient and deliver real opportunity for the region. The $1.4 billion new terminal program will construct a smarter, greener airport, inspired by the best of our region. The updated terminal lands in 2025 and will be the first airport terminal in the U.S. to be built from the ground-up post-pandemic, designed and constructed with the highest public health standards in mind.
