Job Description
Lead Data Scientist, Telematics and Insurance
London. Hybrid 1 to 2 days onsite
Salary up to 110,000 plus bonus and benefits
Working exclusively with my client, this role exists due to business expansion. The data science function launched in early 2023 and focuses on pricing and telematics driven products. The team already delivered over 20 percent profitability uplift across core insurance products using price optimisation models.
The role owns data structure and value extraction from large scale telematics data. The focus sits on turning driving behaviour into clear pricing and operational decisions for insurance products.
The business operates a champion challenger framework. The team delivers frequent model improvements through strong code standards and repeatable processes. Work happens at pace and at scale.
What you will do:
You will lead technical delivery across telematics data science. You will shape how data turns into pricing value and operational insight across the wider business.
Day to day responsibilities
- Design and deliver analytical solutions using telematics data
- Lead development of scoring and pricing algorithms
- Own end to end machine learning pipelines from data through production
- Work hands on with Python and Databricks
- Build repeatable and product agnostic training and serving frameworks
- Translate model outputs into clear guidance for pricing, operations, and finance
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring
- Challenge existing approaches within insurance pricing
- Take full ownership of delivery approach and outcomes
Technology environment
- Python
- Databricks
- Large scale and streaming data
- Spark or Kafka style processing
- Tree based models and deep neural networks
- Production grade machine learning systems
What my client look for
Essential experience
- Senior level data science delivery
- Large scale or time series data
- End to end machine learning delivery in production
- Strong Python engineering
- Solid statistical foundations
- Proven commercial impact from models delivered
Desirable experience
- Telematics or sensor based data
- Insurance or pricing domain exposure
- Experience leading small teams
- Evidence of idea generation and product thinking
What you will work on over the next 6 to 12 months
- Core telematics pricing models
- Expansion into fleet and taxi products
- New data driven insurance propositions
- Shaping long term data science strategy
- Building a team around this capability
Why join
This role offers full ownership of a high growth data product. The business doubled in size recently and plans further growth. You influence tooling, platforms, and technical direction. You build long term capability and there is an opportunity to grow a team further down the line.
Please apply for more information if this sounds like a role for you.
