Senior Associate Decision Scientist

Job Summary

Farmers New World Life Insurance (Bellevue WA) seeks a Senior Associate Decision Scientist to provide critical decision support across the enterprise by gathering analyzing and synthesizing data to address business challenges. Specific duties include: applies basic to moderately advanced mathematical statistical and quantitative techniques to solve medium-scale business problems that significantly impact current and future business strategies (20%); builds descriptive or explanatory models or uses the output of models created by others (3.5%); leverages interactive data visualization tools and statistical techniques such as distribution analysis correlation analysis outlier detection multivariate analysis time series machine learning and others to uncover hidden insights (5%); conducts basic exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover opportunities including testing hypotheses and validating findings with business partners (3.5%); collects data from a variety of sources and integrates and transforms disparate datasets to create cohesive datasets for analysis (3.5%); supports data reliability by conducting quality checks documenting data processes and collaborating with more experienced analysts for peer review and data validation as needed (3.5%); participates in discussions with cross-functional business partners and teams to understand and collaborate on complex business objectives (3.5%); assists in influencing solution strategies and outcomes by leveraging a working knowledge of the business (3.5%); uses foundational experience in data analysis to provide insights that support decision-making (3.5%); coordinates with cross-functional technical teams including IT data scientists data engineers and others to ensure data integrity and optimize data pipelines (3.5%); identifies data quality issues and collaborates to resolve them (3.5%); assists deployment and monitoring of basic predictive models into workflows(3.5%); stays informed about emerging decision and data science methodologies tools and best practices (3%); applies knowledge and continuous learning to improve own performance and the quality of work produced (3.5%); actively seeks feedback from more experienced team members and engages in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and contribute effectively to team objectives (3.5%); and bridges between data science analytics functions and operational RnD support ongoing development of customized software requiring work in object-oriented programming and specialized analytics functions involving applications of machine learning spatial mapping time-series and associated scientific tasks (30%). Option to work remotely.

Position requires a Masters degree or foreign equivalent in Business Analytics Applied Data Science or a closely related field of study plus 2 years of experience in the job offered or as a Data Analyst Data Management Analyst Business Analyst Research Analyst Data Scientist or similar position. Must have 2 years of experience working with each of the following: applying data analysis statistical and mathematical modeling in the Life Insurance industry or P&C Insurance industry; software including AWS Sagemaker S3 Python R QGIS and Google Earth Pro; machine learning methods including boosting bagging KNN clustering and GAM; statistical techniques including linear models generalized linear models linear mixed models time-series methods statistical clustering and non-parametric alternatives. Option to work remotely.

Full time position. Apply by submitting your resumes at Job ID: 35337.

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