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Assistant Vice President, AI Program Lead

Ascot Group
Iselin, USA
Full-time
Executive · 10+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 days ago
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Responsibilities:

  • Partner with North American business and technology leaders to identify and prioritize high-value AI opportunities.
  • Translate strategic priorities into an actionable AI roadmap aligned with core platforms and transformation initiatives.
  • Lead AI initiatives from concept through deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement.
  • Develop business cases, success measures, and value-realization plans; monitor delivery and remove execution barriers.
  • Facilitate discovery workshops, requirements gathering, process redesign, and solution design.
  • Coordinate business sponsors, technical teams, and partners including Microsoft, Databricks, Palantir, Guidewire, and OpenAI.
  • Apply insurance expertise to improve underwriting, risk assessment, broker engagement, claims, policy and billing processes, portfolio management, and operations.
  • Ensure compliance with Ascot’s AI governance standards in partnership with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Information Technology.
  • Drive communications, training, AI literacy, stakeholder engagement, and user adoption.
  • Monitor AI, insurtech, and specialty insurance trends and convert relevant developments into practical opportunities.
  • Demonstrate The Ascot Way by collaborating across teams, embracing inclusivity, and demonstrating accountability while helping build an engaged, high-performing culture.

Requirements:

  • A minimum of 10 years of insurance experience with strong knowledge of property and casualty operations and specialty insurance.
  • Bachelor’s degree required and AI-related certification, formal training, MBA, or other advanced degree preferred.
  • Experience supporting underwriting, claims, policy, actuarial, operations, finance, or distribution functions.
  • Proven success leading complex, cross-functional programs and influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Strong business analysis, process improvement, change management, and execution skills.
  • Working knowledge of generative AI, large language models, AI agents, predictive analytics, machine learning, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Ability to engage technical teams while maintaining focus on business outcomes, risk, and user needs.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, Databricks, Palantir, Guidewire, or OpenAI.
  • Experience leading AI, data, digital transformation, innovation, or workflow automation initiatives is preferred.
  • Experience with AI governance, model risk management, or relevant regulatory considerations is preferred.
  • Consulting or transformation leadership experience is preferred.
  • Strong communication, facilitation, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.
  • Collaborative, self-motivated, customer-focused, and effective in a fast-paced environment.
  • This role can be filled at a different level, depending on experience.
  • Compensation:
  • Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to experience, subject matter expertise, and skills. The base pay is just one component of Ascot’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus and other forms of discretionary compensation awarded by the Company. The annualized base pay range for this role is: $195,000 - $215,000
  • Company Benefits:
  • The Company provides a competitive benefits package that includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
  • Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more
  • Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)
  • Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)
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Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required and AI-related certification, formal training, MBA, or other advanced degree preferred.
  • Experience leading AI, data, digital transformation, innovation, or workflow automation initiatives is preferred.
  • Experience with AI governance, model risk management, or relevant regulatory considerations is preferred.
  • Consulting or transformation leadership experience is preferred.
  • Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to experience, subject matter expertise, and skills. The base pay is just one component of Ascot’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus and other forms of discretionary compensation awarded by the Company. The annualized base pay range for this role is: $195,000 - $215,000

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