Summary
Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers, and they are seeking a highly skilled Resident Actuarial Engineer Manager to integrate solution development and data engineering practices within actuarial processes. The role involves overseeing the development and implementation of data-driven pricing strategies for personal and commercial auto insurance products, ensuring collaboration with the actuarial team and driving data governance.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and professional growth while delivery of high-quality analyses. Oversee the development of scalable data solutions, ensuring data accuracy, availability, and integrity, and implement cloud-based strategies tailored to actuarial needs
- Develop and maintain a suite of actuarial capabilities, inclusive of processes for portfolio re-rating to better understand the impact of proposed changes and expected performance. Develop solutions using Python in a cloud-based ecosystem
- Collaborate with the actuarial team to provide solutions for pricing through advanced analytics and automation tools, ensuring alignment with actuarial methodologies and business requirements. Work closely with data solutions teams to ensure that data is structured for consumption by the actuarial team and that actuarial data requirements are fully articulated. Ensures that data is ingested into the actuarial ecosystem in a governed and controlled fashion
- Drive advanced analytics adoption to improve actuarial processes, optimize data workflows, identify and resolve inefficiencies in current operations to enhance team productivity. Develop scalable programming solutions, and implement data strategies that align with organizational objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs). Automate and streamline processes to improve efficiency and accuracy
- Establish and enforce data governance protocols to ensure compliance with regulatory standards, safeguard data security and maintain accuracy and integrity by adhering to industry and actuarial best practices
- Work closely with the actuarial team to align data and pricing strategies with business objectives. Recognizing potential system opportunities or issues during data analysis and communicating them to business technology partners as needed. Provide training and support to team members and stakeholders to understanding and adoption of pricing technologies
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Analytics or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in solution or data engineering, data analysis or a similar role Proven experience in managing technical team and mentoring
- 3+ years experience in Python development, with experience creating python-based applications utilizing clean code techniques
- Knowledge of data manipulation techniques and data ingestion patterns
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Proficiency working with data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI
- Experience working in an actuarial or research field in a data engineering role supporting advanced analytics
- Familiarity with actuarial principles, insurance data structures, regulatory requirements and reporting standards
- Strong analytical problem-solving and critical thinking skills with a results-oriented mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Proven track record of delivering large-scale data-driven projects
- SAS proficiency is a plus
- Test-driven development experience is a plus
- Experience with Amazon SageMaker is a plus
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Analytics or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in solution or data engineering, data analysis or a similar role Proven experience in managing technical team and mentoring
- 3+ years experience in Python development, with experience creating python-based applications utilizing clean code techniques
- Knowledge of data manipulation techniques and data ingestion patterns
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Proficiency working with data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI
- Experience working in an actuarial or research field in a data engineering role supporting advanced analytics
- Familiarity with actuarial principles, insurance data structures, regulatory requirements and reporting standards
- Strong analytical problem-solving and critical thinking skills with a results-oriented mindset
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Proven track record of delivering large-scale data-driven projects
Nice to Haves
- SAS proficiency is a plus
- Test-driven development experience is a plus
- Experience with Amazon SageMaker is a plus
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- PTO
- 401k