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Lead – Insurance Underwriting & Loss Ontology

100 Ottawa Ave Sw - GRAND RAPIDS, MI, USFull-time2026-09-03 → 2026-11-13
Hybrid · United States

Core

Define, govern, and advance the enterprise ontology for insurance coverage, exposure, underwriting, claims, and loss information to ensure consistent data usage across systems, reporting, and AI applications.

Role type

Lead Insurance Domain Ontologist

Builds

Enterprise data models, schemas, data dictionaries, and semantic definitions for insurance risk and loss concepts.

Domain

Insurance (Underwriting, Claims, Loss) + Data Governance & Ontology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Insurance underwriting and loss domain expertise, Ontology design and governance, Master data management, Data integration and mapping, Industry standards knowledge (ACORD, IVANS), Stakeholder management, Data quality management, Regulatory reporting knowledge, Analytics and AI collaboration

Preferred skills

Experience with retail, wholesale, and specialty insurance business models, Knowledge of carrier data structures and submission requirements, Actuarial background, Experience with catastrophe and geospatial data

Technologies

ACORD, IVANS, Enterprise data modeling tools, Data integration platforms

Responsibilities

Develop and manage domain ontology structures for coverage, exposure, underwriting, claims, and loss; Integrate internal, carrier, and third-party data into the ontology; Establish and maintain governance standards for critical insurance data; Align domain data from source systems across business units; Enable analytics and AI by translating business concepts into trusted data assets; Monitor industry standards and regulatory requirements to update ontology models.

Seniority

Lead, hands-on IC with strategic oversight