• Responsible for managing medical professional liability claims. • Managing data concerning medical professional liability claims within a database. • Interacting with medical providers. • Managing external counsel. • Traveling (when necessary) to attend mediations, depositions, and trials. • Negotiating and settling medical professional liability claims and lawsuits within established settlement authority. • Document disciplinary actions, incidents, claims, and lawsuits concerning medical professional liability. • Determine whether a covered claim has been made under the terms and conditions of a relevant policy of insurance and maintain a working knowledge of insurance policy forms to verify coverage. • Establish, monitor, and authorize changes to indemnity and expense reserves on assigned claim files. • Assign claim files to and supervise outside defense counsel, adjusters, and investigators and/or monitor medical professional liability claims being handled by an insurance company under an insured program. • Evaluate liability and exposure in assigned claim files. • Establish and proactively manage appropriate claim resolution, including formation and implementation of resolution strategy. • Identify responsive documents and witnesses to properly evaluate incidents, claims, and lawsuits. • Participate in periodic claim reviews with leadership. • Independently manage incidents, claims, and lawsuits, including attending mediations and trials as necessary. • Provide updates and recommendations on strategy for resolving incidents, claims and lawsuits to Sr. Leadership. • Maintaining professional standards, conducting difficult conversations constructively, and modeling ethical conduct. • Experience in building trust through transparency, ethical decision-making, and consistent leadership. • Mentoring team development and fostering a positive culture. • Ability to provide feedback, leadership presence, and relationship-building capabilities.