Lead Data Scientist, Aviva

AI/ML

Salary not provided

+ Bonus opportunity- 10% of annual salary + Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan

SQL

Python

Spark

Snowflake

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

Insurance, wealth and retirement business

Job no longer available

Insurance, wealth and retirement business

1001+ employees

B2CInsuranceFinancial Services

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

+ Bonus opportunity- 10% of annual salary + Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan

SQL

Python

Spark

Snowflake

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CInsuranceFinancial Services

Company mission

To be with people when it really matters, throughout their lives.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Are you an experienced Data Scientist with a deep technical skill set and a passion for leveraging data to solve complex problems?
If this sounds like you, we have an exciting opportunity for you in the Data Insights team as a Lead Data Scientist
Educated to degree or post-graduate level, in a numerate /programming-oriented subject, or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge through industry experience. Masters in Data Science desirable
Excellent in writing clean, maintainable, and robust code in Python, Spark, SQL-like languages
Worked with Snowflake or Dataiku extensively for MLOps and ETL
Proficient in machine learning frameworks and indicators of model accuracy

What the job involves

In this role you will be responsible for designing and developing scalable frameworks with AI/ML models to drive business insight and optimise operational processes
You will build productionised solutions, working within cross-functional teams to bring state of the art machine learning to our general insurance business
You will partner with colleagues to identify opportunities to apply AI and make a difference to real business problems
You will create and share knowledge allowing us to grow together as a team
Partnering closely with our data engineering colleagues to improve ETL and data pipelines

Salary benchmarks

Our take

With 18 million international customers, Aviva is the largest provider of insurance and leading life and pension funds in the UK. With a history that dates back to the founding of Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society in 1696, Aviva’s current form is thanks to a merger between Norwich Union and CGU plc in the year 2000.

Over the noughties, Aviva grew its market out to Europe and established a high-profile foothold in America thanks to the most expensive advertising campaign of the time that included celebrities Alice Cooper and Bruce Willis. Into the 2010s, the insurance broker was forced to restructure and close a large number of its non-core businesses in a bid to increase its shareholder returns and streamline its focus. In 2012 it sold its US wing to Athene Holding to further this goal.

Now stripped back after sell-offs of subsidiaries in Indonesia, Italy, and many more countries, Aviva is refocusing on pensions. In the wake of a Pensions Dashboard Programme delay in the UK, Aviva is in the running to take over the programme thanks to its pre-existing private systems. This exemplifies Aviva’s renewed focus on the fintech sector, all whilst playing national analyst during the cost of living crisis thanks to its annual Age of Ambiguity study.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

2% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Trustpilot (4.3)

Company

Company HQ

City of London, London, UK

Leadership

Amanda Blanc

(Group CEO)

Currently Group Board Non-Executive Director at BP. Previously Chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union, Senior Advisor at Trov, CEO at Zurich Insurance Company.

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