Data Scientist, Asia

QBE Asia; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance company in Petaling Jaya is seeking a full-time role focused on applying scientific principles and analytics to enhance business performance. Responsibilities include developing analytical use cases, collaborating on diverse projects, and leveraging data to inform business decisions. The ideal candidate will possess strong programming skills in R, Python, and Spark, along with a quantitative educational background. Join us to make a positive impact in the community, supported by flexible working options and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Flex and hybrid working options

Work from home policy

Well-being programs

Medical benefits

Access to LinkedIn Learning

3 additional family care leaves

Study leave

Qualifications

• Experience in producing insights from large datasets.
• Comfortable in a Linux environment.
• Collaborative programming project experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine analytical use cases with internal business customers.
• Play an active role in projects within the insurance domain.
• Translate between business and analytical problems.
• Interrogate and interpret data and models to evaluate hypotheses.
• Integrate and present data analyses to communicate results.

Skills

Data Analysis

Machine Learning

R Programming

Critical Thinking

Communication

Collaboration Tools

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor to Postgraduate Degree in a Quantitative field

Tertiary Degree or equivalent combination

Tools

R

Python

Spark

Job description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

The purpose of this role is to apply scientific principles and data-driven analytics to improve the quality and performance of business units. This involves translating stakeholders' needs into analytically tractable problems, applying scientific methods and big data tools to resolve them, and communicating findings back to business owners. The role also includes taking ownership of technical project delivery and serving as a modelling and data science partner for assigned business areas to ensure scientific integrity in work products.

The opportunity

• Develop and refine analytical use cases with internal business customers in alignment with Analytics leads and partners.
• Play an active role in projects of diverse scope, range, priority and urgency within the insurance domain.
• Translate between business and analytical problems.
• Interrogate and interpret data and models to formulate, evaluate and iterate hypotheses quickly.
• Integrate, format and present relevant analyses and data visualizations to communicate results, findings and recommendations to business users.
• Act as a Machine Learning expert in order to support Data & Analytics colleagues and business stakeholders
• Direct the work of onshore and offshore analytics and data science projects.
• Plan own activities for each sprint, accurately estimating effort for stories/tasks.
• Ensure compliance with QBE policies and procedures and relevant legislation.
• Share knowledge and contribute reusable practices and techniques within and beyond the team.

About You

• Experience in producing insights from large datasets.
• Analytics experience with R, Python, Spark.
• Collaborative programming project experience.
• Comfortable in a Linux environment.

Qualifications

Necessary Qualifications include:

• Tertiary Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred Qualifications include:

• Bachelor to Postgraduate Degree in a Quantitative field such as Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or related disciplines.

About QBE

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world?

At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the centre of our success.

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And with more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, our scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact.

QBE Asia’s operations is part of the QBE International Division, and has had a presence in Asia for more than 130 years with offices in: Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau, Malaysia and Vietnam. We continue to be recognised for our ongoing focus on digital innovation to deliver exceptional value and operational excellence for our customers, business partners, people and the community. We support ESG efforts through the QBE Foundation, which helps to create strong, resilient and inclusive communities, by focusing investment and efforts on two key areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact – climate resilience and inclusion.

Benefits

• 🌟 Flex and hybrid working options
• 🏡 Work from home policy
• 👨👩👧 Paternity leaves matching with maternity leave
• 🧘♀️ Well-being programs
• 💰 Pensions
• 🩺 Medical benefits
• 🌍 Globally, access to online learning via LinkedIn Learning
• 👪 On top of annual leaves, 3 additional days off (Family care leaves)
• 📚 Study leave
• 💍 Marriage leave
• 🎁 Internal Appreciation program with points to redeem nice merchandize and life experiences

Join us and enjoy a work environment that values your well-being and personal growth!

Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours.

Your career at QBE – Let’s make it happen.

Global Disclaimer

The duties listed in this job description do not limit the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the duties normally to be performed in the position or those occasionally assigned outside an employee’s normal duties. Our Group Code of Ethics and Conduct addresses the responsibilities we all have at QBE to our company, to each other and to our customers, suppliers, communities and governments. It provides clear guidance to help us to make good judgement calls.

Skills

• Cleaning (Inactive)
• Collaboration Tools
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Data Analysis
• Data Science
• Economics
• Intentional collaboration
• Machine Learning
• Managing performance
• Process Improvements
• Reporting and Analysis
• R Programming
• Sourcing Analytics
• Stakeholder Management

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Equal Employment Opportunity

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.