Pricing & Underwriting Data Science Lead

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Bloomfield, Northern (CT, KY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking an experienced data science leader to guide a team developing renewal risk estimation capabilities and flagship models. You will set priorities across high‑impact analytics, provide hands‑on modeling direction, and ensure governance, validation, and production readiness.

Collaboration with pricing, underwriting, actuarial, and analytics teams will translate business needs into actionable roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data science or related quantitative field.
• Experience developing predictive models and ML solutions on large datasets.
• Experience leading Data Scientists and delivering complex analytical initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of statistical modeling, predictive analytics, ML, evaluation, and experimental design.
• Proficiency with Python, SQL, Spark and ML frameworks.
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and governing models in production.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on contribution.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Data Scientists.
• Guide strategy and evolution of renewal risk estimation capabilities.
• Set priorities and allocate resources across data science initiatives.
• Provide hands-on technical direction for modeling, forecasting, and evaluation.
• Establish standards for review, validation, monitoring, and governance.
• Improve model performance, explainability, and business relevance.
• Partner with pricing, underwriting, actuarial, data, and analytics teams.
• Communicate outputs and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Predictive modeling

领导 Data Scientists

Statistical modeling

Experiment design

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in Statistics or related

Tools

Python

SQL

Spark

ML frameworks

Job description

The Cigna Group is seeking an experienced data science leader to guide a team developing renewal risk estimation capabilities and flagship models. You will set priorities across high‑impact analytics, provide hands‑on modeling direction, and ensure governance, validation, and production readiness.

Collaboration with pricing, underwriting, actuarial, and analytics teams will translate business needs into actionable roadmaps.