Farmers Insurance · 1 day ago
Senior Decision Science Manager
United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$129K/yr - $220K/yr
7+ years expFarmers Insurance is a leading provider of insurance services dedicated to delivering peace of mind to customers. The Senior Decision Science Manager role involves providing critical decision support by analyzing data to address business challenges and delivering actionable insights to drive efficiency and growth. This position also includes mentoring team members and overseeing the implementation of advanced analytical techniques.
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Responsibilities
Leads discussions with cross-functional business partners and teams to understand and collaborate on complex business objectives. Shapes solution strategies and outcomes by leveraging broad knowledge of the business and overseeing collaboration across teams to ensure alignment and effectiveness. Uses breadth of expertise in data analysis to deliver insights that enable informed decision-making
Develops and implements advanced or innovative mathematical, statistical, and quantitative techniques to solve medium-to-large scale business problems that significantly impact current and future business strategies. Leads the creation of descriptive or explanatory models and oversees effective use of them
Analyzes large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and business opportunities. Leverages interactive data visualization tools and statistical techniques such as distribution analysis, correlation analysis, outlier detection, multivariate analysis, time series, machine learning, and others to uncover hidden insights. Conducts comprehensive exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover opportunities including testing hypotheses and validating findings with business partners
Coordinates with cross-functional technical teams including IT, data scientists, data engineers and others to ensure data integrity and optimize data pipelines. Identifies data quality issues and collaborates to resolve them. Assists deployment and monitoring of complex-to-highly complex predictive models into workflows
Leads the transformation of technical data insights into communications and presentations for non-technical business partners and leadership to ensure data-driven insights and recommended action plans are easily understandable. Uses advanced storytelling approaches to make complex information more accessible and guide stakeholders to adopt a certain point of view
Oversees the collection and integration of data from a variety of sources and transforms disparate datasets in to cohesive datasets for analysis. Assesses data quality and implements data hygiene techniques to ensure accuracy and consistency. Leads data reliability efforts by managing data quality checks, data documentation processes, and collaboration with experienced analysts for peer review and data validation
Supervises, guides, coaches, and manages the performance of direct reports. Delivers regular feedback and supports professional development. Relies on proven skill in employee engagement to foster a high-performance culture where excellence is standard and innovation is actively encouraged
Stays informed about emerging decision and data science methodologies, tools, and best practices. Applies knowledge and continuous learning to improve the quality of own work and the work of others on the team, including direct reports. Actively seeks feedback and engages in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and contribute effectively to team and business unit objectives. Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Minimum seven years of work experience required in data analysis, statistical or mathematical modeling, or related
Experience in a people leader or management role required
High School Diploma or equivalent required
Bachelors degree required in data science, statistics, mathematics, business analytics or related
Strong verbal communication and listening skills
Demonstrated written communication skills
Demonstrated analytical skills
Strong ability to craft strategic business plans and translate them into actionable steps for direct reports and indirect teams across three or more business domains
Proven ability to drive strategic enablement and contribute to enterprise strategic plans
Demonstrated problem solving skills
Excellent collaboration and team building skills
Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents
Demonstrated ability to explain strategic concepts to those unfamiliar with them
Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
Able to meet deadlines and priorities that shift with business needs
Able to simultaneously handle multiple priorities
Possesses solid project management skills
Possesses strong technical aptitude
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
Strong proficiency in applying advanced statistical and machine learning concepts and tools
Broad knowledge of data analysis and manipulation tools (SQL, Python, SAS, R, and/or Snowflake)
Broad knowledge of data visualization tools (example, Tableau, Power BI)
Proficiency in working with datasets including data wrangling and data munging
Able to adapt quickly to new technologies
Develops and delivers effective presentations
Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
Preferred
Experience in insurance industry with independent agency data preferred
Benefits
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
Company
Farmers Insurance
The companies comprising the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies® currently make up one of the country's largest insurers of vehicles, homes and small businesses, and provide a wide range of other specialty insurance and financial services products.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
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