SVP Actuarial Engineering & Analytics Architect

Ascende, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & holidays

Parental leave

401(k) matching

Job summary

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants seeks a seasoned actuary to transition into a technology solutions architect role, delivering actuarial analytics tools for client executives and brokers. As SVP of Actuarial Engineering, you’ll translate complex outputs into executive-ready presentations, benchmark risk, validate pricing, and drive scalable, production-ready analytics across the platform.

This is a leadership, hands-on role with SDLC governance and cross-functional collaboration that will

Qualifications

• Actuarial Credentials — FCAS or ACAS preferred. Credential requirements are flexible for candidates with proven commercial lines brokerage business depth and a strong delivery-track record.
• Python — Production-level Python for actuarial modeling, statistical analysis, and data manipulation. You write clean, maintainable code not one-off scripts.
• SDLC Fluency — Working understanding of version control, testing, documentation, and engineering handoff as applied to model deployment. You don't need to be a software engineer, but you need to speak the language.
• Data & Cloud — Comfort with large policy, claims, and exposure datasets. Working knowledge of Databricks, Azure, or equivalent platforms sufficient to collaborate with solution engineering partners.
• Communication — Proven ability to build executive-level presentations and translate actuarial complexity into clear business narratives. Your work creates C-suite and board level deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and validate actuarial and statistical models for commercial lines pricing and portfolio analytics using Python.
• Build and develop a team of actuarial professionals, leading from the front as a hands-on builder while scaling the team's modeling, analytics, and advisory capabilities across the platform.
• Develop reusable analytics solutions that translate complex model outputs into board-ready presentations and client-facing analytical narratives.
• Partner with solution engineering to operationalize models on governed platforms, owning the handoff from development through production within a structured SDLC process.
• Manage and direct onshore and offshore vendor resources, providing domain guidance, quality review, and delivery oversight.
• Collaborating with solutions leads on architectural decisions affecting client-facing actuarial deliverables.
• Engage with practice leaders and client executives to embed platform deliverables into new and renewal business workflows, refining models and presentation layers based on stakeholder feedback.
• Maintain model documentation, validation records, and auditability standards for client-facing and regulatory contexts.
• Contribute to the analytics roadmap by identifying opportunities across lines of business for innovative, data-driven insights.

Skills

Actuarial credentials

Python

SDLC fluency

Data & Cloud

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's in actuarial/science/math

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Databricks

Azure

Job description

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants seeks a seasoned actuary to transition into a technology solutions architect role, delivering actuarial analytics tools for client executives and brokers. As SVP of Actuarial Engineering, you’ll translate complex outputs into executive-ready presentations, benchmark risk, validate pricing, and drive scalable, production-ready analytics across the platform.

This is a leadership, hands-on role with SDLC governance and cross-functional collaboration that will