Commercial Analytics Lead

Howden • Rayne Township, PA

6d • $160,000 - $190,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a strategic and entrepreneurial Commercial Analytics Lead to own the roadmap and delivery of client-facing analytics products. As an early member of the Howden US Data team, you will have the opportunity to work with industry-leading broking, claims, and actuarial talent to shape Howden’s analytics strategy.

The ideal candidate will bring strong product management skills, substantial insurance knowledge, a passion for tinkering with AI, and broad technical fluency that enables effective work with engineers, data scientists, actuaries, model providers, and business leaders. You will manage product backlogs, define priorities, and work closely with engineering, business, and analytics teams to translate requirements into functional outcomes. You are entrepreneurial and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where you will chart your own path.

Requirements

• Expert understanding of product management principles.
• Strong understanding of commercial insurance brokerage and client risk analytics, including CAT modelling, casualty loss modelling, cyber threat analysis, and benchmarking.
• Ability to translate complex analytical, actuarial, and risk-modelling methods into intuitive and repeatable products for brokers and clients.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior business leaders and align cross-functional specialists around a shared vision.
• Technical fluency in modern data platforms, APIs, analytics workflows, visualization, statistics, data science, and AI concepts.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong analytical and commercial judgment, including the ability to develop business cases, evaluate trade-offs, and make evidence-based investment decisions.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and comfort with ambiguity.
• Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Actuarial Science, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in commercial insurance analytics, risk consulting, actuarial analytics, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience taking data, analytics, or technology products from concept through launch, adoption, measurement, and ongoing improvement.
• Broad experience working across business and technical teams, including engineers, data scientists, actuaries, risk specialists, brokers, and sales teams.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex cross-functional initiatives; people leadership experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify client risk modelling needs and define clear product outcomes, in collaboration with leaders in casualty, property, financial lines, employee benefits, personal lines, and claims.
• Bring together internal and external data, 3rd party statistical models, and vibe-coded prototypes into a governed, scalable, and branded analytics platform; identify and evaluate new opportunities to leverage AI to enhance capabilities deliver analytics more efficiently.
• Coordinate with Global and US teams to define today’s tools, data sources, third-party relationships, and costs associated with delivering analytics to clients, driving reuse of existing capabilities and aligning standards to avoid duplicative investment.
• Build consensus around build versus buy strategy, external partnerships, and defining core analytics capabilities.
• Coordinate with Global and US teams to reuse existing Howden capabilities, align standards, and avoid duplicative investment.
• Define product requirements for client data intake, data quality, model execution, explainability, visualization, and a cohesive client experience.
• Define and monitor measures of product success, including usage, delivery time, client and broker feedback, commercial impact, delivery efficiency, and cost savings.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including healthcare savings and reimbursement accounts
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible Paid Time Off and paid parental leave
• Life and Disability insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior