Senior Data Scientist & Analytics Leader (Hybrid)

Unum; Portland (ME); Hybrid; USD 109,100 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vision & Dental insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) with employer match

Generous PTO

Job summary

Unum is seeking a data science professional to partner with business units, turning data into actionable insights and growth opportunities. The role involves integrating large data sources and applying advanced modeling to forecast and assess risk.

You will lead analytics projects, communicate results to executives, and mentor peers while driving best practices and scalable solutions across teams. This position emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and impact within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field is required; Master’s or PhD is preferred.
• 8+ years of professional experience or equivalent relevant work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the business to deliver actionable insights and identify growth opportunities; communicate analyses for buy-in.
• Integrate large data volumes from DB2, SQL Server, Web API and Teradata to create analytics-ready data assets.
• Lead data science projects and apply state-of-the-art modeling techniques to explain, forecast, or assess risk.
• Mentor peers and drive adoption of scalable analytics practices across teams.

Skills

Programming & automation

Data Visualization

Statistics & Modeling

SQL & Data Mining

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Tools

DB2

SQL Server

Teradata

Web API

Job description

Unum is seeking a data science professional to partner with business units, turning data into actionable insights and growth opportunities. The role involves integrating large data sources and applying advanced modeling to forecast and assess risk.

You will lead analytics projects, communicate results to executives, and mentor peers while driving best practices and scalable solutions across teams. This position emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and impact within a hybrid work environment.