[Remote] Decision Scientist Job Details | Farmers Insurance Careers

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Farmers Insurance is a company dedicated to making a real difference in people’s lives. They are seeking a Decision Scientist to provide critical decision support by analyzing data to address business challenges, applying statistical techniques, and communicating insights to business partners.

Responsibilities

• Applies moderately advanced mathematical, statistical, and quantitative techniques to solve medium-to-large scale business problems that significantly impact current and future business strategies
• Builds descriptive or explanatory models or uses the output of models created by others
• Analyzes larger 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 thorough exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover opportunities including testing hypotheses and validating findings with business partners
• Facilitates discussions with cross-functional business partners and teams to understand and collaborate on complex business objectives
• Influences solution strategies and outcomes by leveraging expanded knowledge of the business
• Uses proficient experience in data analysis to provide insights that support decision-making
• Collects data from a variety of sources and integrates and transforms disparate datasets to create cohesive datasets for analysis
• Assesses data quality and applies data hygiene techniques to ensure accuracy and consistency
• Supports data reliability by conducting quality checks, documenting data processes, and collaborating with more experienced analysts for peer review and data validation as needed
• 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 more complex predictive models into workflows
• Translates 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 intermediate storytelling approaches to make complex information more accessible and actionable
• 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
• May informally mentor or train less experienced team members to support their work quality
• Actively seeks feedback from more experienced team members and engages in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and contribute effectively to team objectives
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 3+ years of work experience required in data analysis, statistical or mathematical modeling, or related
• Bachelors degree preferred in data science, statistics, mathematics, business analytics or similar
• Experience in insurance industry 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

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