Lead Data Scientist: Counter Fraud Analytics

Aviva; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Pension

Private medical

Holiday allowance

Share plan

Discounts

Volunteer days

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Aviva is seeking a Lead Data Scientist in Norwich or Leeds to own and deliver advanced ML solutions that improve claims experiences for customers and colleagues. You will lead design, development and deployment, collaborating with business leaders, engineers and analytics teams.

You’ll mentor peers, shape analytics governance and drive best practices in modelling and experimentation within Agile teams, ensuring production-ready delivery and ongoing optimisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience applying machine learning, statistical modelling and advanced analytics to solve complex business challenges and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Strong technical capability in Python and SQL, with experience developing production-ready analytical solutions.
• Ability to provide technical leadership and guidance, sharing knowledge and supporting the development of colleagues.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and translate complex concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading projects, workstreams or small teams, with a track record of driving delivery and building strong relationships across the business.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy advanced machine learning solutions that improve the claims experience for customers and colleagues.
• Translate complex business challenges into scalable data science solutions and drive governance, risk and regulatory considerations.
• Provide technical leadership across projects, mentors teammates and contribute to data science standards and ways of working within Agile, cross-functional teams.

Skills

Machine learning

Statistical modelling

Python

SQL

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Aviva is seeking a Lead Data Scientist in Norwich or Leeds to own and deliver advanced ML solutions that improve claims experiences for customers and colleagues. You will lead design, development and deployment, collaborating with business leaders, engineers and analytics teams.

You’ll mentor peers, shape analytics governance and drive best practices in modelling and experimentation within Agile teams, ensuring production-ready delivery and ongoing optimisation.