Assistant Director, Data Science

The typical starting salary range for this role is determined by a number of factors including skills, experience, education, certifications and location. The full salary range for this role reflects the competitive labor market value for all employees in these positions across the national market and provides an opportunity to progress as employees grow and develop within the role. Some roles at Liberty Mutual have a corresponding compensation plan which may include commission and/or bonus earnings at rates that vary based on multiple factors set forth in the compensation plan for the role.

The creative problem solvers in Liberty Mutual’s Insights & Solutions group harness the power of data, analytics and technology to develop innovative solutions that drive our US Retail Markets business forward and support a high-performing culture. This group brings together highly talented thinkers and doers ready to challenge the status quo and make an impact. As a member of this cross-functional group, you’ll collaborate with teams across Liberty Mutual to deliver analysis that unlocks insights and sparks new, better ways of working.

The US Retail Markets Data Science team brings together a diverse range of talent to predict future risk and what our customers will need to recover. Our data engineers write code that turns trillions of bits of information into structured data—data that our hundred-plus Data Scientists analyze with cutting-edge modeling techniques to unlock insights. From there, our tools and deployment teams ensure this data can be practically applied to business problems across US Retail Markets. Join us and be a part of this dynamic group driving industry-leading data segmentation, fueling the team’s success now and into the future.

Join the Small Commercial Product Design & Modeling department to develop industry-leading pricing and underwriting models. We pride ourselves in developing the best-in-class models and making the team an awesome place to work! The Small Commercial PDM team turns data science insights into business value and partners closely with business stakeholders to expertly align risk with rate. Responsible for the price segmentation of a portfolio in excess of $4 billion, Small Commercial PDM team members of varied backgrounds execute on a wide array of critical initiatives. Analyst roles within the team range from leaning more heavily into research to inform our product design, to directly interfacing with regulators and Profit & Loss owners. Our analysts make an impact by building multi-variate models, increasing the speed of model deployments, improving capabilities to test, calibrate, and monitor models, and serving as technical experts to explain our models to the broader Small Commercial organization. With opportunities for growth, mentorship, and engagement with the data science community, we offer a stimulating environment for those with a passion for technical excellence and problem-solving.

The Small Commercial Product Design & Modeling team is hiring an individual contributor to work on predictive modeling for our core programs. The ideal candidate is proactive and intellectually curious, highly technical, and can efficiently think through complex business questions independently. The role will help lead development and execution of rating & pricing models for the General Liability (GL) lines of business.

The person in this role will also have opportunities to collaborate directly with teams in US Data Science, including Infrastructure and Data Science Excellence.

The Assistant Director, Data Science collaborates with business partners to develop predictive analytic solutions that enable data-driven strategic decision-making. This role utilizes data science techniques to manipulate large structured and unstructured data sets, identify patterns in raw data, and develop models to predict the likelihood of a future outcome and/or to optimize business solutions.

This level reflects solid knowledge of predictive analytics techniques, while continuing to learn how to apply techniques to business issues.

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**This role may have in-office requirements based on candidate location.**

Responsibilities:

• Researches and develops predictive analytic tools.
• Leverages knowledge to create/design solutions for business needs.
• Mines large data sets using sophisticated analytical techniques to generate insights and inform business decisions.
• Identifies and tests hypotheses, ensuring statistical significance, and builds predictive models for business application.
• Translates quantitative analyses and findings into accessible visuals for non-technical audiences, providing a clear view into interpreting the data.
• Enables the business to make clear tradeoffs between and among choices, with a reasonable view into likely outcomes.
• Customizes analytic solutions to specific client needs.
• Responsible for larger components of projects of moderate to high complexity.
• Guides aspects of project design as a technical consultant for the team.
• Regularly engages with the data science community and participates in cross functional working groups.

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• Broad knowledge of predictive analytic techniques and statistical diagnostics of models.
• Expert knowledge of predictive toolset; reflects as expert resource for tool development.
• Demonstrated ability to exchange ideas and convey complex information clearly and concisely.
• Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise. Ability to establish and build relationships within the aligned functional area or SBU.
• Ability to give effective training and presentations to peers, management and less senior business leaders.
• Ability to use results of analysis to persuade team or department management to a particular course of action.
• Has a value driven perspective with regard to understanding of work context and impact.
• Competencies typically acquired through a Ph.D. degree (in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Actuarial Science or other scientific field of study) and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, a Master`s degree (scientific field of study) and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or may be acquired through a Bachelor`s degree(scientific field of study) and a minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience.

**This position may have in-office requirements depending on candidate location.**

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