Hybrid Director of Data Science – NLP

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About the role

  • Director of Data Science leading a team to develop AI solutions in The Hartford's Claims & Operations. Focusing on machine learning and data analytics across policy and claim lifecycles.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of Data Scientists to develop, test, validate, and maintain robust tools using supervised and, unsupervised, and generative techniques
  • Lead cross-functional projects that include the creation of AI workflows, statistical models, algorithms, and machine learning techniques to achieve financial objectives, solve business problems, and identify long-term opportunities that improve the customer journey
  • Collaborate and partner with business stakeholders in a way that supports the vision and sustains a culture that treats analytics as a corporate asset
  • Advance the department’s capabilities by creating and deploying long-term tools to continually evolve the practice of data science, with an ability to see the end-to-end solution
  • Develop strategies to achieve targeted business objectives. Implement these strategies and follow through to successful conclusion
  • Remain current on research techniques and become familiar with state-of-the-art tools applicable to your function
  • Participate in the talent management process for hiring, onboarding, training and development of staff
  • Collaborate with your leader to provide timely feedback on development and opportunities for your team
  • Learn/bring best practices to guide the direction of our Data Science and Data Engineering workflows

Requirements

  • 8+ years of relevant experience recommended
  • Master’s or Ph.D. in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, Actuarial Science, Data Science, Computer Science, or a similar analytical field, or progress towards a relevant professional designation
  • Experience with managing Data Scientists and providing guidance through model development
  • Expertise in statistical modeling, inference, and building machine learning algorithms in Python
  • Experience in leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence (e.g., large language, image generation, & multimodal generative models) including model selection & tuning, prompt engineering, and performance evaluation
  • Expertise in SQL and navigating databases to extract relevant attributes
  • Expertise in Unix and Git
  • Expertise in the end-to-end modeling lifecycle, from requirements gathering to monitoring and validation
  • Experience building modeling solutions in cloud-native environments, such as Sagemaker, a plus
  • Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams
  • Able to translate complex technical topics into business solutions and strategies as well as turn business requirements into a technical solution
  • Experience with leading project execution and driving change to core business processes through the innovative use of quantitative techniques
  • Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.

Benefits

  • Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses
  • Long-term incentives
  • On-the-spot recognition

Job title

Director of Data Science – NLP

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$153,200 - $229,800 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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