Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. James Search Group is partnering with a leading P&C Insurance carrier to appoint a Director of Data Science — a high-impact leadership role at a pivotal stage of growth. This role focuses on creating structure, scaling capability, and embedding data science as a true engineering discipline while transforming models into a production-grade data science engine.
Responsibilities
- Architect and standardize end-to-end data science development practices (from exploration to deployment and monitoring)
- Lead as a hands-on, code-first practitioner, building reusable Python frameworks and tools
- Partner cross-functionally with Data Engineering, MLOps, Analytics, and business teams to deliver models that actually reach production
- Establish rigorous model performance, monitoring, and business impact measurement frameworks
- Drive roadmap clarity, prioritization, and technical design through cross-functional collaboration
- Mentor and elevate a growing team, embedding strong engineering and documentation habits
Skills
- 8+ years of applied, hands-on data science experience
- Proven track record building scalable ML frameworks and enforcing engineering standards
- Deep expertise across the full ML lifecycle, including deployment and monitoring
- Strong collaboration skills across technical and business stakeholders
- A mindset focused on building systems that scale — not one-off models
- Insurance or related industries preferred
- Familiarity with P&C insurance is strongly preferred but not required for the right candidate
Benefits
- Bonus
- 401k match
- Comprehensive benefits
- Market-leading PTO
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