Principal, Science & Analytics-Flood Science

CoreLogic ,
London, Greater London
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## Job Summary Join the team that powers the global real estate economy - CoreLogic is an innovative, future focused company whose vision is to deliver unique property-level insights that power the global real estate economy. We are a $1.95 billion in sales company with more than 6,000 employees globally serving the financial services and insurance industries. We are evolving at a rapid pace and the clients we serve are challenged from every direction, which means we are growing and innovating to help drive their success. Working together, and differentiated by our superior data, analytics and data-enabled solutions, we empower our clients to make smarter business decisions through data-driven insights. We take initiative, are fully accountable, build respect and trust, make transparency a must - and engage, include and collaborate at every turn. We take pride in our work and believe in cultivating a work environment that supports and values our greatest asset: our talented employees. ## Job Description As a leader in property data and intelligence, CoreLogic is looking for someone that can create and effectively communicate unique property-level insights associated with flood risk. To this end, a major task will be collecting and consolidating the latest scientific research into thought leadership to help business and government leaders think strategically about risk exposure related to flood. The candidate therefore must be comfortable leading discussions and public forums with business unit leaders and executives internally and industry and government leaders externally. The role requires strong technical and modeling skills to integrate understanding of engineering and physical processes resulting in property damage due to flood. As such, responsibilities include performing a variety of professional-level model development and consulting tasks, including development and/or validation of flood risk models, and technical documentation. Incumbent works on complex parts of the models, performs comprehensive tests using advanced experimental design, analyzes results using statistical data analysis, and effectively resolves complex technical problems. This role is highly collaborative, working with technical teams across a spectrum of natural hazards in addition to communicating with and representing science at highest levels of management. Acts independently as the technical lead and/or project lead responsible for a range of model development projects. Assigned to several projects concurrently, and on each project assignment may report for technical direction to a different supervisor or manage the project directly. ## Job Requirements **Education, Experience, Knowledge and Skills** * Advanced degree (PhD is preferred) in hydrology, hydraulics, or similar discipline with minimum 3 years of relevant experience. * Strong knowledge of engineering and science behind developing flood hazard models. * Strong knowledge in probabilistic hydrology and hydraulic flood modeling. * Experience with 2D inland flood modeling packages, MPI + GPU based (e.g.MIKE). * Experience with storm surge modeling packages (e.g. ADCIRC) * Strong communication skills: able to communicate with a variety of technical disciplines; exchange technical information with peers, management and clients; and translate technical information for non-technical audiences. * Ability to effectively communicate in public forums on topics related to flood hazard. * Experience in Catastrophic modeling, including the different components of the model (e.g Hazard, vulnerability, and financial models). * Knowledge of the insurance and reinsurance market is desirable. * Strong knowledge of probability, statistics, stochastic simulation and mathematical modeling, including the use of statistical packages such as R, Python, MATLAB, or Mathematica. * Innovative problem-solving skills and the ability to develop mathematical models to represent various aspects of natural hazard risk. * Ability in computer programming: proficiency in C++ and SQL is desirable. CoreLogic offers an empowered work environment that encourages creativity, initiative and professional growth and provides a competitive salary and benefits package. CoreLogic is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified people available, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or status as a veteran of the Armed Forces, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. CoreLogic maintains a Drug-Free Workplace. We are fully committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive work environment that embraces everyone's unique contributions, experiences and values. Please apply on our website for consideration. *Position Type:* Full Time *% Travel Involved:* 10-25% *Country:* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nort *Category:* Product Developmen

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