Manager, Actuarial Data Science

About the role

We are seeking a Manager to lead an insurance modeling team responsible for supporting Hippo’s owned Homeowners program. This role will be responsible for developing modeling capabilities that support pricing, underwriting, and growth, with a strong focus on loss modeling, demand modeling, and weather risk. This role will also develop advanced Python and SQL based tooling that packages core pricing and expected loss ratio analytics into scalable, reusable workflows, significantly improving the efficiency and consistency of segmentation analyses.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a homeowners insurance modeling team, setting clear priorities, technical standards, and best practices while fostering a culture of ownership, rigor, and continuous improvement
• Own the design and annual build of our by-peril loss models
• Expand modeling capabilities across conversion, retention, and aggregation to inform pricing strategy, business mix, and portfolio performance
• Implement and scale models within our Airflow-based Python modeling pipeline, ensuring robust testing, validation, reproducibility, and long-term maintainability
• Develop reusable analytical tooling and workflows that improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability across the actuarial team
• Partner cross-functionally with Insurance Product, Underwriting, and Engineering to translate complex modeling insights into clear business recommendations and ensure successful production deployment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, data science, or another quantitative field
• 7+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or actuarial modeling within personal lines P&C insurance
• 3+ years of people management experience, including coaching and performance development
• Strong experience with loss cost modeling; exposure to demand, underwriting, and/or claims modeling
• Knowledge of actuarial principles as they relate to insurance pricing
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL
• Experience using Git in collaborative environments
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build trust with stakeholders at all levels

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline
• Experience modeling catastrophe or weather-driven losses

Skills

• Hands-on data science leadership
• Strong background in loss modeling
• Structuring ambiguity and building scalable work
• Developing people and balancing scientific rigor with practical business impact
• Clear communication and thorough documentation
• Ownership mindset

Benefits and Perks

• Healthy Hippos Benefits - Multiple medical plans, 100% employer-covered dental & vision plans, 401(k)-retirement plan, short & long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for health and dependent care, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Equity - Eligible for equity compensation
• Training and Career Growth - Training and internal career growth opportunities
• Flexible Time Off - Recharge when you need to
• Little Hippos Program - 12 weeks of parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Hippo Habitat - Snacks and drinks available and catered lunches for onsite employees