Here at esure, we’re no strangers to change. As one of the industry leaders in the insurance business, striving to become a world class digital insurer, we’re getting ready for more. It’s creating great new opportunities for innovative and talented industry professionals to join us at a pivotal point in our development.

It’s an opportunity you simply don’t want to miss. You can expect our investment in you to include a highly competitive package, career and development opportunities and flexible benefits built around you and your lifestyle.

At esure we're building an outstanding environment for long-term ambitious research to flourish in. Our Lead Data Scientists are responsible for both the scaling out of MLOpsacross esure, measurement of commercial impact and the technical leadership & development of a high performing Data Science team.

We are harnessing data science approaches to build end-to-end solutions which will help our business to drive further value from data and create personalised experiences for our customers. We apply state of the art machine learning techniques to solve a variety of problems such as customer risk, lifetime value and retail pricing across diverse product portfolios. The team is central to our growth strategy with great support from senior stakeholders who are keen to drive a ‘start-up mentality’ for this function.
 

What you'll do:

Work across our business to scope out AI & ML opportunities alongside SMEs and work with the business to turn requirements into products in production

• You will play a vital role in defining targets (both commercial and technical) for machine learning applications and establishing experimentation and measurement frameworks
• We build models, lots of them! You will be a technical & thought leader across broad ranges of applied data science, from classical statistical methods to trees to NLP to deep learning
• Understand complex data sources and where data is not available, create a plan to source it working with the Product Development team as appropriate
• Foster and grow a culture of learning, collaboration and accountability within a commercially focussed technical team

What we are looking for:

• You know what it takes to manage top tier data science talent and demonstrate tangible commercial benefits from data science
• You’re excited by the opportunity to work autonomously to impact the future of a fast paced evolving business
• Experience of working in product roles and have conducted large scale A/B experiments
• Familiarity with software engineering practice and working with APIs. You understand what it takes to get models into production
• Deep knowledge of statistics, machine learning & associated paradigms. You will have to mentor and develop a team who have this!
• This role will still have a hands-on element so you will be competent with writing production grade code and able to peer review and authorise the work of others

Why choose us?

This is your opportunity to shape our game-changing journey and be part of something truly special! And to top it off, here are some perks to life at esure…

• A competitive salary that recognises your skills and potential
• A bonus scheme that celebrates your contribution to esure’s success
• Discounts on our insurance products, for you and your family
• 28 days annual leave, plus 8 flex days to be taken as and when suits you
• Benefits just for you: our hub – My Benefits Box – is loaded with perks to choose from, so you can build a personal toolkit to support your health, wellbeing, lifestyle, and finances.
• Grow your career with us: whatever your goals, we’ll support you with hands-on training, mentoring, a LinkedIn Learning licence, access to our exclusive Academies, regular career conversations, and expert partner resources from the likes of Women in Data and Women in Tech.
• Join our communities: our networks give you the chance to connect, learn and share with like-minded colleagues across the business – for work and play. So, it’s no surprise our people consistently rate ‘making friends at work’ one of the highest scorers in our colleague engagement survey!
• More flexibility for you: we’re a proud supporter of the ABI’s Make Flexible Work campaign and welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need, whether it’s part time, job sharing, or compressed hours. Our hybrid working approach also puts you in the driving seat of how and where you do your best work.
• Live a healthy lifestyle: we offer lots of support, so you feel like the best version of yourself – like specialist advice through our employee assistance programme, wellbeing classes, access to the My Health Advantage app, our Big Team Challenge, and learning sessions on topics like menopause.
• A helping hand to do your bit for a greener and safer world: driving good in the world couldn’t be more important to us. That’s why we encourage colleagues to use volunteering days to support their local communities and have lots of initiatives to help you live a greener lifestyle.
• Everyday appreciation: praise from your colleagues means the world! Our social recognition tool makes it easy to give colleagues the praise they deserve, and you could even be shortlisted for a company-wide ACE Award.

We understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they tick every box. If you are excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you’re not 100% sure we would love to hear from you.