Senior Data Scientist - Actuarial Data & ML for Finance

M&G plc; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 18%

Share Save & SIP

38 days annual leave

Time Off When You Need It

Private Healthcare

Parental leave policy

Job summary

M&G plc in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to design, build, and optimise data solutions for actuarial modelling and assumption setting. You will lead scalable data pipelines, ensure data quality, govern data, and collaborate with stakeholders across teams, mentoring junior colleagues and embedding controls for audit.

The role offers flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package as part of M&G's commitment to supporting wellbeing and career

Qualifications

• Strong data science techniques with ML applications in financial services.
• Experience designing scalable data pipelines and OK governance practices.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and results.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for actuarial modelling needs.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance across datasets.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into efficient technical solutions.
• Optimise data systems for performance, reliability, and scale.
• Provide guidance on data science approaches and best practices.
• Support integration of multiple data sources to create cohesive datasets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of data platforms and engineering standards.

Skills

Data pipelines

Machine learning

Problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Technical communication

People management

Tools

Azure Databricks

Spark

Spark SQL

Python

PySpark

Job description

M&G plc in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to design, build, and optimise data solutions for actuarial modelling and assumption setting. You will lead scalable data pipelines, ensure data quality, govern data, and collaborate with stakeholders across teams, mentoring junior colleagues and embedding controls for audit.

The role offers flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package as part of M&G's commitment to supporting wellbeing and career