Director of Data & Analytics

About SafeLease

SafeLease is rethinking how P&C insurance is sold in an age of technological change. We believe the industry's biggest inefficiencies aren't technical problems — they're structural ones. SafeLease is a profitable insurance business that designs, underwrites, and distributes specialty coverage for commercial property owners and their tenants. We back our policies with our own capital, controlling the full stack: product design, tech, and operational speed. This end-to-end ownership lets us offer customers real flexibility, saving time and money for more than 4,000 properties insured for billions in value nationwide.

We're a team of 70, growing over 100% annually without sacrificing profitability or culture. Here, you'll get high discretion and a wide aperture of problems to solve. We embrace the newest technologies, move fast together, and operate with the intensity of a small company where every person's work is visible.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly strategic, hands-on Director of Data & Analytics to lead all analytics initiatives across the organization. This leader will oversee the full analytics function—data management, collection, insights, reporting, and advanced strategic planning—spanning both our portfolio of real estate investments and insurance operations. This role requires someone who can roll up their sleeves, work autonomously, move fast, and drive measurable impact without requiring extensive support or infrastructure. They will set the vision for analytics and ensure the company leverages data to make intelligent, high-velocity decisions.

Location: New York City or Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Analytics Strategy and Leadership
  • Lead the analytics strategy, setting the direction for data collection, management, analysis, and insight generation across insurance and investment management operations.
  • Oversee and develop a growing analytics function, ensuring high-quality reporting, modeling, and data practices.
  • Translate complex data into actionable insights that inform executive decision-making, operational improvements, and capital allocation.
  • Drive automation and analytics tooling, identifying opportunities to modernize systems and improve velocity of insight generation.
  • Mentor and build a high-performing analytics team while still being willing to execute hands-on work when needed.
• Data Collection & Governance
  • Design and execute data collection frameworks, ensuring inputs are accurate, timely, and consistent across business units.
  • Build and operate analytics workflows personally when needed, including hands-on data analysis, dashboard creation, modeling, and KPI development.
  • Establish data governance standards, ensuring data quality, consistency, and compliance across the enterprise.
• Cross-Functional Partnership
  • Partner with cross-functional executives (Finance, Operations, Product, and Technology) to embed analytics rigor throughout key initiatives.
  • Own analytics across a portfolio of investments, coordinating data gathering and reporting across our insurance and investment business to drive visibility and performance management.
  • Develop reporting platforms that support underwriting optimization, claims performance, distribution insights, financial forecasting, and operational measurement.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a leadership capacity, managing teams/direct reports.
• 10+ years of experience in analytics, data strategy, business intelligence, or a related field.
• Proven experience leading company-wide analytics programs, preferably in a fast-moving start-up environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically—comfortable working autonomously and rolling up sleeves to execute.
• Strong background in data operations, statistical analysis, dashboarding, and data governance.
• Experience working with or supporting investment portfolios and/or insurance/financial services analytics.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex data into executive-ready insights.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing analytics teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in insurance operations, insurtech, or commercial real estate investment analytics.
• Proficiency in modern data tools (Snowflake, Databricks, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, SQL, Python, Metabase, etc.).
• Background in operational analytics, underwriting data, claims modeling, or portfolio performance analytics.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including salary, bonus, and equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Unlimited PTO and 401k.
• Hybrid work environment in NYC or Austin, TX.
• Opportunity to shape and lead the analytics function of a high-growth MGA.
• Direct impact on strategy and the future of specialty P&C insurance.
• Entrepreneurial culture with room to build, innovate, and own outcomes.