Data Science Specialist

Confidential Jobs; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking an Assistant Vice President – Data Science, Insurance Analytics, to lead analytics engagements for life insurance clients and connect business priorities with data-driven solutions.

You will drive delivery governance, team leadership, and cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders across client and EXL teams, ensuring scalable, value-driven outcomes.

Qualifications

• Deep insurance-domain experience with 10–18 years in analytics and client management.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, ML techniques, and executive reporting tools.
• Experience with Oracle and cloud data platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery and expansion of analytics engagements for insurance clients.
• Lead data science, data engineering, visualization, and automation solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive growth opportunities and governance.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistical ML

Data modeling

Data manipulation

Power BI

Tableau

Tools

Oracle

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Snowflake

Amazon S3

Azure Data Lake

Job description

Location: Gurugram / Delhi NCR, India | Experience: Senior Leadership (10–18 years)

About the Company

EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a leading operations management and analytics company helping businesses improve growth, profitability, customer experience, risk management, and compliance amid continuous disruption. Its proprietary methodologies combine advanced analytics, data management, digital, consulting, industry practices, BPO, and technology platforms to improve global operations and decision-making. EXL serves insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, utilities, travel, transportation and logistics, retail, and e-commerce organizations. With more than 60,000 professionals across the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, and South Africa, EXL brings global scale with deep industry expertise. EXL Analytics delivers data-driven, action-oriented solutions through statistical data mining, predictive modeling, data engineering, and consultative problem solving. Its global analytics community of nearly 2,000 data scientists and analysts supports complex risk minimization, pricing, marketing, CRM, cost optimization, and resource planning initiatives. The team works closely with clients to embed analytics into business processes and produce measurable outcomes.

About the Role

As Assistant Vice President – Data Science, Insurance Analytics, you will own the delivery and expansion of analytics engagements for insurance clients, with particular relevance to life insurance. You will connect business priorities with data science, machine learning, data engineering, visualization, reporting, and automation solutions that improve decisions, efficiency, risk management, and client value. The role combines senior client leadership, domain expertise, technical direction, delivery governance, and team management. You will work with stakeholders across client and EXL teams, identify growth opportunities, diagnose process inefficiencies, and ensure solutions move from concept to dependable implementation. This opportunity is intended for professionals who can join immediately or within a maximum one-month notice period.

• Deep insurance-domain experience, with 10–18 years in core analytics, data science, predictive modeling, consulting, implementation, and direct client management.
• Strong hands-on proficiency in Python, SQL, statistical and machine learning techniques, data modeling, data manipulation, Power BI, and Tableau for production-oriented analytics and executive reporting.
• Experience with Oracle and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is mandatory, alongside cloud data storage and engineering platforms such as Snowflake, Amazon S3, or Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.