Vice President, Insurance Solutions
The Carlyle Group
Position Summary
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the development and refinement of the Insurance Solutions growth strategy, including sector prioritization and capital formation and deployment themes
- Evaluate macro, regulatory, and industry trends across the global insurance landscape to inform investment focus and pipeline development
- Partner with senior team members to assess new platforms, adjacencies, and product structures that align with Carlyle’s long-term objectives in insurance
- Lead the underwriting and evaluation of new investment opportunities across insurance sectors
- Develop and review complex financial models, stress testing assumptions around assets, reserves, capital, reinsurance structures, regulatory constraints, among other things
- Form independent views on risk-adjusted returns, downside protection, and structural enhancements across varying deal types
- Develop and execute capital formation and financing structures
- Serve as the day-to-day transaction lead across live deals, owning execution timelines, diligence workplans, and coordination across internal teams and external advisors
- Drive diligence processes across financial, actuarial, investment, regulatory, tax, and operational workstreams, ensuring key risks are identified, evaluated, and clearly framed for decision-making
- Synthesize complex diligence findings into clear investment theses, key risk factors, and downside scenarios for senior deal team members and investment committees
- Play a central role in interactions with management teams and counterparties during the transaction process, including diligence sessions, management presentations, and ongoing commercial discussions
- Oversee preparation and review of investment committee materials, ensuring analytical rigor, clarity of messaging, and alignment with Carlyle’s investment framework
- Oversee ongoing monitoring of investments, including financial and operational performance, and prepare internal and external materials as necessary
- Partner with management teams to assess strategic initiatives and growth opportunities
- Identify and execute follow-on investments, refinancings or strategic transactions as appropriate
- Partner with senior team members in managing relationships with management teams, investors, and other external stakeholders
- Collaborate closely with internal Carlyle teams to ensure effective execution and portfolio oversight
- Support fundraising and investor-related initiatives, including preparation of investment materials and participation in investor discussions
- Manage, mentor, and review the work of Associates, providing guidance on modeling, diligence, and investment judgment
- Contribute to team culture, recruiting efforts, and continuous improvement of investment processes and best practices
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree is required; advanced degree (e.g., MBA) a plus
- 6–8 years of relevant experience in private equity, investment banking, insurance-focused investing, consulting or related roles, with significant exposure to insurance and reinsurance transactions
- Demonstrated experience evaluating and underwriting investments in the insurance sector, with a strong understanding of insurance financials, reserving dynamics, capital frameworks and regulatory considerations
- Proven ability to develop, review and interpret complex financial analyses used in insurance-related transactions, and to apply that analysis to investment decision making
- Experience leading transaction execution and managing multiple diligence workstreams in a fast-paced, deal-oriented environment
- Strong investment judgment, with the ability to identify key risks, assess downside scenarios, and synthesize complex information into clear recommendations
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience interacting with senior internal stakeholders, management teams and external advisors
Company Information
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with $474 billion of assets under management and more than half of the AUM managed by women, across 660 investment vehicles as of September 30, 2025. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world's largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 2,400 professionals operating in 27 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Carlyle places an emphasis on development, retention and inclusion as supported by our internal processes and seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, which range from public and private pension funds to wealthy individuals and families to sovereign wealth funds, unions and corporations. Carlyle invests across three segments - Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Carlyle AlpInvest - and has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation.
At Carlyle, we believe that a wide spectrum of experiences and viewpoints drives performance and success. Our CEO, Harvey Schwartz, has stated that, "To build better businesses and create value for all of our stakeholders, we are focused on assembling leadership teams with the strongest insights from a range of perspectives." We strive to foster an environment where ideas are openly shared and valued. By bringing together teams with varied expertise and approaches, we enjoy a competitive advantage and create a stronger foundation for long-term success.