- Remote, United States
- Remote
- Full-time · Director
- 7+ years
The Head of Catastrophe Modeling leads Wildfire Defense Systems’ efforts to quantify wildfire risk and demonstrate the loss-reduction value of WDS’s services to insurance partners. This role translates WDS’s field and operational data into credible, model-driven insights that support carrier relationships, business growth, and operational decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain proprietary internal catastrophe models and contribute to risk and pricing modeling
- Own the development, validation, and application of wildfire catastrophe models and analytics across WDS’s enrolled property portfolio in the United States and Canada
- Serve as WDS’s subject matter expert on wildfire hazard, structure vulnerability, and loss estimation
- Evaluate and work alongside industry-standard vendor models
- Translate WDS’s field and operational data into credible, model-driven insights
Requirements
- MS or PhD in Statistics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, or Engineering
- or a related quantitative field
- Nice to have: Familiarity with functionality and I/O of major CAT vendors (Verisk, Cube, RMS)