Data Scientist - Risk Analytics

Prudential Services Asia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Prudential Services Asia is seeking a Data Scientist within the Group Technology Risk Management team. The role focuses on leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning, and data science to transform data into actionable insights for risk management and operational efficiency.

You will work with business stakeholders, risk teams, and technology partners to design, develop, and deploy data-driven solutions that strengthen risk monitoring, governance, and reporting across the organization.

Qualifications

• The role focuses on designing, developing, and implementing advanced analytics and ML solutions to support risk management.
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines for data ingestion, cleansing, and integration.
• Create predictive, descriptive, and diagnostic models to identify trends and emerging risks.
• Develop automated reporting, dashboards, and data products for stakeholders.
• Support deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement of analytical models and AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement analytics and ML solutions for risk management and business performance.
• Build scalable data pipelines to source, cleanse, transform, and integrate data from multiple sources.
• Develop models to identify trends, patterns, and risks, including AI-enhanced governance insights.
• Create automated reporting and dashboards to provide actionable insights for senior management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into analytical solutions.

Job description

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

Role Purpose

The role is within the Group Technology Risk Management department, reporting to the Head of Risk Analytics & Intelligence. As a Data Scientist at Prudential, you will leverage advanced analytics, machine learning, and data science techniques to transform data into actionable business insights. You will play a key role in developing analytical solutions that enhance risk management, drive operational efficiency, and support strategic decision-making across the organization. Working closely with business stakeholders, risk teams, and technology partners, you will design, develop, and deploy data-driven solutions that address complex business challenges. Your work will contribute to strengthening risk monitoring capabilities, improving governance and reporting processes, identifying emerging risks, and enabling data-informed decisions.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement advanced analytics and machine learning solutions to support risk management, intelligence, and business performance objectives.
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines to acquire, cleanse, transform, and integrate data from multiple sources.
• Build predictive, descriptive, and diagnostic models to identify trends, patterns, and emerging risks, including GenAI and agentic AI solutions that enhance risk intelligence, decision-making, operational efficiency, and governance effectiveness.
• Develop automated reporting, dashboards, and data products that provide actionable insights to stakeholders and senior management.
• Analyze large and complex datasets from multiple sources to support assurance and risk review activities to proactively identify, monitor, and flag potential non-compliance or control weaknesses.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable analytical solutions.
• Support the deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement of analytical models and AI-driven capabilities.
• Promote data-driven decision making by communicating findings, insights, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.

We are Prudential. For every life, we are partners. For every future, we are protectors. Prudential plc provides life and health insurance and asset management to 17 million customers across 20 markets in Asia and Africa. We are headquartered in Hong Kong and have dual primary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the London Stock Exchange. We are focused on four strategic regions: Greater China, ASEAN, India and Africa. Our customers are served by around 55,000 agents and more than 200 bank partners. Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America or with the Prudential Assurance Company, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. Find out more at www.prudentialplc.com Follow us on LinkedIn