Sr. Data Scientist

Inizio Partners; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Inizio Partners seeks an experienced data scientist to develop ML and GLM-based pricing models for P&C insurance. You will design feature engineering pipelines and benchmark ML vs traditional actuarial approaches, ensuring governance and regulatory alignment.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership from data prep to deployment, with collaboration across actuarial, underwriting, and product teams to translate business problems into analytical solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in P&C insurance analytics, pricing, or actuarial-adjacent Data Science roles.
• Proficiency in advanced ML, NLP, DL techniques.
• Hands-on end-to-end ownership from data prep to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML models for pricing, customer behavior, retention, and risk segmentation in P&C insurance.
• Build and maintain GLM-based pricing models (frequency, severity, pure premium).
• Perform model comparison between traditional actuarial models and ML approaches.

Skills

Machine Learning

GLM modeling

Python

Databricks / Spark

SQL

Model explainability

Model deployment

NLP / DL techniques

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in data science / analytics

Tools

Databricks / Spark (PySpark)

SQL

SHAP / explainability tools

Job description

• Develop machine learning models for various P&C insurance products elated to pricing, customer behavior, retention, price sensitivity, risk segmentation etc.


• Build, enhance, and maintain GLM-based pricing models (frequency, severity, pure premium) for insurance products


• Perform model comparison and benchmarking between traditional actuarial models and ML approaches


• Design and implement feature engineering pipelines using policy, claims, exposure, and behavioral data


• Conduct model validation, performance monitoring, and stability analysis over time


• Deploy and operationalize models using Databricks-based workflows


• Partner with actuarial, underwriting, and product teams to translate business problems into analytical solutions


• Document modeling methodology, assumptions, and results to support model governance and regulatory review

Candidate Profile:

• Location - Based out of US, (Cincinnati, Ohio Preferred)


• 7+ years of experience in P&C insurance analytics, pricing, or actuarial-adjacent Data Science roles with proficiency in advanced Machine Learning, NLP, DL techniques


• Hands-on, end-to-end ownership mindset from data preparation to model deployment


• Proven ability to work with large, complex insurance datasets with the ability to explain analytical results to non-technical stakeholders


• Strong understanding of P&C insurance pricing concepts, customer life cycle, rating variables, and risk segmentation


• Bachelors or Master's degree in data science, economics, mathematics, computer science/engineering, operations research or related analytics areas

Technical skills:

• Machine Learning algorithms for tabular data (Gradient Boosting, Random Forests, XGBoost, LightGBM, NLP-Unstructured)


• GLM modeling expertise (Poisson, Gamma, Tweedie, Logistic)


• Python for data analysis and modeling (pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, statsmodels)


• Databricks / Spark (PySpark) for large-scale data transformation and feature engineering


• SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analytical queries


• Model explainability techniques (e.g., SHAP, partial dependence)


• Experience with model deployment, scoring pipelines, and performance monitoring