Principal Data Scientist - Remote AI Leader

Sedgwick; Montgomery (AL); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Sedgwick, a leader in risk and claims management, seeks a Principal Data Scientist to design and deploy advanced ML models across claims outcomes and risk assessment. The role partners with AI engineering teams to productionize models within enterprise platforms.

You will mentor analysts, guide analytics strategy, and translate complex findings into actionable business insights for executives.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Math, or CS.
• 8–12+ years in data science or analytics roles.
• Expert in ML algorithms and predictive analytics.
• Strong Python or R programming.
• Experience deploying models in production.
• Ability to communicate complex results to non-technical teams.
• Leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of advanced predictive models.
• Serve as technical authority for modeling initiatives.
• Productionize models and integrate into enterprise platforms.
• Design feature engineering strategies for large datasets.
• Establish best practices for model development and validation.
• Mentor junior data scientists.

Skills

Advanced ML

Python

R

ML Algorithms

Feature Engineering

End-to-End Pipelines

Leadership

Mentorship

Stakeholder Communication

Education

Master’s or PhD in Data Science / Statistics / Mathematics / CS

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Spark

Job description

Sedgwick, a leader in risk and claims management, seeks a Principal Data Scientist to design and deploy advanced ML models across claims outcomes and risk assessment. The role partners with AI engineering teams to productionize models within enterprise platforms.

You will mentor analysts, guide analytics strategy, and translate complex findings into actionable business insights for executives.