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SVP, PRS - Data Science

Chubb · Jersey City, NJ, USA ·

Pay:
$249,000-$333,000/yr
Job type:
Temporary

Job Title

North America Insurance is Chubb's largest division comprising commercial and consumer P&C insurance businesses in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda. The successful candidate is a seasoned leader with expertise data science and model development and management. This position will be primarily responsible for personal lines product such as Homeowners and Auto. Although pricing will be a heavy focus, this position will also work with other forms of models, e.g. underwriting models, customer segmentation, lifetime value, customer journey, and operational analytics.
Responsibilities

As part of the North America Data & Analytics leadership team and Head of Data Science for PRS, working collaboratively with business unit leaders to achieve ambitious business plans through talent development and placement. Drive adoption, change, and increase the level of insight and intelligence available to the product team, UWs, and others, through:
The successful candidate is a seasoned leader with deep expertise in data science, model development, and management. This role is primarily responsible for advancing Personal Lines products, including Homeowners and Auto. Functional capabilities of the position encompass work owning and driving successful completion of underwriting models, customer segmentation, lifetime value, customer journey analytics, and as well helping to shepherd the deployment of AI technologies.
Reporting lines are to the Executive Vice President, Data and Analytics, N.A. and to the EVP, PRS Finance Product and Analytics Officer.
As the SVP Data Scientist for Personal Lines (PRS), you will:
Collaborate with business partners to design end-to-end processes that solve business challenges
Lead a team of Data Engineers and Data Scientists to execute analytical projects and communicate results to senior leaders, with a focus on PRS
Coach and mentor junior and senior Data Scientists on technical skills and career development
Serve as a thought leader and strategy lead for the Data Science discipline within PRS
Shape hiring, retention, and placement strategies for Personal Lines data scientists
Advise on upskilling, tools, and platforms for the PRS data science workforce
Provide thought leadership on data modeling and modeling techniques
Enable expanded modeling capabilities and variable exploration within the PRS ecosystem
Enhance customer, distribution, and digital intelligence
Deepen insights aligned with strategic plan objectives
Expand customer lifetime value analytics
Utilize AI and third-party data to optimize the Valuables business
Improve insured-to-value insights and modeling
Support PRS opportunity geography insights and strategy
Qualifications

10+ years of experience in Data and Analytics leadership, or as a Data Science leader
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience; Master's degree preferred
Expertise in advanced and emerging analytical tools, such as web scraping, machine learning models, and knowledge graphs
Experience providing data-driven consultation to business unit leaders, either internally or as an external consultant
Background in developing analytics products, including querying tools, dashboards, applications, and business insights
Demonstrated ability in Data Science solution delivery
Strong ability to set execution plans, monitor progress, and drive actions for successful outcomes across asset development and deployment phases
Excellent communication skills and insurance knowledge; pricing experience required
Proven track record managing competing priorities with multiple deliverables and deadlines
Experience working with interdisciplinary teams, particularly in leadership roles, to achieve project completion and establish productive relationships with stakeholders
Prior management experience required
Prior working experience with R and Python is essential; familiarity with SAS, SQL, Radar, and QlikView is a plus
Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to present complex issues in a manner easily understood by non-technical audiences
Creative problem solver with the ability to quickly identify and resolve errors through collaborative solutions
The pay range for the role is $249,000 to $333,000. The specific offer will depend on an applicant's skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found on our careers website. The disclosed pay range estimate may be adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location in which the position is filled.
About Us

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally. At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.
Job Info

Job Identification 33704
Job Schedule Full time
Regular or Temporary Regular
Job Category Analytics and Strategic Info
Business Unit United States
Legal Employer ACE American Insurance Company
Posting Date 06/30/2026, 06:17 PM