Vice President I, CAT Pricing Lead

Overview

A global leader in risk management is seeking a Vice President I, CAT Pricing Lead to shape and execute catastrophe pricing strategy across the Global Commercial Property portfolio. This senior actuarial role involves integrating catastrophe risk insights into pricing decisions, collaborating with underwriting, exposure management, and reinsurance teams to align with business strategy, risk appetite, and profitability goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of catastrophe (CAT) pricing strategy for key perils such as hurricane, earthquake, wildfire, and flood on a global scale.
• Design and implement advanced pricing frameworks incorporating catastrophe model outputs, climate insights, and portfolio considerations.
• Ensure pricing reflects risk-adjusted returns, market conditions, and underwriting objectives.
• Translate catastrophe model outputs (e.g., RMS, AIR) into actionable pricing metrics and underwriting guidance.
• Oversee CAT load development, technical pricing assumptions, and pricing segmentation.
• Drive improvements in data, modeling techniques, and pricing tools.
• Collaborate with underwriting and exposure management to monitor CAT accumulation and portfolio risk.
• Lead analysis of rate adequacy, profitability, and CAT return metrics.
• Support portfolio optimization decisions including limits, attachment points, deductibles, and sublimits.
• Provide pricing insights and recommendations to underwriting leadership to support deal-level decisions.
• Act as a trusted advisor on CAT risk, pricing, and portfolio trade-offs.
• Work cross-functionally with underwriting, reinsurance pricing, reserving, and CAT modeling teams.
• Support annual reinsurance placement and planning by providing CAT pricing and portfolio analytics.
• Contribute to capital allocation and risk appetite discussions.
• Manage and develop a team of actuaries and analysts focused on CAT pricing.
• Foster a high-performance culture emphasizing technical expertise and business alignment.
• Mentor talent across actuarial and catastrophe functions.
• Lead modernization of pricing platforms and CAT pricing capabilities.
• Partner with technology and insurtech providers to improve speed-to-market and pricing efficiency.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of actuarial experience in property pricing.
• Deep expertise in catastrophe modeling platforms such as RMS and AIR.
• Proven experience integrating CAT modeling into pricing and portfolio decisions.
• Strong leadership experience managing actuarial or analytics teams.
• Advanced proficiency in analytics tools; SQL and Python or R preferred.
• Experience working cross-functionally with underwriting, exposure management, and reinsurance teams.
• Strategic thinker able to translate analytics into business action.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex CAT and pricing concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Expertise in portfolio management, risk-return optimization, and pricing governance.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment with competing priorities.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $201,000 to $275,000 annually.
• Compensation will be based on education, experience, qualifications, and work location.
• Benefits include health insurance coverage, employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, 401(k) match, retirement savings plan, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

Location

• Primary location: Warren, NJ
• Additional locations: New York, NY; Remote within the United States

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity organization. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for applicants with disabilities during the application and interview process.