Pricing Data Scientist (Part-Time, job-share or Full-Time) Fareham, England
Zurich Insurance
Full Time
Fareham, England
49000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Location: We're flexible! You can be based in our Whiteley or London office. If you are based in London, we would like you to travel to our Whiteley office twice a month.
Salary: Up to £49,000 depending on experience
Closing date for applications: 26th April 2023
The opportunity:
Are you looking for that next step up in your data science career? Are you an enthusiastic data scientist looking to leverage your skills in insurance? If so, this could be your next role and we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for someone with the skillset required to drive forwards our data science capabilities within Personal Lines pricing. The successful candidate will have a strong technical background with knowledge in machine learning techniques.
This role is available part-time, job-share or full time. This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren’t available full-time.
What will you be doing?
Reporting into the head of personal lines pricing, you will be responsible for the following:
- Supporting the development and deployment of data science techniques within personal lines pricing
- Continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible, looking to stay on top of current developments in machine learning and their relevance to personal lines pricing
- Understand the challenges faced pricing personal lines products and work with the wider business on innovate solutions using data science
- Communicate complex analysis in a simple way that the wider business can appreciate
- Work with the wider analytical community in pricing to embed the use of machine learning techniques
What are we looking for?
- Experience deploying data science techniques in personal lines pricing
- Comfortable working with various data types including big data, text data and documents (e.g. XML, JSON).
- Experience using tools such as Microsoft Azure and databricks to deliver machine learning solutions
- Experience using codebases such as R and python to build machine learning models
- Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex data issues and to gain the support from internal and external and executive stakeholders
- Strong analytical, structured and interdisciplinary way of thinking and working, including the ability to think creatively with data and being comfortable with complex and ambiguous problem-solving
- Ability to think proactively and ‘join the dots’ across a complex landscape to see the bigger picture.
- An understanding of the importance of team culture, and a demonstrable ability to act as a role model to maintain a culture of curiosity, support and honesty.
What will you get in return?
As well as a competitive salary, we also offer an excellent lifestyle benefits package which includes:
- Annual company bonus
- 12% company pension contribution (employee contribution optional)
- 25 days holiday plus an additional 3 volunteering days
- Contribution to medical cover
- Discounted technology offers
- Virtual GP appointments
- Discounted gym membership,
- Free flu jab
- Discounted gadget insurance
At Zurich we will consider requests for flexible working on hiring. Many of our employees work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexible hours, job share, an element of working from home or compressed hours. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.
Who we are
With about 55,000 employees serving customers in more than 170 countries we aspire to become the best global insurer as measured by our shareholders, customers and employees. If you're interested in working in a dynamic and challenging environment for a company that recognises and rewards your creativity, initiatives and contributions - then Zurich could be just the place for you. The success of our business is built on the contributions of our highly talented employees - people who work every day to position us at the forefront of the insurance industry. We therefore look to hire great people and we encourage those people to give their best.
You’ll feel the support of being part of a strong and stable company. A long-standing player in the insurance industry, we make every effort to address the career development needs and plans of our employees to ensure their success in the future.
Our culture
At Zurich we are proud of our culture. We are passionate about Diversity and Inclusion. We want you to bring your whole self to work we have a diverse mix of customers and we want our employee base to reflect that.
Our diversity and inclusion initiatives are creating an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of protected characteristics.
With the above in mind we accept applications from everyone regardless of your background, beliefs or culture however we especially welcome applications from women, people from ethnic minorities, people with a disability and people who are LGBT+ as these groups are currently under-represented in our organisation.
We are committed to continuous improvement and we offer access to a comprehensive range of training and development opportunities. Zurich is passionate about supporting employees to help others by getting involved in volunteering, charitable and community activity through the Zurich Community Trust.
We have won numerous awards for our work on Diversity and Inclusion. We are also proud to be nominated for the 2020 Insurance Times award for Diversity and Inclusion. You can read about our awards on our website.
So make a difference. Be challenged. Be inspired. Be supported, Love what you do. Work for us. #LI-Hybrid
