North America Insights & Analytics Lead

AXIS (AXIS Capital); Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

AXIS Capital is seeking an Insights & Analytics Lead – North America to serve as a hands-on technical leader translating business questions into data, analytics and AI solutions for underwriting teams in North America.

The role partners with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, AI Engineers and Architects in an agile environment to design, test, and deliver practical, scalable analytical outputs aligned to measurable business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in analytics, BI, data science or AI with hands-on data work.
• 3+ years in the insurance/reinsurance industry, underwriting partnerships or specialty insurance business functions.
• Experience translating ambiguous business problems into structured analytical, data science or AI requirements.
• Experience delivering analysis or analytical products from discovery to adoption.
• Experience in cross-functional agile delivery teams with data/AI colleagues.
• Ability to communicate complex analysis to non-technical stakeholders with clear visuals and conclusions.
• Strong practical SQL and at least one analytical language (Python or R).
• Understanding of data science/machine learning methods and production lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into analytical and AI requirements for North American underwriting and business teams.
• Translate requirements into data, analytics, data science and AI needs with hypotheses and success measures.
• Refine requests to ensure solution is proportionate to value and complexity.
• Recommend approaches: descriptive, predictive, ML, generative AI or automation.
• Provide hands-on analysis and insight to guide decisions.
• Convert analysis into practical recommendations with business implications.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Commercial judgement

Communication

Collaboration

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's or higher in a relevant field

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Job description

AXIS Capital is seeking an Insights & Analytics Lead – North America to serve as a hands-on technical leader translating business questions into data, analytics and AI solutions for underwriting teams in North America.

The role partners with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, AI Engineers and Architects in an agile environment to design, test, and deliver practical, scalable analytical outputs aligned to measurable business outcomes.