This is your opportunity to join AXIS Capital - a trusted global provider of specialty lines insurance and reinsurance. We stand apart for our outstanding client service, intelligent risk taking and superior risk adjusted returns for our shareholders. We also proudly maintain an entrepreneurial, disciplined and ethical corporate culture. As a member of AXIS, you join a team that is among the best in the industry.

At AXIS, we believe that we are only as strong as our people. We strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture where employees of all backgrounds and from all walks of life feel comfortable and empowered to be themselves. This means that we bring our whole selves to work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, civil union status, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in the selection process.

Data and analytics are of critical importance for AXIS. Simply put, we want to turn data into information, that can be used to:

• Enable decisions to be made with confidence, based on information not just intuition.
• Be more proactive, using information to identify new opportunities, and getting to them before our competitors.
• Realize cost savings, finding ways to make processes more efficient, enabling our people to focus on using their skills to further add business value.

The Innovation & Analytics team is a core component of AXIS's strategy, with the potential to transform the way in which we do business and enable us to effectively leverage data and technology to our competitive advantage. The central mandate is to horizon-scan, prototype and implement innovative solutions to business problems.

As one of our Analytics & Innovation Leads, you will act as the key partner for our financial and professional lines division. You will be tasked with building strong relationships with relevant underwriting and support functions, identifying business problems, formulating solutions, and effectively delivering on relevant company priorities. In addition, you will take on strategic responsibility for particular strategic company objectives as they arise.

Additionally, you will be responsible for:

• Establishing familiarity with the existing information and processes necessary to underwrite and manage exposures across the organisation, with a laser focus on the transformation of underwriting; leveraging internal and external data, along with advanced predictive analytics, to find insights and drive better decision making.
• Building strong relationships with underwriting management and relevant support functions to identify and define business problems, undertaking R&D to prototype analytical or innovative solutions to these.
• Developing business cases for proposed projects or process changes, estimating and clearly articulating costs and benefits.
• Working closely with Underwriting, Technology, Data & Analytics, Pricing, Exposure management and other supporting functions to successfully incorporate solutions into existing business processes or to redesign processes as necessary.
• Contributing effectively to headline strategic initiatives - including Gen AI, Underwriting Insights, and Customer Centricity - representing the needs and priorities of your assigned business partners to help drive projects to success.
• Providing insight to the balance between tactical solutions that provide more immediate value versus strategic implementations that may take longer to implement but provide better business value in the long run.
• Closely monitoring the external environment, and being a thought leader on new opportunities, tools, techniques, and technologies.
• Collaborating closely with Operations, Technology and Distribution to ensure appropriate connections are made and to manage project clash.

You may also be required to take on additional duties, responsibilities and activities appropriate to the nature of this role.

This role reports to the Head of Innovation & Analytics.

We encourage you to bring your own experience and expertise to the table, so while there are some qualifications and experiences, we need you to have, we are open to discussing how your individual knowledge might lend itself to fulfilling this role and help us achieve our goals.

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in a highly analytical subject; professional experience in insurance analytics and/or data science fields will also be considered.
• Previous experience in relevant technical roles in the (re)insurance industry.
• A naturally curious disposition and an entrepreneurial desire to explore innovative solutions.
• Strong knowledge of admitted and surplus lines insurance business in the US, with experience in professional / financial lines.
• Experience in building strong and effective relationships with colleagues and leadership with a proven ability to win confidence of business partners and influence outcomes.
• Strong communication skills, with an ability to communicate complex concepts to all stakeholders across the organisation.
• Experience with SQL necessary and knowledge of modern technologies, with ability to communicate proficiently with Technology partners.

• Actuarial qualification/experience.
• Experience in the London market.
• Functional knowledge of Python/R.
• Experience with vendor management, contracting, data privacy and IRM.
• A working understanding of data science techniques.

In this role, you will typically be required to:

• Engage in company activities to grow your network and build a strong team culture.
• Travel internationally once or twice per year.
• Be in the office 3 days per week.

For this position, we currently expect to offer a base salary in the range of $160,000 to $190,000 (NY). Your salary offer will be based on an assessment of a variety of factors including your specific experience and work location.

In addition, you will be offered competitive target incentive compensation, with awards based on overall corporate and individual performance. On top of this, you will be eligible for a comprehensive and competitive benefits package which includes medical plans for you and your family, health and wellness programs, retirement plans, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, and much more.

Where this role is based in the United States of America, this role is Exempt for FLSA purposes.