About Us
We are Direct Line Group – home to some of the country's best-known brands including Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege, Greenflag and NIG. Our vision is to create a world where insurance is personal, inclusive, and a force for good, and our purpose is to help people carry on with their lives, giving them peace of mind now and in the future.
The Role:
We have opportunities at various levels for
experienced Data Scientists with
previous insurance experience to join us. We are looking for previous experience within the insurance market as you’ll need a good understanding of regulations, Solvency II and pricing reform and have experience in building and deploying predictive analytical models using machine learning/artificial intelligence techniques, ideally for motor / home insurance risk cost models or similar.
Hybrid working: We have a hybrid model with a virtual-first approach which means you would primarily work from home. As long as you live a commutable distance from one of our offices in Leeds or London and understand you might need to travel into an office 3-5 times a quarter, that's great. We'll support you as best as we can!
The team you’ll join:
This Data Scientist role sits within our large Pricing & Underwriting function with people from across the country. Working within an Agile model, the team meets as chapters, tribes, and squads, which is a great opportunity to work with people across the business and grow your knowledge and experience with other products.
What you’ll be doing:
- Build market leading risk cost or retail models (and other models) for personal lines Pricing teams
- Manage the end-to-end modelling cycle: data quality and control, model build, review and deployment
- Lead improvement through embedding data science techniques into modelling
- R&D new advanced model structures to develop next generation pricing models
- Work with the wider P&U chapter and technology teams to deploy the models into production
- Enrich the data using internal and external data sources
What you'll need:
- Experience in the insurance market as we’re looking for someone with a good understanding of regulations, Solvency II and pricing reform (this is essential and unfortunately we won’t be able to consider applications without prior insurance experience).
- Experience in building and deploying predictive analytical models using machine learning/artificial intelligence techniques, ideally for motor / home insurance risk cost models or similar
- Experience of leading projects in collaboration with other teams
- An understanding of business problems with non-technical stakeholders and proven experience with translating them into Data Science solutions
- Proficient in using Python in a working environment is a must. Experience in SPARK, Ray, and familiarity with Git for version control, is desired.
Ways of Working:
Our mixed model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. How much you'll be in the office depends on your role, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.
Read our flexible working approach here .
Benefits
We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:
- 9% employer contributed pension
- 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
- Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
- Up to 10% annual bonus
- EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
- 25 days holiday
- Buy as you earn share scheme
- Employee discounts and cashback
Being yourself
Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers.
We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.
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