Director of Catastrophe Modeling & Analytics

RT Specialty, LLC; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

RT Specialty, LLC seeks a Director I of Catastrophe Modeling to lead analytics for the Central Underwriting organization. The role combines modeling science with data engineering and underwriting strategy, owning RMS and AIR workflows, tooling, and automation to deliver fast, accurate catastrophe insights.

You will mentor a team, set standards, and represent catastrophe risk analytics to underwriting and executive leadership, coordinating with external carriers and reinsurance partners.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in catastrophe modeling or related data engineering roles.
• Experience leading modeling professionals or managers.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and lead a team blending catastrophe modeling analysts and automation developers.
• Translate model output into underwriting guidance for portfolio strategy.
• Oversee external delivery of portfolio and modeling outputs to carriers.

Skills

RMS Touchstone

SQL

Python

R

Alteryx

Leadership

Communication

Tools

RMS

AIR Touchstone

Analyze Re

Git

Job description

RT Specialty, LLC seeks a Director I of Catastrophe Modeling to lead analytics for the Central Underwriting organization. The role combines modeling science with data engineering and underwriting strategy, owning RMS and AIR workflows, tooling, and automation to deliver fast, accurate catastrophe insights.

You will mentor a team, set standards, and represent catastrophe risk analytics to underwriting and executive leadership, coordinating with external carriers and reinsurance partners.