Senior Data Scientist

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London / £60000 - £75000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

£60000 - £75000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Senior Data Scientist

Salary
£60,000-£75,000 + bonus

Location + work pattern
London or Leicester | Hybrid working (1 day per week in the office)

THE COMPANY

  • A well-established UK general insurance provider with a strong reputation for advanced analytics and data-driven decision making.
  • The business operates at scale across multiple personal lines products and continues to invest significantly in modern data platforms and machine learning.
  • Data science sits at the core of how the organisation prices risk and drives commercial strategy.

THE ROLE

This is a senior individual contributor role within an innovative pricing function, focused on developing and evolving advanced predictive models. You will work on complex, high-impact modelling problems and help shape the next generation of pricing approaches.
Specifically, you can expect to be involved in:
  • Building and enhancing pricing and risk models using large, complex and messy datasets.
  • Developing predictive and residual models to better understand expected versus actual outcomes.
  • Exploring novel data sources, including geospatial and alternative datasets, to improve customer selection and pricing accuracy.
  • Supporting the progression of existing models from early versions into more mature, production-ready solutions.
  • Mentoring junior team members and contributing to best practice across the data science community.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Strong experience in predictive modelling using Python and SQL.
  • Hands-on experience with modern machine learning techniques such as gradient boosting methods.
  • Proven ability to work with large-scale, complex datasets and translate ambiguity into clear analytical approaches.
  • Experience deploying models into production environments within a cloud-based platform.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and support less experienced colleagues.

THE BENEFITS

  • Performance-related bonus.
  • Car allowance.
  • Private medical insurance and health & wellbeing support.
  • Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy or sell additional days.
  • Pension contribution with employer matching.
  • Life assurance, income protection and additional optional benefits.


THE PROCESS

  • Initial 30-minute interview focused on experience and approach.
  • Technical case study with presentation and discussion.
  • Competency-based interview covering leadership and delivery scenarios.
  • Final-stage interview focused on team fit and senior stakeholder engagement.

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest via the apply link on this page.





CONTACT

Pierce Harris

Recruitment Executive

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