Manager, Risk & Insurance

What you'll do

As Manager, Risk & Insurance, you’ll join Giga’s Risk & Insurance team and help run the insurance program across all Giga business lines and entities. You’ll support the corporate insurance portfolio across Property & Casualty and Management Liability lines, along with coverage for the full data center lifecycle: construction-phase coverage (Builder’s Risk, OCIPs, contractor risk transfer) and operational-phase coverage for live facilities (property, business interruption, cyber, and technology E&O). You’ll also stand up the procedures, tools, and reporting that let a lean team keep pace with a business that is scaling quickly.

Where you'll work

This role is ideally based in ourSan Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston offices, with full-time onsite expectations outside of bi-weekly WFH Fridays.

That said,we will make exceptions for truly exceptional talent if you live outside one of our hubs. If you're the right person for this role, we'll have a conversation about what works.

Responsibilities

Insurance program management

• Support the business day to day on coverage questions, contract reviews, and certificate requests

• Support the placement, renewal, and administration of corporate and project-level programs across Property & Casualty and management liability lines: Builder’s Risk, OCIP/wrap-up, General Liability, Umbrella/Excess, Workers’ Compensation, Auto, Marine Cargo / Stock Throughput, Property/BI, Tech E&O, Cyber, Professional Liability, D&O, and Crime

• Build underwriting submissions and maintain exposure data, including TIV and project schedules, payroll and class code data, loss runs, and financials

• Analyze large volumes of exposure, premium, and claims data to inform placement strategy, identify trends and coverage gaps, and support catastrophe modeling inputs

• Work day to day with brokers and carriers on submissions, premium audits, policy tracking, and claims

Construction and operational phases

• Support insurance structure across each stage of a data center buildout

• Partner with project management, health & safety, and site teams on risk engineering and loss control

Contracts and risk transfer

• Review insurance, indemnity, and risk-of-loss provisions in customer, lease, supply, vendor, and subcontractor agreements, and work with Legal and the business on redlines and coverage guidance

• Review and track certificates of insurance, endorsements, and additional insured requirements for subcontractors, vendors, and counterparties

• Support lender, landlord, and customer insurance diligence requests

Processes, reporting, and claims

• Stand up and document procedures for COI collection and compliance tracking, contract review, new project insurance intake, and incident and claim reporting

• Build and maintain reporting that gives leadership a clear view of premiums, limits, deductibles, claims history, renewals, open items, and project insurance costs

• Support claims from first notice through resolution, including coordination with brokers, carriers, and outside counsel

Bonding support

• Provide underwriting information and supporting documentation to the bonding team and surety broker partners

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in corporate risk management, insurance brokerage, underwriting, or a related field, with exposure across Property & Casualty and management liability lines

• Data-centric mindset and comfort analyzing large volumes of data

• Strong Excel and AI skills, including using AI tools to analyze data, review documents, and automate recurring workflows

• Strong contract review skills

• Experience managing subcontractor insurance and surety compliance

• Experience in data centers, construction, infrastructure, or energy (strongly preferred)

• Comfort making sound judgment calls with incomplete information in a fast-paced environment

• Strong written and verbal communication, and the ability to work with Legal, Finance, Project Management, Construction, Engineering, H&S, and IT

• CPCU or ARM designation is a plus