Data Scientist - Home Pricing
Data Scientist - Home Pricing
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Job Title: Data Scientist - Home Pricing
Location: Leicester / Bexhill / London
Welcome to Hastings Direct
Were a digital insurance provider with a clear strategy to become the best and biggest player in the UK market. As a company weve made huge investments in our technology pricing data and analytics capabilities over the past few years along with nurturing our 4Cs culture and substantial investment in our people. And as a Finance team were doing exactly the same building a market leading finance technology platform investing in our team and our approach to leadership development with a real focus on commercially adding value to the business.
The fact youre now reading this job advert means weve tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD. If you like what you see we hope youll consider joining our team.
We have high standards and understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If youre excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for even if youre not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.
Role overview
To deliver our profit and growth targets for Home through the use of innovative analytics creating a new product within the Home eco system which leads to segmented pricing changes that we can apply to our live rates and generate incremental growth for the Home portfolio.
Job details
Create and maintain analytical tools to support in the management of our risk portfolio.
Develop best in-class models to predict claims outcomes and market premiums.
Engineer powerful new rating factors to be deployed into our rating algorithms.
Identify analyse and monetise new data sources.
Essential skills/experience:
Strong programming skills.
Proven track record of delivering commercial value.
Experience using Python and ML libraries to build data science/machine learning products in a commercial environment.
Keen interest in emerging ML techniques and their commercial value.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to work cross-functionally with Data Engineers Data Scientists Actuaries and Pricing Analysts.
Desirable
Experience using cloud-based ML technologies.
Experience in general insurance.
GitHub as a code collaboration tool.
Experience using structured query languages (SQL).
As a Disability Confident employer were committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive what this means to you is if youre applying for a job with us youll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).For more information on the DCS please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website
Benefits: In addition to a competitive salary you will also receive
Flexible working we champion a flexible hybrid working approach please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail
Competitive bonus scheme- all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus
Financial wellbeing as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover income protection at no extra cost and matched pension contributions up to 10% we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes discounts cashback free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support
Mental wellbeing programme we have the thrive mental health app our colleague assistance programme available 24/7 our own in-house mental health first aiders support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs
Theres more! 25 days annual leave bank holidays with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks access to our health care cash back plans dental plans discounted health assessments Cycle to work and tech schemes discounted and free onsite facilities social events throughout the year and much more .
Join us and youll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues customers company and community. As one of our colleagues youll be helping to drive our growth so in return well give you all the support training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job well deliver good outcomes for every customer helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.
At Hastings Direct were committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process we encourage you to be open with us. Our recruitment team is here to provide the support you need to ensure a fair and accessible experience for all.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
