Sr P&C Data Scientist

Location: City of Albany

Argo Group and Farm Family are specialty property and casualty insurance brands whose underwriting companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of Brookfield Wealth Solutions, a leading provider of wealth and insurance solutions. Argo and Farm Family partner with agents and brokers to help businesses stay in business, delivering collaborative insurance solutions for niche markets.
** Job Description
**** Purpose of the Role
** The Senior P&C Data Scientist owns the development and improvement of analytical models and insights that inform pricing, underwriting, and portfolio management decisions. This role applies statistical, machine learning, and data analysis techniques to insurance data to improve risk segmentation and rate adequacy, supporting profitable growth across products and locations.

Operating with a high level of independence and accountability, the role partners closely with pricing actuaries, underwriting, claims, distribution, product, and IT professionals to translate business questions into analytical solutions, implement models into pricing workflows, and monitor performance over time. The Senior P&C Data Scientist also mentors less‑experienced team members and contributes to the continued maturation of the pricing analytics function.
** Key Responsibilities
**** Pricing & Insurance Analytics
*** Develop, refine, and maintain analytical models supporting P&C pricing, including frequency, severity, pure premium, risk segmentation, persistency, and portfolio optimization models
* Independently own pricing models translating analytical results into actionable recommendations
* Apply insurance domain knowledge (e.g., coverage, exposure, underwriting rules, regulatory considerations) in model design, development, interpretation, and business use
** Modeling & Data Science Execution
*** Own the end‑to‑end analytical lifecycle for complex initiatives: data exploration, feature engineering, model building, validation, implementation, monitoring, and enhancement
* Select and apply statistical and machine learning techniques appropriate for pricing use cases, balancing predictive performance, stability, interpretability, and regulatory considerations
* Design and execute validation frameworks to assess model performance, stability, and business impact
* Drive the implementation of models and analytical outputs into pricing and reporting workflows
** Data & Technical Skills
*** Work independently with large, structured and semi‑structured datasets using SQL and analytical programming languages (e.g., Python or R)
* Establish and uphold high standards for data quality, reproducibility, documentation, and version control
* Follow model development best practices and model risk governance standards
** Business Partnership & Communication
*** Serve as a trusted analytics partner to actuarial, underwriting, distribution, and product stakeholders
* Translate technical analyses into clear, actionable insights using appropriate visualizations and written summaries
* Influence decision‑making by framing trade‑offs, risks, and opportunities using data‑driven narratives
* Respond to feedback and iterate on analyses to better support business decisions
* Present analytical findings to senior management and cross‑functional leadership
** Coaching & Continuous Improvement
*** Mentor and provide technical guidance to P&C Data Scientist I and II team members through code reviews, modeling discussions, and project support
* Contribute to the development of analytical standards, best practices, and reusable modeling frameworks
* Stay current on P&C industry trends, pricing methodologies, and analytical best practices within P&C insurance
* Proactively identify opportunities to improve models, processes, data usage, and business outcomes within the pricing analytics function
** Required Qualifications
*** Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, computer science, data science, or a related quantitative field
* Five years of relevant experience in data science, analytics, pricing, actuarial, or related quantitative roles  + A master’s degree may be considered in lieu of one to two years of experience
* Advanced…