This role will serve as a key link between Impact Forecasting’s R&D teams, Aon’s catastrophe management and broking teams, and our clients, ensuring that our technical capabilities remain closely aligned with client needs and evolving market developments.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and calibration of flood models across APAC, including fluvial, pluvial, coastal flooding and tropical cyclone related flooding.
- Develop and maintain robust, scalable modelling pipelines using scripting (primarily Python) and appropriate modelling tools.
- Work closely with Impact Forecasting R&D teams worldwide on the development, validation, and implementation of flood models, helping to drive model adoption and effective use.
- Partner with other R&D teams, analytics teams, catastrophe management teams, brokers, and clients across Asia-Pacific, the US, and Europe as needed.
- Serve as a technical point of contact for APAC flood modelling, clearly explaining model methodologies, assumptions, and outputs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Provide technical support and guidance to Aon broking and advisory teams on the use of Impact Forecasting models in client engagements.
- Lead and manage project teams, including planning, prioritising, and delivering modelling projects within agreed timelines and quality standards.
Requirements
- PhD or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Hydrology, Hydroinformatics, Water Resources Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Physical Geography, Atmospheric Sciences, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields).
- Strong foundation in hydrology and/or meteorology, with the ability to apply this knowledge to quantitative modelling; experience with large-scale climate data processing and integrating climate science into catastrophe models is an advantage.
- 3–5years of experience in technical project management and people management for country-scale catastrophe modelling initiatives.
- Advanced geospatial scripting skills, preferably in Python, with a strong focus on raster data processing.
- Working knowledge of MS SQL databases; experience with additional scripting/programming languages (e.g., R, MATLAB, C#, C++, VBA) is a strong advantage.
- Proficiency with the MS Office suite (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels across different business units.
- Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with a strong appetite for continuous learning.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively as part of a team while also being capable of independently driving workstreams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to clearly present complex technical concepts.
