Senior Data Scientist (Pricing)

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment; Leicester, Greater London, Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Car allowance

Private medical cover

Benefits package

Job summary

Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment is hiring a Senior Data Scientist for a leading UK insurer's Pricing & Data Science function. You will take models from problem definition through deployment, using modern ML techniques to influence risk, pricing, fraud detection, and commercial performance.

Based in the UK with 1 day per week on-site in Leicester, London or Bexhill, the role offers a clear path from development to production and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Python

SQL

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Azure ML

Git

Job description

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.