The Risk Engineering Climate Specialist will contribute to RES Climate+ solutions targeting Climate Tech Underwriting and Climate Criteria Execution. Specific responsibilities will include: climate tech and decarbonization resource development for internal and external stakeholders; industry, academia and NGO alignment, including managing consulting relationships and vendor portfolios; liaise with Marketing and Communications to advance the RES Climate leadership brand; monitoring and identifying decarbonization frameworks and climate tech advancements for commercial sectors representative of Chubb’s property casualty insurance portfolio; deliver RES evaluations for climate criteria and climate tech opportunities.  

This role will report into the Chubb Risk Engineering Services Center of Excellence (CRES CoE). Location for this role is flexible. Travel throughout North America to attend internal meetings and internal/external conferences, events, etc is anticipated.

 

Responsibilities:

Enable growth in Climate Tech by tracking, aggregating and analyzing technology- and sector-specific developments that will inform UW and Risk Engineering leaders Create internal platforms that enable these analyses to be targeted toward new Climate Tech business opportunities Develop client facing risk management resources reflecting developments in emerging and established Climate Tech sectors Transition intellectual capital from Risk Engineering Climate Tech and Climate Criteria reviews into learning content for risk engineering, underwriting, claims Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to promote RES Climate thought leadership Complete Climate Tech and Climate Criteria risk engineering reviews for underwriting Identify NGO’s, Industry Associations, Academia with climate initiatives aligned with Chubb Climate+ goals and objectives Establish frameworks for engagement with key NGO’s, Industry Associations, Academia with an established climate leadership presence in key high emitting sectors, considering guidance, frameworks, data Identify academic and industry organizations addressing emerging climate tech, to enable strategic scoping of commercial property casualty new business opportunities. Lead liaison relationships with these organizations Maintain existing climate hubs directed toward the Agricultural and Cement sectors.  Provide project leadership for future climate hubs Vet opportunities to align external decarbonization resources with Chubb’s Climate initiatives, such a funding sources directed toward target sectors Must be passionate about climate change mitigation and ready to embrace Chubb’s goal of Climate leadership from a variety of perspectivesStrategic thinker with proven ability to craft goals, objectives, processes and endpoints, complemented with metrics to quantify outcomes and impactEducation through the master’s degree level preferred with an emphasis on sustainabilityMinimum of 5+ years resilience, sustainability or climate science experienceExpertise with resiliency in the commercial agriculture sector to support current client service offeringsExperience with climate data sets, including developing data sets that align with target climate goals and objectivesTrack record of effective engagements with NGO’s, Academia and the private sector from a climate / sustainability perspectiveExpertise with aligning private sector efforts with government-sponsored sustainability initiativesExperience with developing and employing metrics to measure progress toward goals and objectivesSuccess in creating and executing digital strategies, to enable expanded scale and scope of strategic impactAbility to influence new, dynamic initiatives, engaging with a variety of stakeholders, within a global multinational organizationExceptional written and verbal communication skillsStrong project management skillsAwareness of commercial property casualty insurance sector preferredAble to operate in an independent and remote settingStrong collaboration skillsA proven ability to create, plan, organize, implement, execute, and manage successful programs and initiatives, including the ability to collaborate with senior managementStrong problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions, concentrating on high priority issues as needed and in a timely manner