Senior Catastrophe Risk Manager

Ryan Specialty • Chicago, IL

2d • $112,000 - $140,000

About The Position

The Senior Catastrophe Risk Manager is responsible for assessing, managing, and mitigating risks associated with natural and man-made catastrophes. This role requires a deep understanding of risk modeling, data analysis, and insurance principles. The Senior Catastrophe Risk Manager will work closely with various stakeholders to develop strategies that minimize financial losses and ensure business continuity. What will your job entail? Job Description What You’ll Do:

Requirements

• 5+ years of catastrophe modeling or portfolio risk experience.
• Proficiency in RMS and/or AIR Touchstone.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with large datasets.
• Ability to support real-time event response activities.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Python or R for data analysis and automation.
• Knowledge of reinsurance structures and portfolio risk metrics (PML, AAL, TVaR).
• Exposure to Azure Databricks or other cloud-based analytics platforms.
• Experience automating workflows using Alteryx or similar tools.
• Familiarity with geospatial data handling and mapping.

Responsibilities

• Perform catastrophe modeling using RMS and AIR across multiple lines of business.
• Prepare, validate, and cleanse exposure data for modeling.
• Produce portfolio-level metrics such as PML, AAL, exposed limits, and tail-risk metrics.
• Build SQL queries, scripts, and tools to support automation and reporting.
• Provide technical and modeling support to underwriting, operations, and analytics teams.
• Support catastrophe event response with exposure summaries and loss estimation.
• Maintain capacity tracking dashboards and reports.

Benefits

• In addition to paid time off for company holidays, vacation, sick and personal days, Ryan offers paid parental leave, mental health services and more.
• For additional information on Ryan Specialty Total Rewards, visit our website https://benefits.ryansg.com/.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees