Senior Climate Scientist – P&C Climate Risk, Exposure Analytics

USAA

Climate Scientist Senior developing insights on climate impacts and catastrophe losses for USAA. Collaborates with teams to influence strategies and ensure resilience within the organization.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeSan Antonio • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $114,080 - $205,340 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudIoTPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leverages advanced business, analytical and technical knowledge to participate or lead discussions with cross functional teams to understand and collaborate highly complex business objectives and influence solution strategies.
Applies advanced analytical techniques to solve business problems related to extreme events and climate change that are typically medium to large scale with significant impact to current and/or future business strategy.
Applies innovative and scientific/quantitative analytical approaches to draw conclusions and make 'insight to action' recommendations to answer the business objective and drive the appropriate change.
Translates recommendation into communication materials to effectively present to various levels of management.
Incorporates visualization techniques to support the relevant points of the analysis and ease the understanding for less technical audiences.
Identifies and gathers the relevant and quality data sources required to fully answer and address the problem for the recommended strategy.
Integrates/transforms disparate data sources and determines the appropriate data hygiene techniques to apply.
Thoroughly documents assumptions, methodology, validation and testing to facilitate peer reviews and compliance requirements.
Understands and adopts emerging technology that can affect the application of scientific methodologies and/or quantitative analytical approaches to problem resolutions.
Succinctly delivers analysis/findings in a manner that conveys understanding, influences various levels of management, garners support for recommendations, drives business decisions, and influences business strategy.
Provides subject matter expertise in operationalizing recommendations.
Remains informed on current data and analytics trends, (Ex: Cloud, Data Mining, Python, Neural Networks, Sensor data, IoT, Streaming/NRT data).
Identifies opportunities to continue to learn in the climate risk space, whether informal (e.g., Coursera, Udemy, etc.) or formal (e.g.Certifications or advanced coursework, for example ISCM CSCR).
Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science, Climatology, Environmental Science, Physics, Geosciences, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences, Operations Research, Data and/or Business Analysis, Data Science, or a business or quantitative field; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
4 - 6 years of data & analytics experience OR a minimum of 2 years of data & analytics experience and up to 2 years of progressive functional business relevant experience within the respective industry of responsibility (i.e. P&C, Bank, Finance, Marketing etc.) for a total of 4 years combined experience OR advanced degree in quantitative analytics field such as Atmospheric Science, Climatology, Environmental Science, Physics, Geoscience, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Actuarial Sciences, Operations Research, Data and/or Business Analysis, Data Science or other quantitative discipline and 2 years of experience in data/analytics or functional business experience within the respective industry of responsibility (i.e.P&C, Bank, Finance, Marketing, etc.).
Demonstrates advanced skills in mathematical and statistical techniques and approaches used to drive fact-based decision-making.
Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools, data visualization, developing analysis queries and procedures in SQL, SAS, BI tools or other analysis software, and relevant industry data & methods and ability to connect external insights to business problems.
Experience with new and emerging data sets, and incorporation (data wrangling, data munging) into new insights.

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
401(k)
pension
life insurance
parental benefits
adoption assistance
paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
various wellness programs
career path planning and continuing education

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisanalytical techniquesdata visualizationstatistical techniquesdata wranglingdata mungingSQLSASbusiness analysisquantitative analysis

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationinfluencingproblem-solvingdocumentationpresentationsubject matter expertiseadaptabilitycritical thinkingpeer review

Certifications

ISCM CSCR