Airbnb Lead Actuary 

United States 

600589157

The Difference You Will Make:

The Lead Actuary will play a critical part in shaping the financial strategy and risk framework for AirCover’s global insurance programs. You will work with our captive insurance company, our in-house insurance agencies, and outside partners including brokers & insurance companies on these programs. You will be responsible for actuarial modeling, pricing, reserving, and capital adequacy analyses that support both our self-insured exposures and risk-transfer mechanisms through our insurer partnerships. You will bring technical expertise and strategic insights to executive leadership, underwriters, our captive insurance company, and other key internal stakeholders.

A Typical Day:

• Partner with internal and external parties to develop, price, and underwrite innovative new insurance and protection products in support of our global guests and hosts
• Manage and support Airbnb's core actuarial processes for pricing, reserving, and overall performance evaluation in support of strategic decision making around risk financing and structure
• Develop insurance pricing to support insurance placement and renewals
• Work closely with cross functional internal stakeholders to build dashboards to evaluate current program performance and recommend areas for improvement
• Work closely with cross functional stakeholders to evaluate optimal product insurance structure and pricing
• Identify emerging risks and effectively measure impact to Airbnb
• Communicate and present findings to insurance management and other internal and external stakeholders

Your Expertise:

• 10+ years of experience as an actuary with demonstrable experience working with novel risk structures
• FCAS required
• BA/BS in Math, Statistics, Economics, Finance or similar field
• Strong command of actuarial tools, statistical methods, data visualization techniques, and financial modeling (R, Python, SQL a plus).
• Comfort working within the non-traditional sharing economy insurance space
• Entrepreneurial self-starter with excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally and actively collaborate with leaders on product, finance, legal, and data science
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, subject to rapid change and uncertainty
• Enthusiasm about Airbnb and aligned with Airbnb's core values.

Offices: United States