Risk Management and Legal Operations Associate, BLADE
$80-100k
Eligible for initial and annual grants of restricted stock units (RSUs) based on qualifications, experience and performance
Office located in Hudson Yards, NY
Global air mobility platform
Open for applications
Global air mobility platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$80-100k
Eligible for initial and annual grants of restricted stock units (RSUs) based on qualifications, experience and performance
Office located in Hudson Yards, NY
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide cost-effective air transport alternatives to highly congested routes around the U.S. and abroad.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of insurance-related experience, bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Insurance, Business Administration, or a related field
- Must be a strategic and independent thinker, proactive, intellectually curious, poised, reliable, flexible, thorough, detail-oriented, organized and professional
- Must be a self-starter with a high degree of resourcefulness and able to work with minimal supervision
- Must be naturally inclined to take initiative and identify and solve problems without direct instruction
- Must have excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and highly regulated environment
- Experience in insurance portfolio management, claims handling, and corporate risk strategy, ideally within the aviation or transportation industries
- Strong analytical and organizational skills, with attention to detail in managing multiple policies and contracts
- Ability to build relationships with brokers, underwriters, and internal stakeholders
- Experience with COI management, contract review, and regulatory compliance preferred
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Associate General Counsel and working closely with the Safety, Legal, and Operations teams, the Risk Management and Legal Operations Associate will support a wide array of global insurance portfolio, risk management and legal initiatives, including those of Blade’s affiliates and subsidiaries
- This role involves handling the administration of various insurance policies, ensuring proper coverage for the company’s operations, coordinating risk management strategies with internal and external stakeholders and reviewing and processing various contracts from negotiation through execution and implementation
- The candidate will work closely with brokers, underwriters, third-party vendors, third-party aircraft operators and various internal departments (e.g., legal, operations, marketing, human resources, accounting, finance, corporate development) to ensure that Blade's risk exposures are adequately covered and managed
- Insurance Portfolio Management: Oversee Blade’s comprehensive insurance portfolio, including placements, claims handling, and policy administration for aviation, auto liability, cyber, directors & officers (D&O), general liability, medical professional liability, property, workers' compensation, and other lines of coverage
- Insurance Renewal Strategy: Develop and implement cost-effective strategies for the annual renewal of insurance programs. This includes preparing and delivering presentations, organizing placement meetings, collaborating with brokers, underwriters and internal stakeholders to secure appropriate coverage and leading underwriter site visits to assess and communicate Blade's risk profile
- Corporate Risk Management: Establishing and enforce risk management standards for third-party vendors and operators, ensuring they meet Blade’s safety and operational criteria
- Certificate of Insurance (COI) Management: Maintain and track certificates of insurance for internal and external stakeholders. Ensure that Blade’s aircraft operators maintain up-to-date COIs, and provide COIs to customers and partners as needed
- Insurance Contract Review: Review and negotiate contractual insurance provisions to ensure compliance with Blade’s standards and policies
- Risk Mitigation: Assess and evaluate a broad range of risks that affect Blade’s operations, including operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational risks
- This involves a detailed review of how these risks impact the transportation industry, identifying potential exposures, and evaluating the effectiveness of current risk management practices
- Create and implement proactive and cost-effective strategies to minimize or eliminate potential risks across various business operations
- Regularly update these strategies based on changing business needs and industry trends
- Claims Analysis: Investigate and analyze insurance claims, including those related to accidents, property damage, liability, and worker injuries
- Sess the financial and operational impact of these claims and work with insurers and internal teams to manage the claims process effectively
- Data Collection and Reporting: Gather and analyze relevant data to prepare risk management reports for senior management
- Highlight key risks, mitigation strategies, and any trends in risk exposure
- Use this data to inform future insurance placements and risk management efforts
- Incident Investigation: Assist in the investigation of any accidents or incidents, identifying root causes and working with the relevant teams to recommend corrective actions
- Ensure that lessons learned are integrated into future risk mitigation strategies
- Safety Program Support: Collaborate with safety teams to support the development and enforcement of safety policies and programs
- This involves reducing workplace accidents and injuries through proactive safety measures and ongoing monitoring
Our take
BLADE is a carbon-neutral urban air transport provider working with partners to provide jet, seaplane, and SUV travel to the leisure, business, and medical markets. The company has partnered with Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions to shift their air-taxi services onto electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) for all future flights, starting in 2026.
BLADE are long-standing participants in the air-taxi business, but eVTOL could prove a real gamechanger. With the likes of Boeing, Hyundai, and Toyota pouring investment into developing eVTOL vehicles, air taxi services look set to soon become an economically viable and attractive prospect.
A company that has the infrastructure in place to deploy these vehicles could stand to lead a pioneering new field. BLADE’s public merger with Experience Investment has helped it continue expanding in this direction. Post-IPO investment from RedBird Capital in 2023 will further bolster the company as it develops its brand and strengthens its core routes.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2019
$33m
EARLY VC
Mar 2018
$38m
SERIES B
Total funding: $82.2m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- We believe in hard work. It drives our growth, fortifies our core competencies, and differentiates our competitive stature. We are accessible to our colleagues, partners and fliers 24 hours a day enabling us to provide unmatched service every day
- We understand that details matter. Whether it's improving the strength of our brand or working to improve flier experience, we demand precision in everything that we do
- We assess our performance in real-time. We are never stagnant and own our failures and our successes at the company, team and individual level
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Leadership
Rob Wiesenthal
(CEO)Rob was Executive CP and CFO at Sony for 12 years. He went on to become Director at TripAdvisor for 8 years before founding Blade.
Steve Martocci
(Executive Chairman & Chief of Strategy)Steve has founded 4 companies including GroupMe, a communications app. He now sits as a Board Member for Blade whist also acting as CEO for his other company, Splice.
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