Principal, Actuarial Modernization

About the Role

Join Encova Insurance as a Principal, Actuarial & Analytics Methods & Modernization, helping shape the future of actuarial and analytical excellence across the organization. This role is focused on advancing actuarial capabilities through innovation, modernization, governance, and continuous improvement, while partnering with teams to drive meaningful business impact. The ideal candidate brings deep Property & Casualty actuarial expertise, strong technical acumen, and a passion for transforming ideas into practical solutions.

This is a hybrid role based in our Columbus, Ohio office, with days in office each week. Candidates must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the Columbus office and in one of the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, or Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Actuarial & Analytics Center of Excellence, providing both thought leadership and hands-on execution support across pricing, reserving, analytics, data, and related functions.
• Research and evaluate emerging actuarial techniques, analytical methods, software platforms, and industry best practices, and assess their applicability and value to the organization.
• Design, build, test, and help deploy new actuarial methodologies, models, tools, and templates, working collaboratively with impacted teams to ensure solutions are usable, scalable, and adopted.
• Serve as an enablement and consulting resource to functional teams, strengthening capability and consistency while not owning day-to-day production responsibilities.
• Lead Actuarial and Analytics governance efforts, including methodology standards, documentation, review processes, and alignment with internal, regulatory, and professional expectations.
• Operate through influence rather than authority, leveraging dotted-line relationships with Actuarial and Analytics leaders while prioritizing work through alignment with the SVP, Actuarial & Analytics.
• Maintain strong actuarial and technical credibility, remaining current on actuarial standards, analytical techniques, and economic developments, and selectively advancing innovations that provide clear, tangible value.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned in support of departmental and enterprise objectives.

Requirements

• ACAS/FCAS strongly preferred.
• Deep Property & Casualty actuarial experience required.
• Minimum of 8 years of progressively responsible actuarial experience across multiple functional areas (e.g., pricing, reserving, analytics, modeling, or governance).
• Broad understanding of actuarial methods and insurance operations, with the ability to quickly gain working knowledge across functions.
• B.A. or B.S. with major in mathematics, statistics, economics, or computer science. Other majors may be acceptable depending on mathematics background.
• Strong documentation skills, with the ability to explain complex actuarial concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives in parallel.

Benefits

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Company-provided life and income protection plans
• Eligibility to participate in a company incentive bonus program
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - 100% company match up to 7% on annual salary
• Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, and Floating Holidays
• Flexible Work Arrangements - Hybrid and remote depending on the role