Motor Insurance Pricing Data Science Lead – Europe

Oliver James Group; Paris; On-site; EUR 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James Group partners with a multinational insurance business to appoint a Pricing Data Science Manager in a newly created role. This is a technically demanding leadership position that will own advanced analytics initiatives across markets and help shape pricing strategies for profitability and growth.

You will lead a small team of 3-4 Data Scientists, collaborate with local Pricing and technology stakeholders, and drive production-ready pricing models and experiments to improve

Qualifications

• Approximately 5-7 years of experience in Data Science, advanced analytics or predictive modelling, ideally within insurance.
• Demonstrable experience in an insurance Pricing environment, with a strong understanding of how pricing decisions affect profitability and business performance.
• Strong hands-on Python skills, including libraries such as Pandas and Scikit-learn; experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow is advantageous.
• Advanced SQL skills and a strong grounding in applied statistics, predictive modelling and optimisation techniques.
• Experience with pricing analytics tools such as Radar, Emblem, Akur8 or Earnix.
• Experience developing and deploying models into production, ideally within cloud environments such as AWS, Azure or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance and deploy advanced statistical and machine learning models to support pricing optimisation, risk assessment, claims forecasting and customer lifetime value.
• Improve existing models to deliver more sophisticated customer segmentation and support profitable growth.
• Optimise renewal pricing strategies, balancing profitability, market competitiveness and customer outcomes.
• Design and evaluate predictive models, optimisation algorithms and statistical experiments, including A/B and multivariate testing.
• Translate complex business challenges into practical Data Science solutions, measuring their impact on pricing and business performance.
• Work closely with local Pricing teams to understand market-specific challenges and identify opportunities for innovation.
• Challenge existing pricing methodologies and assumptions, using data-driven insights to influence business decisions.
• Support the development of pricing strategies, with a particular focus on motor insurance.
• Communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead a team of 3-4 Data Scientists, provide hands-on technical guidance and foster a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Collaborate with engineering and MLOps teams to integrate models into production environments.
• Support model deployment, performance monitoring, data and concept drift detection, CI/CD processes and automated retraining.
• Contribute to the development of best practices across Data Science and Pricing functions.

Skills

Python

SQL

Leadership

Pandas

Scikit-learn

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Insurance pricing

Pricing analytics

MLOps

Tools

Radar

Emblem

Akur8

Earnix

Job description

Oliver James Group partners with a multinational insurance business to appoint a Pricing Data Science Manager in a newly created role. This is a technically demanding leadership position that will own advanced analytics initiatives across markets and help shape pricing strategies for profitability and growth.

You will lead a small team of 3-4 Data Scientists, collaborate with local Pricing and technology stakeholders, and drive production-ready pricing models and experiments to improve