Lead Data Scientist

Independence Pet Group

. Develop predictive and prescriptive models to support pricing, risk, customer, and operational decision-making across the pet insurance portfolio .

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeChicago • Arizona, Illinois, New York, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop predictive and prescriptive models to support pricing, risk, customer, and operational decision-making across the pet insurance portfolio
Apply advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to a variety of business problems, including customer behavior, retention, and marketing performance
Mentor other data scientists and analytics talent as needed, and develop data science rigor and expertise across the organization
Partner with actuarial, product, and analytics teams to set data science goals and objectives and translate business questions into analytical solutions
Collaborate with engineering and analytics teams to deploy models into production and ensure scalable, maintainable solutions
Communicate insights and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, leveraging learnings from insurance and other consumer-facing industries

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of professional data science or advanced analytics experience with a BS/MS, or 4+ years of experience with a PhD in a quantitative field
Strong Python and SQL expertise
Experience with large-scale datasets, structured and unstructured
Familiarity with analytics engineering concepts or hands-on experience is a plus
Pricing, underwriting, or risk modeling experience
Experience in insurance or regulated industries
Experience with cloud-based platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, or similar) and notebook-based workflows
Experience with dbt (data build tool) or related data transformation approaches
Exposure to concepts common in P&C, ecommerce, subscription, or marketing analytics (LTV, segmentation, A/B testing, etc)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance
Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
Company paid short-term and long-term disability
12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Retirement savings plan
Personal Paid Time Off
Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off
Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations
Pet friendly office environment
Commuter Benefits
Group Pet Insurance
On the job training and skills development
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

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Hard Skills & Tools

predictive modelingprescriptive modelingstatistical techniquesmachine learningPythonSQLdata transformationanalytics engineeringrisk modelingcustomer behavior analysis

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationcommunicationanalytical thinkingproblem-solving