Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Farmers Insurance is a company with a passion for purpose and making a real difference in people's lives. They are seeking a Senior Associate Decision Scientist to provide critical decision support by gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing data to address business challenges.
Responsibilities
- 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%)
- 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%)
Skills
- Master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business Analytics, Applied Data Science, or a closely related field of study
- 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
- 2 years of experience applying data analysis, statistical, and mathematical modeling in the Life Insurance industry or P&C Insurance industry
- 2 years of experience working with software including AWS, Sagemaker, S3, Python, R, QGIS, and Google Earth Pro
- 2 years of experience with machine learning methods including boosting, bagging, KNN, clustering, and GAM
- 2 years of experience with statistical techniques including linear models, generalized linear models, linear mixed models, time-series methods, statistical clustering, and non-parametric alternatives
Benefits
- Bonus Opportunity (based on Company and Individual Performance)
- 401(k)
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Assistance
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