Senior Data Scientist

Hiscox; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in London is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to tackle complex challenges and help shape data-driven decisions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data science, experience with machine learning, and a degree in a STEM field. Role includes working with data sets, delivering predictive models, and collaborating with technical teams. This position promotes a hybrid working environment and values innovation and excellence in analytics.

Benefits

Great employee benefits

Unique company culture

Mental and physical wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Deep data science experience influencing decisions and delivering solutions.
• Familiarity with agile working and IT delivery tools required.
• Interest in machine learning techniques and natural language processing.

Responsibilities

• Develop critical inputs to business information leveraging past experience.
• Work on end-to-end data solutions and design scientific solutions.
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to mature analytics practice.

Skills

Predictive modelling

Machine learning

Data mining

Python

R

SQL

Natural language processing

Deep learning

Statistics

Education

Degree in STEM or related field

Tools

GCP

Version control tools

Job description

Senior Data Scientist page is loaded## Senior Data Scientistremote type: Hybridlocations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R0018752**Job Type:**Permanent**Build a brilliant future with Hiscox****Position: Senior Data Scientist****Reporting to:** Lead Data Scientist**Location:** London**Type:** PermanentAs a Senior Data Scientist at Hiscox, you will take on a high-impact role, acting as a critical thinker and problem solver for the business. You’ll apply your core technical skills and innovative thinking to tackle complex challenges, identify opportunities, and help shape data-driven decision-making across the London Market.You’ll operate across a wide variety of business functions, managing multiple priorities and delivering both ad hoc analysis and predictive/prescriptive models. Your work will contribute directly to building Hiscox’s data culture and enabling evidence-based decisions in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Communicating the business value of your analytical solutions to stakeholders will be a key part of your role.You’ll be part of an award-winning team, recognised for its pioneering collaboration with Google to deliver the market’s first AI-enhanced lead underwriting solution. This achievement reflects the team’s commitment to innovation, impact, and excellence in applying data science to real-world insurance challenges.As a Data Scientist, you’ll work within a wider technical team whose efforts span multiple business functions, bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving and analysis.**Key Responsibilities:*** Leveraging industry standards, past experience, emerging methodologies and empirical research to develop critical inputs to business information and helping business leaders develop innovative approaches to driving their business.* Working on the end-to-end data solution including understanding complex business challenges, designing scientific solutions, working with large and small data sets (including 3rd party and internal data of a wide variety), using cutting-edge machine learning or statistical modelling techniques to derive insights* Work collaboratively with data scientists, data engineers and other technical people including pricing and underwriting teams in order to help support maturation of analytics practice within the organisation.* Work closely with other members of the data and analytics community at Hiscox, contributing to delivering value though the use of a range of analytics techniques.**Person Specification:*** Degree in a STEM or closely related field or equivalent experience. A further degree is a plus.* Deep data science experience with a history of influencing decisions and delivering solutions that create tangible business value.* Experience of data science in finance or insurance is an advantage but not required.* Ability to conduct high quality research in a suitably timely manner working in both independently and in small teams as required by the task.* Familiarity with version control, agile working and other IT delivery tools is required**Skills**:* Experience in developing predictive and prescriptive analysis (predictive modelling, machine learning or data mining) used to draw key business insights and clearly articulate findings for target audience.* Experience with analytical tools / programming languages and databases (for example: Python, R, SQL).* Experience with large language models and prompting, GCP experience is a plus.* Interest in a variety of machine learning techniques from simple linear models and random forests to deep learning.* A particular interest in natural language processing or machine vision.* A strong grasp of foundational statistics is essential.* Experience working both in small teams and independently on analytics projects.* Strong verbal and written communications skills and effective presentation skills. This is absolutely essential since you will have a lot of exposure to different internal stakeholders.* Willingness to learn best practice in software development.* Knowledge of insurance is an advantage but not essential.**Apply now for further information***Work with amazing people and be part of a unique culture*If you want to help build a brilliant future; work with amazing people; be part of a unique company culture; and, of course, enjoy great employee benefits that take care of your mental and physical wellbeing, come and join us.