Full-Time

Senior Manager

Predictive Modeling

Posted on 10/4/2025

Deadline 10/15/25
American Family Insurance Group

American Family Insurance Group

10,001+ employees

Property and casualty insurance provider

Compensation Overview

$147k - $250k/yr

No H1B Sponsorship

Madison, WI, USA + 2 more

More locations: Boston, MA, USA | Eden Prairie, MN, USA

Hybrid

Candidates should reside within approximately 35-50 miles from one of the following office locations: Madison, WI 53783, Boston, MA 02110, or Eden Prairie, MN 55343. Minimum of 10 days per month required in-office.

Category
Data & Analytics (2)
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Required Skills
Python
Data Science
R
Machine Learning
Java
C/C++
Requirements
  • Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
  • Demonstrated effective leadership skills.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and managing complex projects and effectively leading interdisciplinary teams to accomplish project goals.
  • Demonstrated experience formulating, approaching, and solving complex analytical problems using a quantitative, scientific approach.
  • Demonstrated experience working with business clients and partnering with team members to create solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience communicating business possible effects of complex data relationships and results of statistical models to multiple business partners.
  • Demonstrated experience in machine learning, predictive modeling, or statistics / data mining using large amounts of structured, semi structured, and unstructured data.
  • Demonstrated experience managing in an Agile environment.
  • Demonstrated experience using analytically oriented languages such as Python or R.
  • Demonstrated experience working with large, complex datasets using big data technologies and script language such as Python, Java, or C/C++.
  • Extensive knowledge and understanding of advanced statistical, machine learning and/or data mining techniques.
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of insurance industry products and services.
Responsibilities
  • Oversee the creation of vision and strategies, along with business application and modeling framework for new datasets and discovers insights and relationships from large/complex datasets.
  • Oversee the development, implementation, and application of state-of-the art scientific solutions for addressing business questions.
  • Manage the delivery of research findings to cross functional partners to help manage our performance and operations.
  • Lead the exploration of data using a variety of advanced techniques to identify relationships, create insights and answer business questions or guide future model development.
  • Oversee the build of hypotheses and identification of research attributes to determine the best approach to address business issues.
  • Provide senior level support in the area of strategic analytics, to identify business opportunities, and optimize our performance.
  • Create a collaborative, performance-driven work environment by promoting trust, transparency, and inclusion as well as work with team members to set clear goals, provide feedback, perform performance assessments, and support ongoing development.
  • Lead with influence and expertise. Contribute to division or department leadership team. Communicate and support organization mission, vision, values and practices.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior auto pricing insurance experience.
  • Modeling experience.
American Family Insurance Group

American Family Insurance Group

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American Family Insurance Group provides property and casualty insurance across personal and commercial lines. It underwrites and administers policies and risk management services through a multiline insurance model. It differentiates itself with a diversified distribution strategy, including acquisitions like Bold Penguin to offer its own products and those of others. Its goal is to grow into a broader, more integrated insurer by expanding access to property and casualty coverage across multiple channels.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$300M

Headquarters

Madison, Wisconsin

Founded

1927

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AM Best affirmed A rating in September 2025 amid industry challenges.
  • Reported $21.339B revenues and $2.478B profits in latest fiscal year.
  • Ranks 10th largest U.S. P&C group with $19.6B 2024 written premiums.

What critics are saying

  • Direct-to-consumer channels like Homesite cannibalize 2,400 agents' revenues now.
  • Bold Penguin erodes underwriting discipline by selling rival policies immediately.
  • Arturo licenses AI to competitors, degrading AmFam's edge within 12 months.

What makes American Family Insurance Group unique

  • Bold Penguin acquisition enables selling competitors' products via diversified distribution.
  • Arturo AI spin-out provides proprietary property analytics for risk assessment.
  • Four Lakes Re 2022 cat bond upsized to $125M transfers catastrophe risk efficiently.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Student Loan Assistance

Parental Leave

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