Senior Vice President, Risk & Portfolio Analytics

Unison Risk Advisors; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Unison Risk Advisors seeks a Senior Vice President of Risk & Portfolio Analytics to lead the analytics function across the enterprise. You will own portfolio analytics, pricing discipline, and governance, collaborating with underwriting, finance, technology, and operations to align analytics with business strategy.

You will guide actuarial oversight, catastrophe modeling, BI, and portfolio management, while serving as a strategic advisor and hands-on leader in a transformative analytics program.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in insurance, reinsurance, MGA/MGU, or brokerage.
• ACAS/FCAS or equivalent actuarial progress preferred.
• ISO-based pricing methods and catastrophe modelling experience.
• Hands-on SQL, Python, Power BI or similar tools.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder influence skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics function across enterprise MGAs and ownership of analytics strategy.
• Direct portfolio analytics, pricing, and risk insights; ensure governance and roadmap.
• Create and maintain dashboards, KPI reporting, and decision-support outputs.
• Partner with underwriting, finance, technology, and operations to integrate analytics.

Skills

SQL

Python

Power BI

Actuarial knowledge

Education

ACAS/FCAS progress

Tools

RMS

Job description

Senior Vice President, Risk & Portfolio Analytics- Job Description

Position Summary

The Senior Vice President, Risk & Portfolio Analytics exists to lead and own the analytics capability across Avoca Risk and its affiliated MGAs. The role is accountable for delivering data-driven portfolio insights, pricing discipline, and performance analytics that support underwriting strategy, capital allocation, and business growth. This position owns a critical enterprise capability spanning actuarial oversight, catastrophe modeling, business intelligence, and portfolio management, serving as both a strategic advisor and hands‑on leader. The role directly supports organizational growth, underwriting performance, and scalable analytics transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Functional Leadership & Ownership

• Ownership of the enterprise analytics function across all platform MGAs.

• Accountability for analytics strategy, governance, and roadmap execution.

• Acting as a subject matter expert and primary decision-maker for portfolio analytics, pricing, and risk insights.

• Partnering with underwriting, finance, technology, and capital stakeholders to align analytics outputs with business needs.

Hands-On Execution & Delivery

• Direct execution of deep‑div portfolio analysis, actuarial evaluations, and pricing assessments.

• Overseeing catastrophe modeling workflows and exposure analytics using RMS and related tools.

• Designing and maintaining analytics processes, reporting structures, and evaluation frameworks.

• Supporting product and contract reviews to ensure pricing adequacy and technical soundness.

• Creation and maintenance of portfolio reporting, dashboards, and KPI tracking.

• Ensuring accuracy, quality, and integrity of analytics outputs and data.

• Providing regular management reporting and ad‑hoc analytics for decision support.

• Monitoring portfolio performance, identifying risks, and resolving issues proactively.

Cross‑Functional Partnership & Integration

• Partnering with underwriting, finance, and technology teams to integrate analytics into business workflows.

• Translating complex analytics into clear, decision‑ready insights for senior leadership and stakeholders.

• Supporting alignment across functions and ensuring analytics outputs meet downstream needs.

• Improving collaboration and resolving cross‑functional challenges.

Growth, Change & Special Initiatives

• Leading or supporting growth initiatives, new program launches, and analytics expansion efforts.

• Participating in planning, execution, and delivery of transformation initiatives.

• Building scalable processes and repeatable analytics frameworks.

• Ensuring continuity and alignment during organizational change.

Process Improvement & Best Practices

• Identifying opportunities to enhance analytics processes, tools, and methodologies.

• Driving automation and scalability across reporting and modeling capabilities.

• Staying current on actuarial, analytics, and insurance industry best practices.

• Championing adoption of improved, efficient ways of working.

Center of Excellence (COE) Contribution

• Contributing thought leadership and expertise to the analytics capability across the enterprise.

• Translating strategy into scalable analytics tools, frameworks, and processes.

• Developing documentation, playbooks, and standards.

• Partnering with functional groups to deliver integrated solutions and support change initiatives.

Accountability

• Delivering effective, scalable, and strategy‑aligned analytics outcomes.

• Maintaining high standards of quality, accuracy, and reliability.

• Supporting execution during growth, transformation, and change.

• Building strong cross-functional partnerships and demonstrating ownership and sound judgment in decision‑making.

Qualifications

Required

• Significant experience within insurance, reinsurance, MGA/MGU, or brokerage environments.

• Strong actuarial foundation with ACAS, FCAS, or equivalent progress preferred.

• Knowledge of ISO‑based pricing methodologies and P&C structures. Experience with RMS or other catastrophe modeling platforms.

• Hands‑on experience with SQL, Python, Power BI, or similar tools.

• Demonstrated leadership and ability to build and develop teams.

• Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills.

Preferred

• Experience leading analytics transformation or enterprise initiatives.

• Advanced certifications in actuarial or analytics disciplines.

• Experience operating in multi‑entity or global environments.

Key Competencies

• Strategic & Systems Thinking

• Ownership & Accountability

• Data-Driven Decision Making

• Process Design & Continuous Improvement

• Consulting, Influence & Collaboration

• Change Agility

• Business Acumen

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $120,000-$200,000 annually. Individual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, skills, education, and internal equity.