Vitality
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London, Greater London
Data Scientist
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Overview
Vitality, Data Scientist, London, £Competitive Bonus Benefits We’re the UK insurer and investment provider that rewards people for positive lifestyle choices. With 1.25m UK members and more than 25m globally, we’re out to make the world a healthier, happier place. That applies as much to our people as it does to our members. So, as well as a highly competitive pay package, you’ll enjoy: complimentary breakfasts; regular onsite physical and mental wellness workshops; on-site health checks; annual flu jabs and access to our full range of partners and rewards. It’s what we call offering shared value, because a healthy, happy team is good for us, good for our members and good for you. As our Data Scientist, you’ll get the benefits our members enjoy, including: - Our award-winning private Vitality Health insurance wellness incentive programme - The Vitality Programme - Apple Watch, Ocado, Garmin, Champneys Spa days, half price gym memberships, Disney Store discounts to name a few - Personal health fund Life Assurance - Stakeholder Pension Plan with employer contribution - 25 Days annual leave Bank holidays option to buy and sell 5 more. - Flexible benefits package - Internal incentives, competitions and awards – a chance to win football and sports tickets or even be in with a chance to have a holiday of a lifetime - A genuine opportunity to grow and establish a long-term career In this role you will work on innovative AI applications across Vitality’s business, including health and wellness management, marketing, sales, retention, customer service, and engagement, using data mining and machine learning techniques. You will enjoy working with rich datasets, cutting edge technology, advance machine learning techniques, see your models used in real business applications and help shape new projects in an innovative company that helps people live healthier lives. Responsibilities as our Data Scientist include: - Develop and implement advance predictive models and optimization algorithms - Produce analytical work that is customer focused, and business focused - Discover trends, patterns and stories told by the data and present them to stakeholders - Leverage new open data sources and extract further value from existing company data - Produce creative data visualizations and intuitive graphics to present complex analytics - Leverage state-of-the-art data mining and machine learning algorithms to drive business value - Communicate analysis, findings and recommendations to various stakeholders and senior executives What we’re looking for in our Data Scientist: - Undergraduate degree in numerical subject - Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools - Experience accessing and analysing data using language/tools/databases such as Python, R, SQL, etc. - Experience using Gradient Boosting Machines, Random Forest, Neural Network or similar algorithms - Experience working as a data science or quantitative / statistical analyst - Practical experience of building and implementing machine learning models to solve business problems - Masters or other advanced degree in Computer Science, Maths, Physics, Engineering, Statistics, or other technical field (desirable) - Previous insurance or financial services industry experience (desirable) Working for Vitality, you'll experience an exciting mix of creativity and innovation, within a framework of challenging objectives and a passion for delivering the best. Our people are chosen for their skills, knowledge, enthusiasm and attitude but above all, their belief that anything can be achieved. Closing Date: Friday 10th April 2020 If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our Data Scientist, thenplease click ‘ apply’ today.