Lead Data Scientist

Bandhan Life Insurance Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Bandhan Life Insurance Limited in Mumbai seeks a Lead Data Scientist with 4-6 years of hands-on experience to drive data‑driven strategy and solve business problems.

You will work in Data Analytics on analytical solutions, predictive modeling, and ML, using SQL, Python and AWS services, while mentoring a team of data analysts.

The role emphasizes deriving insights from 1st and 2nd party data and collaborating with fintech partners to improve risk scoring and pricing.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in advanced analytics and data science.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python and statistical modelling concepts.

Responsibilities

• Drive data-driven strategy and solve business problems using data and decision science.
• Mentor a team of senior data analysts and data scientists.
• Analyze 1st and 2nd party data to derive insights and actions.

Skills

Data Science

Predictive Modeling

SQL

Python

Statistical Analysis

First/Second Party Data

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology/Statistics

Tools

AWS (SageMaker, QuickSight)

SQL/Python libraries

Job description

4 - 6 Years

Permanent

Job Description

Lead Data Scientist

About Us

Bandhan Life is your trusted partnerin financial security, making every Indian household financially secure. As apart of the renowned Bandhan Group, we are bolstering our collaborativestrengths of digital innovation and robust distribution to enhance the valuefor all our stakeholders. Welcome to a new era of insurance, where growth,innovation, customer, and employee welfare are paramount.

Department:

Data Analytics

Employment Type:

Full Time

Key Focus Areas:

• To drivedata-driven strategy, solving business problems using data & decisionscience
• Be activelyinvolved in taking key decisions for the company, charting out how we play inthe competitive landscape.
• To Chalk outAnalytical solutions and strutured approach, to solve complex business problems
• To identifyfriction points for the customers, and producing innovative ideas/solutions
• To Analyzecompany’s customers data (1st party), and Partners’ (leading e-commerce/fintech/healthtech/lending companies) customers’ (2nd party) data, to deriveinsights & actionables to steer business.
• To Developstatisitcal/predictive/ ML model, if required, to solve the business problem
• To nurture andmentor, the team of senior data analysts and data scientists

Qualifications & Competencies:

• A problem solver at heart,first-principles thinker, enjoy challenging status quo, coming up withnon-traditional solutions to traditional problems, love numbers, are married totechnology and have a bias for action.
• 4-6years of hands‑on and strong experience in Advanced Analytics, Data Science,and Predictive Modeling/ML/AI
• Proficiencyin statistical data analysis and modeling tools such as SQL, Python andrespective libraries
• Goodknowledge of statistics and predictive modeling concepts
• Experiencein Amazon Web Services (Lamda, SNS, SQS, RDS, EC2, KMS, etc.) environment,Sagemaker and QuickSight preferred
• Insurance,other banking/financial industry, FinTech, HealhTech experience preferred
• Understanding of Credit Risk Assessment, alternaterisk scoring, credit profiling & segmentation, dynamic pricing model basedon risk profile, fraud prevention preferred.
• MinimumBachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology / Statistics

Job Snapshot

Updated Date

29-12-2025

Job ID

Job_00510

Department

Data Analytics

Location