Lead Actuary: AI-Driven Auto Pricing & Automation (Equity)

OhioX; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Root offers a leadership role as Lead Actuary I, owning complex pricing initiatives and overseeing tools for auto pricing and product updates. You will collaborate across Product, State Management, Regulatory, Data Science, Engineering, and Finance to align technical insights with strategic priorities.

With 5+ years in insurance and actuarial pricing, you will shape filings, quantify risk, and drive profitability while ensuring regulatory compliance and robust data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the insurance industry, including 3+ years of actuarial pricing, ratemaking, or a related discipline.
• Experience with personal lines property and casualty insurance, preferably auto.
• Experience developing or reviewing rate level indications and supporting regulatory rate filings.
• Experience building actuarial automation, filing tools, or scalable pricing processes.
• Independently frames complex problems, evaluates options, and communicates clear recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong actuarial judgment and the ability to evaluate methodologies, data limitations, and business tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated ownership mentality with opportunities, risks, and process improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; SQL, Python, R familiarity.
• Experience with Git, cloud computing, or production-oriented analytical workflows.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and support end-to-end rate filings, including actuarial exhibits and regulatory responses.
• Own complex actuarial pricing projects, including rate level indications and pricing analyses.
• Serve as a filing manager or technical reviewer for filings prepared by other actuaries.
• Develop and communicate actuarial recommendations by evaluating data, methodologies, and regulatory considerations.
• Act as a subject-matter expert in actuarial pricing areas such as rate indications, refunds, or filing operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve the filing process and pricing workflow through automation and better documentation.

Skills

Actuarial pricing

Ratemaking

Communication

Independent problem solving

Data interpretation

Tools

SQL

R

Python

Git

Cloud computing

Job description

Root offers a leadership role as Lead Actuary I, owning complex pricing initiatives and overseeing tools for auto pricing and product updates. You will collaborate across Product, State Management, Regulatory, Data Science, Engineering, and Finance to align technical insights with strategic priorities.

With 5+ years in insurance and actuarial pricing, you will shape filings, quantify risk, and drive profitability while ensuring regulatory compliance and robust data-driven decision making.