Location: Melbourne
Ways of Working: Hybrid 2 days in office and 3 days from home
Term: Permanent Opportunity
Who are we
Guild Insurance is Australias leading provider of insurance solutions for allied healthcare professionals. For over 60 years weve been providing exceptional products services and unparalleled customer experiences driven by a genuine care for our clients professional and financial well-being. With over 140 industry partnerships and 80000 customers nationally we are uniquely positioned to offer insurance our customers can depend on.
Why Join Us
- Lead Innovation in a Trusted Brand: Be part of a respected Australian-owned insurer with over 60 years of history now investing in cutting-edge AI to transform the insurance landscape
- End-to-End Ownership & Impact: Drive the full lifecycle of AI/ML solutionsfrom ideation to deploymenton real-world problems that directly impact customers and business outcomes
- Modern Tech Stack & Tools: Work hands-on with Azure Databricks Microsoft Fabric and LLMs like OpenAI and Claude in a cloud-native scalable environment
- Collaborative & Ethical Culture: Join a team that values mentorship inclusivity and responsible AI practices with a strong focus on knowledge sharing and continuous learning
- Strategic Role with Executive Visibility: Influence enterprise-wide AI strategy while engaging with senior leaders across technology analytics and insurance operations
What youll do
We are seeking an experienced and visionary AI Data Scientist who is not only technically exceptional but also thrives in leading cross-functional teams. In this pivotal role youll help scale Guild Insurances AI capabilities across the enterprise by designing and deploying end-to-end machine learning solutions that deliver real business impact. Youll collaborate with stakeholders to uncover opportunities translate complex data into actionable insights and champion ethical scalable AI practiceswhile mentoring peers and fostering a data-driven innovative culture.
Key Responsibilities of the role
- Lead AI/ML Solution Delivery: Design develop and deploy end-to-end machine learning solutions ensuring they are scalable explainable and aligned with industry regulations and ethical standards
- Drive Technical Excellence: Champion best practices in ML Ops model governance and responsible AI while evolving data science workflows tools and frameworks to support enterprise-wide AI adoption
- Foster a Collaborative Culture: Mentor and support the growth of others in team promote knowledge sharing and advocate for inclusive ethical AI practices across teams
- Deliver Business Impact: Partner with stakeholders to identify AI opportunities influence strategic direction and translate complex data science concepts into actionable business insights
Knowledge experience and skills we are looking for
- Extensive Data Science Background: 810 years of hands-on experience in data science with a strong track record in delivering BI and AI solutions across complex business environments
- Advanced Technical Proficiency: Deep expertise in Python (including libraries like scikit-learn pandas numpy TensorFlow) R and SQL with solid knowledge of supervised and unsupervised learning techniques such as regression classification clustering and NLP
- Cloud & ML Platform Experience: Proven experience working with Azure cloud services ML lifecycle tools (e.g. MLflow Azure ML SageMaker) and modern platforms like Microsoft Fabric and Databricks.
- LLM & AI Tooling: Practical experience with large language models and AI tools such as OpenAI Claude and Manus as well as Azure AI Solutions and Foundry
- End-to-End Project Delivery: Demonstrated ability to lead full-cycle data science projectsfrom problem definition and data wrangling to model development evaluation and deploymentwithin Agile cross-functional teams
- Business-Focused Mindset: Strong capability to translate business problems into analytical models and communicate insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Our employee experience:
We thrive together at Guild Group. Our people feel truly connected to our purpose and are motivated by it. With our eyes on the future our people thrive on a challenge and learn from each other. Guild Group team members truly care about each other and our customers and everyone contributes to make a real difference by supporting the people our communities rely on.
What we offer
- Competitive benefits: Includes a remuneration package with annual incentives paid parental leave enhanced long-service leave and an extra day of paid leave.
- Flexible work environment: Hybrid working model (2 days in office 3 days from home) to support work-life balance.
Employee wellbeing and perks: Access to wellbeing initiatives learning opportunities staff discounts and an innovative Employee Assistance Program.
Guild Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and treat our people and clients with fairness dignity and respect. We are open to candidates that may require a part-time arrangement of 4 days per week.
If you have any questions please email Sandra at Please do not apply via email
Lets thrive together!