Senior Data Scientist (Pricing)

I'm hiring a Senior Data Scientist to join a leading UK insurer's Pricing & Data Science function, working on innovative machine learning solutions that directly influence risk assessment, pricing, fraud detection, and commercial performance.

This is a role for someone who enjoys taking models from problem definition through to deployment, working with modern ML techniques and real-world commercial challenges.

1 day/week (Leicester / London / Bexhill)

£60k-£100k

What you'll be doing

• Build and deploy predictive models across pricing, claims, fraud, and risk analytics.
• Engineer new data assets and rating factors to improve pricing performance.
• Identify and leverage new data sources to drive business value.
• Partner with stakeholders across Pricing, Data Science, Analytics, and Engineering teams.
• Own ML projects end-to-end, including EDA, deployment, monitoring, and model refreshes.

What they're looking for

- Proven experience delivering ML projects from concept to deployment.
- Strong Python and SQL skills.
- Experience with Azure ML, Git, and cloud-based analytics environments.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and commercial problem-solving capability.
- Passion for applying emerging ML techniques to real business problems.

Why join?

• Work in a highly respected pricing and analytics function.
• Bonus scheme + £5k car allowance.
• Private medical cover and strong benefits package.
• Opportunity to work on innovative modelling and pricing challenges at scale.