Data Scientist Manager

Position Title

Data Scientist Manager

Richmond, VA (preferred)

Remote US (Eastern and Central Time Zones)

This position is available to Virginia residents as Richmond, Virginia in-office applicants or remote applicants residing in states/locations under Eastern or Central Standard Time:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Vermont, West Virginia or Wisconsin.

• Make it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities.
• Make it about others. We do what's best for our customers and collaborate to drive progress.
• Make it happen. We work with intention toward a common purpose and forge ways forward together.
• Make it better. We create fulfilling purpose-driven careers by learning from the world and each other.

As a Data Scientist Manager, you serve as both a strategic thought partner and a technical expert driving advanced analytics capabilities across the organization. You will lead complex, high‑impact initiatives and partner closely with senior leaders to embed data‑driven insights into business strategy. This role combines deep analytical expertise with advanced modeling. You will influence decision‑making, develop scalable data products, and elevate the organization’s analytic maturity in support of Long‑Term Care Insurance strategy.

• Lead complex, cross‑functional analytics initiatives from concept through execution, ensuring insights drive business strategy.
• Partner with senior leaders to define analytical problem statements, gather requirements, and translate business needs into data‑driven solutions.
• Act as a thought leader for data science best practices, analytic design, and modeling approaches across the organization.
• Influence stakeholders at all levels, presenting insights, use cases, and strategic recommendations.
• Develop and deploy advanced statistical models, machine‑learning tools, and predictive capabilities supporting LTC strategy and customer insights.
• Conduct deep exploratory data analysis to uncover trends, relationships, and emerging insights that drive strategic action.
• Design and implement repeatable analytics pipelines, feature engineering strategies, and model validation frameworks.
• Build advanced datasets and analytical assets using SQL/SAS/Python/R; explore large, complex data environments.
• Develop subject‑matter expertise in policies, claims, customer behavior, and LTC data ecosystems.
• Contribute to data modernization projects, including cloud transitions, data engineering collaboration, and scalable data architecture improvements.
• Ensure data quality, model documentation, reproducibility, and governance standards are met.
• Communicate complex analytical findings through compelling written, visual, and verbal storytelling.
• Deliver clear, concise presentations that enable senior leaders to make informed decisions rapidly.

• Bachelor’s degree in an analytical, quantitative, or technical discipline.
• 5+ years business analytics and business support functions experience.
• 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following statistical / analytic languages such as Python (Pandas, Scikit-Learn), Apache Spark (or PySpark), Hive, and Scala in a cloud computing environment.
• 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following: database query and management tools (SQL, Spark, Presto/Athena/Hive / HQL etc.).
• Hands‑on experience with advanced analytics like logistic regression, time series, forecasting, optimization, and other predictive modeling techniques. ML experience and knowledge of ML platforms, libraries and programming.
• Experience using GLMs, XGBoost and other predictive analytic techniques.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and articulate analytic solution to get business buy‑in.
• Ability to influence decision…