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About the Role
Farmers Group seeks a Lead Data Scientist to apply advanced analytics and modeling to improve business results, leveraging customer information and behavioral data to influence strategic decisions. This role involves using innovative techniques like machine learning and data mining, and leading complex cross-functional projects.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership and execute on more complex business challenges involving data science.
- Execute and lead broad projects independently with a sense of urgency.
- Utilize specialized knowledge of consumer analytics including retention models, agency economics, and lead optimization.
- Utilize broad knowledge of advanced programming, complex ETL, and specialized modeling methods to execute projects and lead the team.
- Demonstrate clean reusable code and effective documentation.
- Act as the main contributor to multiple phases of a data science project.
- Utilize influence, a strong sense of ownership, and contribute to multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.
- Partner closely with IT, business, and data management/engineering teams to understand, utilize, and improve data infrastructure.
- Advise on complex matters and serve as an objective and transparent partner to drive fact-based decision making.
- Deliver results both individually and by mentoring and empowering other team members.
- Develop presentations and present to all groups and levels of leadership, including executives.
- Manage specialized model deployments via MLOps techniques.
- Partner closely with analytics and IT teams to deploy models/rules in various platforms and lead testing of new solutions.
- Take an active role in steering MLOps environment improvements.
- Mentor and provide guidance to team members.
- Review AI/ML modeling, statistical analysis, and data analysis completed by other team members, providing coaching and feedback.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Data Engineering or a closely related field of study.
- 5 years of experience in the job offered, or as an Associate – Projects, Programmer Analyst, SQL Server Developer, or similar advanced data analytics position.
- 2 years of experience working with database management language SQL.
- 2 years of experience working with large datasets leveraging ETL tools including SSIS.
- 1 year of experience working in the insurance industry with related data assets including customer data, financial and operational transactional data, quote data, and data on insurable interests.
- 1 year of experience working with predictive modeling and advanced data analytics.
- 1 year of experience working with Python programming.
- 1 year of experience working with business partners to understand business needs, analytics, and reporting requirements and provide solutions.
- 1 year of experience developing dashboards, scorecards, and data visualizations to drive performance improvement and support business operations using Tableau.
Skills
- Machine learning
- Data mining
- Advanced analytics
- Consumer analytics
- Retention models
- Agency economics
- Lead optimization
- Advanced programming
- Complex ETL
- Specialized modeling methods
- Clean reusable code
- Effective documentation
- MLOps techniques
- SQL
- SSIS
- Python
- Tableau
Location
- Woodland Hills, CA
- Remote (U.S.)
Work Type
- On-site
- Hybrid
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Lead
- 5 years of experience
- 2 years of experience
- 1 year of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $186,026
Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience, qualifications and location
- 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
About the Company
- Farmers is an award-winning, equal opportunity employer.
- Farmers believes in a culture of collaboration, creativity, and innovation.
- Farmers delivers peace of mind when it matters most.
- Farmers has a results-driven, high-performance culture that thrives on creativity, accountability, and bold solutions.
- Growth is a way of life for both the organization and every individual on the team.
- Farmers tackles challenges head-on, learns from every experience, and measures impact on customers.
- Farmers offers a supportive community.
- Farmers is committed to helping others.
Equal Opportunity
- Farmers will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance or other applicable law.
- Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1033, Farmers is prohibited from employing any individual who has been convicted of any criminal felony involving dishonesty or a breach of trust without prior written consent from the state Department of Insurance.
- It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
- Farmers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in any employer/employee relations based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military and veteran's status, or any other basis protected by applicable discrimination laws.