Data Scientist
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
31-01-2025
Job Specifications
As a Data Scientist you will be a key member of the Data team collaborating with product and engineering teams to further develop an understanding of needs. Your primary role will be to research and devise innovative statistical models for data analysis enabling smarter business processes by using analytics for meaningful insights. While mining, interpreting, and cleaning our data, this person will be relied on to ask questions, connect the dots, and uncover hidden opportunities for realising the data’s full potential.
You will be highly organised and comfortable building relationships and working with all levels of the firm. Stakeholder management and communication will be vital to the success of the role.
This position requires a self-driven, high-energy, professional who’s passionate about disrupting an industry and wants to be rewarded for their performance and contributions.
We believe that with a growth mindset, tech-first innovation, and focused execution, anything is possible. We value others’ insights and ideas to build a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and lighthearted environment.
Key Responsibilities;
Collaborate with team members to collect business requirements, define successful analytics outcomes and design data models fit for current and future business questions
Identify relevant data sources and sets to mine for client business needs, and collect large structured and unstructured datasets and variables
Analyse data for trends and patterns, and interpret data with clear objectives in mind
Implement analytical models in production by collaborating with software developers and machine-learning engineers
Collaborate with the Loadsure Data team to support internal reporting requirements and client reporting
Identify cost-saving and revenue opportunities
Help the finance team by providing data-driven insights for financial planning, forecasting, and risk management
Help the sales team by building models that can identify potential leads, predict customer churn, and optimize pricing strategies
Help the actuarial team by analysing claims data, developing risk models, and supporting pricing decisions
Help the marketing team by analysing customer behaviour, segmenting audiences, and measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
Help the product team by analysing product usage data, identifying areas for improvement, and developing new product features
Skills and Qualifications;
Essential;
c. 5-7 years experience within Data Science ideally with experience as an Data Scientist or similar
Proficiency with data mining, mathematics, and statistical analysis
Advanced experience in pattern recognition and predictive modelling
Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, SQL, and programming languages (ex: Java/Python, SAS, R)
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, research-oriented group that has several concurrent projects
Accuracy and attention to detail
Very strong communication skills - having the ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience
Self-starter who takes initiative
Thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth, rapidly changing technical environment
Enthusiastic about emerging technology and Insurtech
Desirable;
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in statistics, applied mathematics, or related discipline
Experience working on data within Insurance, a B2B company and/or Commercial Team
Ability to drive commercial outcomes using insights derived from data
About Us;
We’ve combined groundbreaking AI and industry expertise to create a service that goes beyond conventional cargo insurance. This is holistic freight protection.
With trailblazing end-to-end InsurTech, our mission is simple: empower brokers to better serve the freight community, maximizing profits and minimizing losses for all.
At Loadsure, we celebrate the spirit of individuals and empower them to grow. Fostering a culture of personal freedom, mutual respect, and collaboration, we enable the professional success of each person, regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, nationality, religious belief, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, or disability. Understanding, communication, respect among all people: This is how we’re nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace in which everyone can thrive.
We Strive for continuous growth and excellence in everything we do.
We Unite through collaboration, leveraging our diverse strengths to achieve common goals.
We Pioneer innovative solutions, embracing new technologies and forward-thinking approaches.
We Deliver outstanding results, ensuring reliability and quality in every project.
Why work for Loadsure?
Competitive salary
Fantastic company stock options
Remote working with great flexibility
25 annual leave days, in addition to our recognised national holidays
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave
Birthday day off
Subsidised gym/wellbeing membership
Strong healthcare coverage for employees and their families
A culture of work-life balance
A community that gives back
Engaging and collaborative work environment
An exciting opportunity to work with a talented team that’s passionate about what they do and believes in their product and people
Career development opportunities
Online learning platform
loadsure.net
About the Company
Loadsure is the award-winning InsurTech MGA that delivers Holistic Freight Protection to supply chain businesses and insurance brokers across the globe. Predicting and preventing loss, with actionable risk insights. Protecting the whole supply chain, with data-priced insurance products. Responding to and recovering from unavoidable losses, with transparent, automated claims. Know more
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