Hybrid Data Scientist — Predictive Analytics & CX Insights

DataJobs; Portland (ME); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental

Short & Long-Term Disability

Performance Based Incentive Plans

Generous PTO including volunteer time

Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer match

Mental health support

Student loan repayment options

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Unum Group, located in Portland, ME, seeks a Data Scientist I for the CX Analytics team. You will apply data science, analytics, and AI to transform data into customer insights that drive better experiences and business outcomes.

You will build analytical solutions, create modeling-ready data, and develop predictive models to explain behavior and forecast outcomes, partnering with stakeholders to automate where possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field preferred.
• 2 years of professional experience or equivalent.
• Experience using APIs, file I/O, databases, and analysis libraries.
• Working knowledge of Jupyter notebooks and/or statistical packages.
• Understanding of process mapping and scripting to automate processes.
• Exposure to data mining and web scraping.
• Knowledge of data visualization tools and static/dynamic visuals.
• Solid understanding of statistical inference and regression.
• Basic understanding of ML techniques like random forests and neural nets.
• SQL queries across multiple tables/databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute analytical solutions to produce actionable insights and drive business value.
• Integrate large data volumes from DB2, SQL Server, Web API, and Teradata to build data assets.
• Create a modeling-ready data framework using validation and reconciliation.
• Construct ML models to forecast behavior or identify risk.
• Interpret results and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Support solution integration into business processes using automation.
• Stay grounded in current statistical methods and tools.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree

2 years experience

APIs

file I/O

databases

analysis libraries

Jupyter notebooks

scripting

data mining

web scraping

data visualization

statistical inference

regression

random forests

neural nets

feature selection

SQL queries

explore databases

troubleshoot SQL

communication skills

financial services exposure

mentoring

curiosity

organization understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field

Tools

DB2

SQL Server

Web API

Teradata

Job description

Unum Group, located in Portland, ME, seeks a Data Scientist I for the CX Analytics team. You will apply data science, analytics, and AI to transform data into customer insights that drive better experiences and business outcomes.

You will build analytical solutions, create modeling-ready data, and develop predictive models to explain behavior and forecast outcomes, partnering with stakeholders to automate where possible.