Insights & Analytics Director - North America

AXIS (AXIS Capital)•Stamford, CT

1d•$180,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading the delivery of insights, analytics, and AI solutions to support North American underwriting teams in making better, faster, and more informed decisions. The position is accountable for translating business priorities into impactful data products, analytics solutions, and AI-enabled capabilities that improve underwriting performance, portfolio management, risk selection, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes. As the senior Insights & Analytics leader for North America, this role acts as a strategic partner to underwriting leadership, ensuring data and AI investments focus on measurable business value. It also plays a critical leadership role in delivering AI-enabled underwriting transformation initiatives, including oversight of AI components for key projects. The role serves as the primary interface between North American business stakeholders and the broader Data & Analytics organization, ensuring alignment of priorities, fit-for-purpose solutions, and value realization.

Requirements

Significant experience leading analytics, business intelligence, data science or AI teams.
A minimum of 10 years’ experience in analytics, business intelligence, data science or AI, including at least 3 years leading teams within complex organisations.
Experience partnering closely with insurance underwriting or specialty insurance business functions.
A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the insurance or reinsurance industry, partnering closely with underwriting or specialty insurance business functions.
Demonstrated success delivering business value through analytics and AI initiatives.
Experience leading at least two cross-functional transformation or strategic delivery programmes.
Proven record of influencing senior stakeholders and executive leadership teams.
Experience operating within agile delivery environments.
Experience directly managing a team of at least 6 people, including team leads or senior individual contributors.
Strong understanding of insights, analytics, data science, AI and data product delivery.
Knowledge of modern AI and machine learning capabilities, including generative AI applications.
Understanding of underwriting processes, portfolio management and insurance analytics.
Strong appreciation of responsible AI, governance and risk management principles.
Ability to identify the most appropriate solution for a business problem, whether traditional reporting, advanced analytics, predictive modelling or AI.
Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen.
Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Strong people leadership and coaching capability.
Ability to bring clarity and direction in complex environments.
Comfortable balancing strategic priorities with delivery execution.

Nice To Haves

At least 3 years’ experience in North American specialty or commercial insurance underwriting analytics.
Experience deploying AI or machine learning solutions into production in an underwriting or portfolio management context.
An advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Data Science, Statistics, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or similar) is highly desirable, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

Lead North America Insights & Analytics Delivery
Own the delivery and value realisation of the North America Insights & Analytics portfolio.
Act as the primary Data & Analytics partner to North American underwriting leadership teams.
Develop a deep understanding of underwriting strategy, operational challenges and growth objectives.
Translate business opportunities into actionable analytics, AI and data product initiatives.
Deliver Measurable Business Value
Ensure all initiatives are linked to clear business outcomes and success measures.
Drive adoption of analytics and AI solutions across underwriting teams.
Champion evidence-based decision making through effective use of data and insights.
Lead AI and Advanced Analytics Solutions
Provide business leadership and oversight for AI-enabled underwriting initiatives.
Partner with Data Scientists, AI Engineers, Architects and Technology teams to industrialise and scale AI capabilities.
Ensure AI solutions are aligned to AXIS governance standards, risk appetite and responsible AI principles.
Promote practical and value-focused use of AI across the North America underwriting function.
Build Strong Business Partnerships
Establish trusted relationships with North America underwriting leaders and key stakeholders.
Act as a trusted advisor on insights, analytics, AI and data-driven decision making.
Facilitate alignment between business priorities and enterprise Data & Analytics strategy.
Lead and Develop High Performing Teams
Provide leadership to North America-aligned Insights & Analytics team members.
Create an environment that promotes collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement and accountability.
Develop team capability across insights, analytics and AI disciplines.
Foster knowledge sharing and reuse across the wider Insights & Analytics community.
Improve Ways of Working
Drive adoption of agile and product-oriented delivery practices.
Ensure solutions are scalable, sustainable and maintainable.
Promote reuse of data products, models and analytics capabilities.
Foster a culture of experimentation, learning and continuous improvement.