Director, Data Science—Underwriting & AI Strategy

Sun Life; Wellesley (MA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual incentive

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Sun Life US is seeking a Director of Data Science to lead an analytics agile squad focused on underwriting, pricing, and decision optimization. This role guides the end-to-end delivery of advanced analytics, builds a team of data scientists, and partners with business, technology, and governance teams to ensure reliable, explainable solutions with measurable business impact.

The position reports to AVP, Business Analytics and targets sustained adoption, governance, and value realization across

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise with Python, SQL, Snowflake, Dataiku.
• Extensive data science experience: conditioning, modeling, deployment, monitoring.
• Experience in underwriting, pricing, insurance decisions.
• Strong governance, Responsible AI, data security focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead advanced analytics solution development for underwriting and pricing.
• Shape and maintain a prioritized analytics roadmap.
• Translate business problems into analytics product requirements.
• Evaluate opportunities to improve multi-step processes with analytics.
• Partner with Underwriting, Actuarial, Product, Finance, Tech.
• Apply data science, ML, AI with validation and controls.
• Drive adoption via training and change management.
• Manage and develop a team of data scientists.
• Monitor performance, data quality, and business impact.
• Communicate technical concepts and recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

Snowflake

Dataiku

ML/AI

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in statistical/technical field

Tools

Dataiku

Snowflake

Git

Job description

Sun Life US is seeking a Director of Data Science to lead an analytics agile squad focused on underwriting, pricing, and decision optimization. This role guides the end-to-end delivery of advanced analytics, builds a team of data scientists, and partners with business, technology, and governance teams to ensure reliable, explainable solutions with measurable business impact.

The position reports to AVP, Business Analytics and targets sustained adoption, governance, and value realization across