Senior Data Scientist

DEPARTMENT: Data Insights and Innovation 

JOB TITLE: Senior Data Scientist

JOB CODE: SDS

REPORTS TO: Director, Head of Data Insights and Innovation  

JOB PURPOSE: The Senior Data Scientist is responsible for modeling complex business problems and discovering business insights through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining, and visualization techniques. The Senior Data Scientist contributes to Arbitration Forums’ portfolio of products and services, ensuring that business challenges are met with fit for purpose AI-powered solutions.  The Senior Data Scientist defines and implements machine learning solutions, leading the development and implementation in accordance with the overall strategy of Arbitration Forums, Inc. This role will partner with Data Architecture, AI, Innovation, IT, and Advanced Analytics to define a framework that supports current advanced analytics requirements and future AI-enabled innovations. 

DEPARTMENTAL EXPECTATION OF EMPLOYEE 

• Adheres to AF Policy and Procedures and the AF Values
• Acts as a role model within and outside AF.
• Performs duties as workload necessitates. 
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude. 
• Communicates regularly with supervisor about Department issues. 
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload. 
• Consistently reports to work on time, prepared to perform duties of position. 
• Meets Department productivity standards.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Data Science and Exploration:
  • Translates business needs into advanced analytics requirements to support the organization and its members.
  • Proactively mines data warehouses to identify trends and patterns and generates insights to enhance the experience of our members.
  • Performs large-scale experimentation to identify hidden relationships between variables in large datasets.
  • Researches and implements cutting-edge techniques and tools in machine learning/deep learning/artificial intelligence to make data analysis more efficient.
  • Determines requirements that will be used to train and evolve deep learning models and algorithms.
  • Develops frameworks and processes to analyze unstructured information to enrich the decision-making capabilities of our members.
  • Maintains up-to-date knowledge of machine learning and data analytics tools and techniques.
  • Strong knowledge of predictive modeling methodology, acting as a catalyst and mentor in the organization.
• Machine Learning Operations:
  • Ensures that AI models are maintained throughout the lifecycle, ensuring proper monitoring and observability across environments.
  • Partners with stakeholders to properly implement ModelOps, ensuring consistency and integrity in solutions.
  • Monitor and optimize models for accuracy, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Data Governance and Security:
  • Works with the data governance lead to establish and enforce data governance standards, guidelines, processes, and best practices to ensure data quality and integrity. 
  • Implements data protocols to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Collaboration and Strategy:
  • Provides technical leadership and mentorship to junior data team members.
  • Stays updated on data science techniques and best practices, making recommendations for continuous improvement.
  • Experienced at leveraging both structured and unstructured data sources.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Support data observability efforts to ensure the data continuum and enforce governance standards.
• Other duties as assigned by manager or project needs.

QUALIFICATIONS 

Experience, Education and Licensure 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in data science, machine learning, data management, data governance, or a related role.
• Experience using statistics and machine learning to solve complex business problems.
• Experience conducting statistical analysis with advanced statistical software, scripting languages, and packages.
• Experience building and deploying predictive models, web scraping, and scalable data pipelines.

Technical Skills:

• Working knowledge of cloud services (i.e., MS Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
• Experience with AI tools, such as MS Azure ML, Snowflake CortexAI, Dataiku.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, data security, and compliance practices.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL.
• Familiarity with data visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Webfocus, Power BI).

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lead projects and mentor junior staff.
• Auto Insurance claims industry experience preferred.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY SPECIFICATIONS 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

AF is a remote working environment.