Title
Data scientist
Location
Richmond, va or remote
This position is available to virginia residents as richmond, virginia in-office applicants or remote applicants residing in states/locations under eastern or central standard time: alabama, arkansas, connecticut, delaware, florida, georgia, illinois, indiana, iowa, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, nebraska, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, south dakota, tennessee, texas, virginia, washington dc, vermont, west virginia or wisconsin.
At genworth, we are committed to caring for our customers and for the safety of our colleaguesIn the event the office is inaccessible (i.eInclement weather), this role may be required to work remotely.
Your role
Do you find energy and excitement in leveraging critical thinking and data to drive solutions to complex, unstructured problems? do you have a self-starting attitude constantly driving improvements without direction? are you naturally curious always looking for new information and relationships? do you enjoy driving strategy and results using create problem solving and data?
We are revolutionizing the analytics space in the long-term care insurance industry via innovative technology, intuitive design, and creative thought leadershipWe have repeatedly shown the value of the analytics team and continue to invest in our team.
Using the latest analytic tools and processes, we’re able to analyze our data to provide strategic insight leading to transformational changeTo carry us even further, we are seeking a data scientist/analyst to join our expanding, problem-solving team, supporting our long-term care data insights and strategy committeeThis individual will harness the power of data to enhance analytic insights and predictive capabilities around our customers and processes to support critical initiatives that will transform the landscape of long-term care insurance.
Your responsibilities
Develop and subject-matter expertise around new, unstructured, complex datasets associated with policies, claims, and customers.
Support various senior leaders in utilizing data and analytic insights to improve business processes and track success metrics
Create predictive models to drive critical insights, create new strategies, and develop custom approaches/techniques in long-term care market
Leverage strong programming skills to explore, examine, and interpret large data sets in various forms
Communicate progress, insights, and analytic findings via oral and written methods including a mature command of data visualization methods
Build relationships with business partners and senior leaders to create collaborative teams, manage project progress, and communicate project results and insights
Handle ad hoc requests from customers in a timely fashion identifying core business problem, gather relevant customer requirements, and develop analytical solutions
Build repeatable, robust data infrastructure to support analytic efforts around the business including models, dashboards, cost/benefit analysis, and decision impact
Lead and manage initiatives and present business insights to leadership teams
Your qualifications
Results-oriented and be able to demonstrate a sense of urgency and accountability for business problems
Bachelor’s required, masters or phd preferred with a degree in mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, operations research, or technical discipline, or equivalent
4+ years of experiences in insurance and financial services is a plus
Self-motivated with a drive for results and well verbal/written communications skills to non-technical audiences
A passion for solving unstructured, complex problems and intellectual curiosity
Subject matter expertise in advanced analytical and modeling data capabilities utilizing python and/or r
Experience with big data technologies (i.eHadoop, spark, hive, databricks, aws/azure and etc)
Experience with database rational database management system (rdbms) technologies (i.eSql server, greenplum, oracle and etc)
Adherence to standard practices and use of version control tools such as github/gitlab
Experience with data visualization tool (i.eSpotfire, tableau, business power intelligence or business objects)
Project management experience is a plus
Why genworth?
We have a real impact on the lives of the people we serve
We work on challenging and rewarding projects
We give back to the communities where we live
We offer competitive benefits including:
Medical, dental, vision, flexible spending account options beginning your first day
20 days of choice time off your first full year
12 paid holidays
40 hours of volunteer time off
401k account with matching contributions
Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment
Paid family leave
Child care subsidy program
Company
Genworth financial, incIs a leading insurance holding company committed to helping families achieve the dream of home ownership and address the financial challenges of aging through its leadership positions in mortgage insurance and long-term care insuranceHeadquartered in richmond, virginia, genworth traces its roots back to 1871.
The mission of genworth’s us life business is to efficiently keep our promises to our customers and their families and to lead the industry forward to solve the nation’s long term care crisis.
We know we can’t deliver on our mission unless we deliver for our employeesThat’s why we’re committed to creating a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, camaraderie, rewarding work, community involvement, and a focus on our employees’ well-beingWe know each employee contributes in their own unique way and we’re dedicated to supporting every one of them to help them reach their full potential.
Additional
Please note: strong candidate identifiedOther qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
