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Head of Data Science
Location
Washington
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$206.3K - $288.8K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Head of Data Science
PORCH 💚
• Define, execute, and lead the data science strategy in alignment with the company’s vision, goals, and objectives—establishing initiatives that drive premium growth, improve retention, enhance customer satisfaction, and maximize shareholder value. • Provide direction and guidance to a high-performing data science team; recruit, mentor, and develop data scientists and machine learning engineers while fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and technical excellence. • Embed AI-first thinking and hands-on AI tool adoption as a standard across the team, ensuring the organization remains at the forefront of applied machine learning and LLM-based capabilities. • Partner with senior executives, insurance business leaders, and cross-functional teams to define project scope, integrate data science across the organization, and deliver measurable results. • Manage the data science budget, establish project timelines, and define KPIs and metrics to assess the impact and effectiveness of data science initiatives. • Dive into operational data to identify opportunities to improve fidelity, accuracy, and accessibility; design and implement A/B tests and experiments to measure the impact of models and business tactics. • Own the data science technical roadmap and heavily influence data engineering and analytics roadmaps through regular collaboration with engineering and business stakeholders.
Job Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in data science, applied statistics, actuarial science, machine learning, or econometrics at the industry level (or 15+ years combining academia and industry)
- Strong technical data science skills including hands-on experience in statistical modeling, A/B testing, data pipeline architecture, working knowledge of modern LLM APIs, MLOps tooling, and cloud-native AI infrastructure
- Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team, with a track record of building high-performing organizations and fostering cultures of innovation and technical excellence
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical results to non-technical stakeholders, including senior executives and board-level audiences
- Highly analytical with strong intellectual curiosity and a drive to apply new modeling methods to optimize business performance
- Significant experience with data science technology stacks and the end-to-end process of taking models from development to production
- Preferred: PhD in a technical discipline
- Preferred: 5+ years of experience in the homeowners insurance industry
Benefits
- Long-term incentive awards
- Annual bonus based on individual and company performance
- Comprehensive health coverage (3 Medical plan options, 2 Dental plan options, Vision plan)
- Voluntary Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Accident plans
- Pre-tax savings options (partially employer funded Health Savings Account, employee Flexible Savings Accounts)
- Company paid Basic Life and AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability benefits
- Voluntary Life and AD&D plans
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans with discretionary employer match
- Employer paid wellbeing program (Supportlinc)
- Discounts on gym memberships, travel, appliances, movies, pet insurance (LifeBalance)
- Flexible paid vacation and paid parental leave
- Paid sick time and company-paid holidays (typically nine per year)
- Identity theft program and travel assistance
- Fitness and other discounts programs
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