Next Insurance

Lead Actuarial Data Scientist

Next Insurance$161K — $265K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • FCAS/ACAS required
  • 8+ years of actuarial experience, particularly in pricing
  • Knowledge of small commercial P&C insurance products
  • Experience with AI platforms for efficiency
  • Proficiency in machine learning techniques for pricing
  • Strong communication and influence skills
  • Experience working across different time zones and countries

Responsibilities

  • Develop a strategic roadmap for ERGO NEXT's collaboration with the ERGO Pricing Hub
  • Manage project timelines and ensure high-quality project outputs
  • Position ERGO NEXT as a leader in pricing technical excellence
  • Create advanced actuarial modeling frameworks using AI and ML
  • Set standards for actuarial model review and validation
  • Coordinate with legal teams to ensure compliance with actuarial standards
  • Provide insights to executive staff on strategic issues

Benefits

  • Partially subsidized medical plan
  • Fully subsidized vision and dental options
  • Life insurance and disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Parental leave program
  • Annual performance-based incentive program
Full Job Description
Location: Waltham, MA (hybrid)

ERGONEXT is looking for an actuarial data scientist to oversee all aspects of technical actuarial modeling, including technical pricing models, actuarial systems and infrastructure. This role will be responsible for oversight of a team of actuarial data scientists supporting ERGO NEXT from the ERGO Global Pricing Hub, as well as provide oversight to actuarial aspects of models built by ERGO NEXT actuaries and data scientists. This is a high visibility and high impact role that will transform how ERGO NEXT delivers pricing and technical actuarial products that meet or exceed Global ERGO Technical Excellence standards.

What you'll do:

Strategic Leadership
  • Develop a strategic roadmap and project plans for ERGO NEXT's engagement with the ERGO Pricing Hub
  • Establish and manage projects to timelines, ensure projects deliver high quality output
  • Establish ERGO NEXT as a leader in technical excellence in pricing, both within ERGO NEXT and in the global ERGO community

Actuarial Excellence
  • Develop cutting edge technical frameworks for actuarial modeling that leverage the latest AI and ML technological capabilities and actuarial research
  • Establish standards for actuarial model review and validation and deploy these standards across all actuarial technical modeling work
  • Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to ensure actuarial modeling meets US actuarial professional and legal standards.

Collaboration, Influence & People Management
  • Work regularly with executive staff on critical business issues, providing insights and solutions that support strategic priorities
  • Ability to translate complex data into compelling executive-level presentations
  • Communicate and influence decision-making across multiple functional areas on results of studies and analytics
  • Ability to delegate and direct individuals supporting individual projects and hold a high standard of quality in the work produced by the individuals

What We Need:
  • FCAS/ACAS mandatory
  • 8+ years of experience in a variety of actuarial domains, especially pricing
  • Familiarity with small commercial P&C insurance products
  • Comfortable using AI platforms to accelerate delivery and augment work products
  • Experience applying machine learning techniques to actuarial pricing
  • Strong communication skills and ability to influence
  • Comfortable working across time zones and countries
  • Project management experience, people management experience a plus
  • Ability to manage and lead in a fast paced environment

Desired Technical Skills:
  • Experience coding with SQL/R/Python
  • Machine Learning Algorithms and Feature Engineering
  • Data visualization in Tableau, PowerBi, or similar
  • Experience in actuarial software platforms such as Akur8 or Radar
  • Forward thinking approach to leveraging AI platforms (such as Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT) to drive operational efficiencies

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of ERGO NEXT Insurance. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain [redacted]-insurance.com or [redacted].com. Additionally, Next Insurance will never ask for payment, fees, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via the careers page on our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Next Insurance, please do not provide any personal or financial information. You can find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission's website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.

The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base salaries for the position in the location(s) listed. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including, without limitation, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. ERGO NEXT employees are also potentially eligible for our annual performance-based incentive program, in addition to our benefits package, consisting of our partially subsidized medical plan, fully subsidized vision/dental options, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k), flexible paid time off, parental leave and more.

US annual base salary range for this full-time position:

$161,000-$265,000 USD

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At ERGO NEXT, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

About Next Insurance

Next Insurance is a digital insurance company that provides small businesses with simple, affordable, and tailored coverage. The company offers policies for general liability, professional liability, commercial auto, and workers' compensation. Next Insurance uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide personalized policies and streamline the insurance process. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
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