# Head of Risk Solutions - Freight and Logistics #0209 > Keller Executive Search · United States (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-18 **Salary:** USD 240,000–280,000 **Workplace:** remote **Department:** R-FM ## Description Our client, a specialist insurance business, is seeking a Vice President to establish and lead a new Risk Intelligence function. The business operates as a focused underwriting unit within a larger global insurance platform. It provides coverage for freight brokers and third-party logistics providers across the United States and Canada, with a client base made up primarily of medium and large operators. The team is lean, highly specialized, and supported by proprietary technology. It oversees a substantial premium book across several hundred insured clients. This is a founding leadership opportunity. The successful candidate will not step into an existing department. They will be responsible for building one. ### **About the role** This is a practical, field-facing operational role rather than a back-office policy position. The successful candidate will: - Build the Risk Intelligence department over time, with the first hire expected within approximately one year - Identify the gaps between intended processes and actual execution, then help drive corrective action - Work closely with insured clients to understand how their businesses operate in practice - Advise the underwriting team based on insights gathered directly from the field - Review clients’ Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to confirm they are clearly documented, properly implemented, and followed in day-to-day operations - Connect this work to measurable outcomes, including reduced losses, fewer claims, and stronger client performance ### **Key responsibilities** - Provide clients with clear, practical guidance to improve safety and compliance - Lead the Risk Intelligence function from inception - Assess how effectively each insured client vets and onboards motor carriers, including safety, financial standing, licensing, and insurance, and identify where compliance checklists break down - Partner with underwriting to strengthen risk selection, and collaborate with claims to identify loss patterns and prevent repeat losses - Design scalable processes, SOP audit frameworks, and an enterprise risk management (ERM) approach the company can expand over time - Serve as a trusted advisor who helps improve the operational maturity of the clients supported - Conduct client reviews and operational assessments, primarily by video call, with some on-site visits - Help shape how the department and team develop over the coming years ## Requirements ### **Essential** - Strong analytical ability and a data-driven approach to decision-making - 15-plus years of hands-on experience in logistics, transportation, or supply chain operations at the enterprise risk level - Ability to manage multiple clients simultaneously and maintain clear priorities without constant escalation - Deep working knowledge of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) design and rollout, motor carrier vetting and onboarding, risk management and loss control, and contractual liability and exposure management - Full professional English proficiency - Proven experience building process frameworks and risk structures, not only operating within existing ones - Based in the United States with work authorization, and able to travel 15 to 20 percent for client visits and industry conferences - Confidence working directly with clients and executives, with the credibility to influence change ### **Preferred** - Certifications in logistics, transportation, or risk management - Direct experience handling real-world risk events, including: - Operational breakdowns and execution failures - Complex contractual disputes - Crisis response and rapid scaling - Cargo theft and security exposures - Large-loss events and high-value verdicts - Regulatory fines and penalties - Transportation Management System (TMS) failures - Margin compression - Ability to advise and support an underwriting team with operational and risk insight - Working knowledge of logistics management systems, carrier databases, and standard data tools such as Excel or similar platforms, plus Microsoft Outlook and Word ## Benefits - Base salary: $240,000 to $280,000 per year - Additional annual bonus - 22 days of paid leave - 401(k) with retirement plan support - Healthcare coverage - Paid parental leave - Wellness stipend - Full benefits package **Location and Travel** - Open to location: onsite, hybrid, or fully remote for a candidate with the discipline to work independently - US-based essential - Travel of 15 to 20 percent ### **Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Policy** **Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:** Both Keller Executive Search and our clients are Equal Opportunity Employers. 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