Principal Data Scientist, Nordic AI Hub SEDKNO

Ready to shape the future of AI at one of Scandinavias largest non-life insurers Join Trygs newly established Nordic AI Hub and set the standards for scalable compliant and impactful solutions. As our new Principal Data Scientist and colleague youll drive innovation governance and excellence across 5M customers.

About the role Principal Data Scientist

As our new Principal Data Scientist you will take a pivotal role in shaping and maintaining the standards for AI development across Tryg Group. Collaborating closely with platform teams business leaders and tech experts you will ensure the consistent efficient and compliant advancement of AI solutions. Your responsibilities will cover the definition and evolution of AI methodologies architecture and governance serving as the vital link between development teams and strategic business priorities.

Youll collaborate with a dynamic team of experienced professionals driving alignment across teams and enabling knowledge sharing across all domains. This role provides a unique opportunity to influence the group-wide AI strategy accelerate the scaling of impactful solutions and cultivate a culture of excellence and innovation in AI development.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and maintaining AI development methodologies and standards ensuring best practices in validation deployment and compliance.
• Establishing robust architecture frameworks for AI solutions including reference architectures and common patterns.
• Aligning features tools and roadmaps across multiple domains and teams.
• Facilitating collaboration with platform teams and supporting the adoption of new technologies.
• Participating in group-wide AI governance processes including decision-making forums and compliance initiatives.
• Building and sharing knowledge with AI Leaders in Tryg through training documentation and community engagement.

What we offer:

• The opportunity to be a central figure in building a modern ambitious and informal team culture focused on value creation and business impact.
• The chance to further develop and refine your methodology and leadership toolbox through hands-on experience in a high-priority strategic initiative.
• An environment that prioritizes both personal and professional growth with a strong feedback culture and regular team-driven learning sessions.
• Direct engagement with diverse functions and colleagues across the entire Tryg organization including executive and business leadership.
• Ownership of key processes such as methodology definition architecture alignment governance and capability building.
• The ability to influence and shape the future of AI development at one of Scandinavias largest non-life insurance companies.

About you Technical AI expert for scalable infrastructure

We imagine you as a proactive structured and collaborative professional with a strong academic background in a relevant field such as engineering or computer science. You bring deep technical expertise in AI data science and software engineering ideally with experience from large legacy heavy organizations with complex IT and data landscapes like Tryg.

You can leverage your experience defining best practices and standards across teams. You thrive in environments where you can mentor and coach others promote knowledge sharing and raise the bar on engineering practices (CI/CD MLOps monitoring). You are comfortable navigating both strategic and operational challenges balancing the need for robust compliance and governance with practical scalable solutions.

You understand the importance of data privacy bias testing and fairness and you are committed to developing models that are auditable explainable and compliant with regulatory requirements. You are not just a specialist you are a team player and a normative leader able to influence and align stakeholders across domains. You enjoy working independently as well as in teams and you actively seek out and challenge perspectives to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

Fluency in English is required; proficiency in a Nordic language is considered an advantage.

About us Newly established central AI Development Hub

Tryg Forsikring is one of Scandinavias largest non-life insurance companies with operations in Denmark Norway and Sweden serving more than 5 million customers across both private and commercial segments. Tryg has a proven track record as an industry leader committed to continuous improvement and innovation.

At Tryg AI and advanced use of data are at the core of our operations but we believe we can achieve even more. That is why we are strategically bringing together AI Development & Delivery with over 50 data scientists and engineers in a new Nordic AI Hub. The Hub serves as the central anchor point responsible for group-wide strategic prioritization effective development and scaling to ensure that Tryg gains even greater impact from both new and existing AI solutions spanning classic machine learning as well as GenAI.

The Hub operates directly in line with Executive Board priorities and mandate with a group-wide footprint. Come join us and become part of a game-changing team at Tryg Group!

We look forward to hearing from you!

Please submit your CV no later than 5 January 2026. We kindly ask that you do not include a photo in your CV.

We invite relevant candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis so we encourage you to send your application today. The recruitment process will close once the right candidate has been found.

If you have any questions about the position please feel free to contact Maria Lück at .

Final candidates will undergo a background check.

Trade union representatives:

Akademikerföreningen: Lena Darin 070-
Forena: Elias Bakk 070-