Senior Data Scientist

Covid-19

We’re actively looking for people to join our teams, and we’re committed in protecting your health and wellbeing during every step of our recruitment process.

If you’re successful in securing a role with us we’ll be doing things a little bit differently and it may mean you’ll initially join our team by working from home. During this time we’ll work with you to make sure you have the tools and equipment you need and that you feel part of our amazing DLG team!

What we’re looking for:

Direct Line Group is going through an exciting transformation to be the top tier data driven business in the UK’s general insurance market. For this, we have crafted a ground breaking cloud-based (AWS) Data Science and Analytics platform to enable us to truly unleash the value of the vast amount of data we curate.

In addition to our Data Science initiatives within the business functions we are now establishing a central Data Science Innovation function to supercharge our efforts and transform the way business is interrogating our data.

For this function we are looking to recruit motivated Senior Data Scientists who want to play a leading role to deliver DLG’s data strategy by enabling the effective use of data to drive better decision making.

You’ll be a product owner playing a pivotal role in delivering DLG’s Data Strategy by balancing your hands-on skills with a consultative approach to influencing the business in order to improve the use of data.

As for your ‘Tech Stack’, think; Python, SPARK, Git, SQL, Machine Learning and experience in Financial Services or regulated industries are desirable but not crucial.

Who you’ll be working with:

You will work closely with both the Data Science Innovation team, as well as the wider business who are passionate about developing your technical and professional skills.

What you’ll be doing:

• Create clear and meaningful insights through advanced analysis and interpretation of multiple sophisticated data sets.

• Prototype solutions to bring Data Science outputs to life for business partners.

• Contribute to the deployment of Data Science outputs.

• Mentor and if necessary direct the work of the other team members

• Champion and evolve Data Science, knowledge and standards, helping embed Advanced Analytics and Data Science at the heart of our business.

• Contribute and input into DLG’s data strategic roadmap, especially by contributing to how DLG develops more machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions to better enable the business.

• Demonstrate and lead the “art of the possible” showcasing new capabilities and driving innovation within the immediate data science team and wider data science community in DLG.

• Using commercial awareness, influence and communicate across multiple business areas to promote new opportunities for data to be used effectively.

What we’ll give you:

Come join us and you’ll find yourself in the middle of one of the fastest changing teams in the business, with autonomy and exposure to industry leaders on huge household brand names. We’re always encouraging internal development and you’ll have access to loads of learning opportunities, events and conferences to build your industry knowledge.

We promote an open, honest and transparent environment where you can be heard, make a huge impact and thrive in our constantly evolving technology.

Join us in our journey through transformation and Agile working

Direct Line Group has recently moved to a new Agile way of working and are looking for senior engineers to take on the role of Chapter Lead where they can practise their craft as well as mentor and support a squad of engineers with a servant leadership approach and mentality. If this is of interest to you please make sure to give examples of any people management experience, especially within an agile organisation, that you have in your application.

Direct Line Group are an equal opportunity employer who value diversity. We do not discriminate, and we recognise and embrace that people work in different ways. We will always adapt so you have the best and most comfortable working environment. If during the recruitment process you require any reasonable adjustments, please just let us know.