Strengthen CO Homes Enterprise Director (Program Management II): DORA/Division of Insurance - Hybrid

State of Colorado

$96K — $124K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 9 years of professional experience in grant or program management, operational management, or providing leadership in compliance initiatives
  • 2 years of formal supervisory experience over professional-level staff
  • Experience directing end-to-end grant management including application design and reporting on public funds
  • Background in operational management ensuring policy compliance within a work unit
  • Ability to oversee daily program operations and manage resources effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of administrative policies for the Enterprise board
  • Design and maintain performance measurement frameworks
  • Monitor workflow and coach team members
  • Establish internal financial controls for grant disbursement
  • Identify program gaps and advise on alternative actions
  • Evaluate insurer compliance with fee requirements
  • Maintain a protocol for geographic equity in grant distribution.

Benefits

  • Hybrid workplace arrangement with scheduled office requirements
  • Exposure to diverse stakeholders including governmental and insurance entities
  • Opportunity to contribute to significant industry initiatives affecting homeowners in Colorado
  • Work within a dynamic team focused on compliance and grant management standards.
Full Job Description
Salary : $96,852.00 - $124,620.00 Annually
Location : Denver, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: SFA-4342-09/26
Department: Department of Regulatory Agencies
Division: Division of Insurance
Opening Date: 09/04/2026
Closing Date: 9/14/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Type of Announcement: This position is open only to Colorado state residents.
Primary Physical Work Address: 1560 Broadway, Denver, CO 80202
Department Contact Information:
Hiring Pay Rate: The salary range posted for this position is $7,991 - $10,385/monthly; although a salary range is listed, hiring salary will be set commensurate with the successful candidate's qualifications and in compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Department Information
Hybrid Workplace Arrangement:

Although this position will be designated under the department's hybrid workplace program, it will still be required to report to the department office on a scheduled basis and at the discretion of the supervisor, based on business need.

This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Description of Job
The Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI) regulates the insurance industry in Colorado. DOI helps consumers by answering their questions, investigating their complaints, and helping them to understand their insurance. The division regulates and monitors insurance companies in Colorado, as well as insurance agents, ensuring all are following the law.
The Property and Casualty/Strengthen Colorado Homes Enterprise work unit is currently comprised of the Property and Casualty Rates and Forms, Consumer Services, and Actuarial teams. The work unit is responsible for reviewing property and casualty insurer rate and form filings to ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and actuarial standards as well as investigating consumer complaints and assisting consumers with property and casualty insurance-related concerns.
As a result of the passage of Senate Bill 26-155, this work unit is also now responsible for implementing and administering the Strengthen Colorado Homes Enterprise. This initiative will use insurer fee revenue to help stabilize Colorado's homeowners insurance market by awarding homeowner grants for resilient roof systems, supporting workforce development grants, and funding a study to evaluate insurance options in wildfire-prone areas. This work unit is also responsible for other operational and programmatic responsibilities necessary to fulfill the statutory objectives of the Enterprise, such as ensuring compliance with statutory, fiscal, procurement, reporting, and grant administration requirements.
Position: SFA 4342
The Strengthen Colorado Homes Enterprise Director is the senior administrative staff position supporting the Enterprise. Together with the Grant Administrator and the Board Administrator, both of whom report directly to this position, the Enterprise Director is part of a three (3) person administrative team whose purpose is to provide the operational leadership, analytical expertise, and staff support necessary for the seven-member governing board to effectively exercise its statutory powers, including fee administration, grant awards, program reporting, and contractor engagement. The Enterprise Director reports to the Deputy Commissioner for Property and Casualty Insurance and is a fully integrated member of the Property and Casualty team, working collaboratively with other Property and Casualty units including the Rates and Forms, Actuarial, and Consumer Services teams, as well as other Division staff as program needs require. The position engages across a complex stakeholder landscape that includes insurance insurers, roofing industry professionals, county governments, and consumer advocates, as well as developing professional relationships with peer state regulators and monitoring relevant working groups at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Leading development of the administrative and policy framework supporting the Enterprise board;
  • Designing and maintaining a comprehensive performance measurement framework to assess program impact on hail/wind loss reduction and insurance premium reductions; preparing annual performance reports and plain-language public summaries;
  • Monitoring workflow and coaching team members to ensure work is performed in a timely and appropriate manner;
  • Establishing and enforcing internal financial controls and grant disbursement procedures; maintaining auditable records and commissions periodic financial audits with corrective action follow-through;
  • Identifying emerging program gaps or operational risks, advising the board on alternative courses of action, and ensuring board-adopted rules and policies are implemented with fidelity and appropriate documentation;
  • Enabling consistent evaluation of insurer compliance with fee requirements and preparing formal compliance assessments for the board and Deputy Commissioner with recommendations for enforcement follow-up as warranted;
  • Maintaining a geographic equity monitoring protocol to ensure grant awards are distributed proportionally to hail exposure risk and homeowner need.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (MQs):
There are two ways to qualify for this position: 1) Experience OR 2) A Combination of Education and Experience
Option 1: Experience

  • Nine (9) years of professional* experience working in the public sector, private sector, or for a nonprofit performing at least one (1) of the following:
    • Grant Management: Directing grant or funding programs end-to-end, including application design, eligibility verification, fund disbursement, budgeting, compliance, and reporting on public funds;
    • Operational management and leadership: Ensuring compliance with policies, rules, and regulations by planning, developing, and/or ensuring the follow-through of systems used within a work unit; AND/OR
    • Program management: Overseeing day-to-day program operations, including establishing workflows and coordinating staff, contractors, and vendors. Developing program policies, managing resources, ensuring program compliance, monitoring and driving progress, reporting outcomes, and coordinating collaboration between multiple stakeholders.
  • Of the nine (9) years, two (2) years must include the following:
    • Formal** supervisory experience over professional-level staff, including reviewing and evaluating work produced by subordinates to provide feedback and coaching when appropriate.


Option 2: A Combination of Education AND Experience

  • Associate's Degree and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate's degree in business, business administration, communications, finance, public administration, public policy, or a field of study related to the work assignment; AND
  • Seven (7) years of professional* experience working in the public sector, private sector, or for a nonprofit performing at least one (1) of the following:
    • Grant Management: Directing grant or funding programs end-to-end, including application design, eligibility verification, fund disbursement, budgeting, compliance, and reporting on public funds;
    • Operational management and leadership: Ensuring compliance with policies, rules, and regulations by planning, developing, and/or ensuring the follow-through of systems used within a work unit; AND/OR
    • Program management: Overseeing day-to-day program operations, including establishing workflows and coordinating staff, contractors, and vendors. Developing program policies, managing resources, ensuring program compliance, monitoring and driving progress, reporting outcomes, and coordinating collaboration between multiple stakeholders.
  • Of the seven (7) years, two (2) years must include the following:
    • Formal** supervisory experience over professional-level staff, including reviewing and evaluating work produced by subordinates to provide feedback and coaching when appropriate.


OR

  • Bachelor's Degree and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in business, business administration, communications, finance, public administration, public policy, or a field of study related to the work assignment; AND
  • Five (5) years of professional* experience working in the public sector, private sector, or for a nonprofit performing at least one (1) of the following:
    • Grant Management: Directing grant or funding programs end-to-end, including application design, eligibility verification, fund disbursement, budgeting, compliance, and reporting on public funds;
    • Operational management and leadership: Ensuring compliance with policies, rules, and regulations by planning, developing, and/or ensuring the follow-through of systems used within a work unit; AND/OR
    • Program management: Overseeing day-to-day program operations, including establishing workflows and coordinating staff, contractors, and vendors. Developing program policies, managing resources, ensuring program compliance, monitoring and driving progress, reporting outcomes, and coordinating collaboration between multiple stakeholders.
  • Of the five (5) years, two (2) years must include the following:
    • Formal** supervisory experience over professional-level staff, including reviewing and evaluating work produced by subordinates to provide feedback and coaching when appropriate.


Document this experience in your application IN DETAIL, as your experience will not be inferred or assumed. Part-time experience will be prorated.
SUBSTITUTIONS:

  • Partial credit toward the degree requirement will be given for completed college/university coursework that did not result in a degree.A master's or doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in a field of study related to the work assignment will substitute for the bachelor's degree requirement.


*Professional work involves exercising discretion, analytical skill, judgment and personal accountability and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, and sharing an organized body of knowledge that characteristically is: uniquely acquired through an intense education or training regimen at a recognized college or university; equivalent to the curriculum requirements for a bachelor's or higher degree with major study in or pertinent to the specialized field; and continuously studied to explore, extend, and use additional discoveries, interpretations, and application and to improve data, materials, equipment, applications and methods.
**Formal supervisory experience requires accountability for the quality and quantity of work of at least three or more full-time employees of the organization; responsibility for making decisions that affect the pay, status, and/or tenure of subordinates; and authority in the hiring, performance planning and evaluation, and progressive discipline processes.
Preferred Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated process improvement and change management experience, including developing and implementing new processes, quality improvement processes, and cost-saving measures;
  • Risk management and disaster resilience: Working knowledge of property insurance, catastrophe risk, and hazard mitigation, including how structural improvements reduce losses and lower premiums. Background working with insurers, regulators, or emergency management agencies.
  • Demonstrated experience working in a regulatory environment or in compliance monitoring and enforcement;
  • Demonstrated experience engaging diverse stakeholders-including legislators, regulators, and/or regulated entities-to interpret laws, poli

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