Senior Consultant Data Science

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

Who is Allstate:

Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. The company is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years and prioritizes supporting employees and fostering an inclusive, welcoming corporate culture. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to provide reassurance with its "You’re in Good Hands®" promise.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, Opportunity, Flexibility, Community, Diversity and Family, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

Role Designation: Hybrid

Benefits to joining Allstate

• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
• Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
• Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
• Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
• Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
• Personal reflection day
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Working within the community and giving back!

Job description:

Our team is growing and we are actively looking to hire a Senior Consultant Data Science who will be accountable for supporting the achievement of Allstate Canada Group (ACG)’s short and long-term mission, vision and strategic objectives by solving the hardest business problems using ML and AI approaches to drive direct impacts to the P&L. The role serves as an internal trusted advisor within organization in terms of engaging the business stakeholders to better understand the business problem, develop predictive modeling, ML or AI solutions to solve the problem, support and monitor implementations.

Accountabilities:

• Gather and understand the business problem, establishing clear plans for implementation and value quantification of work; communicate end to end plan with the business.
• Develop the optimal technical solution, within the consideration of available data and implementation constraints. Support implementation and monitor the proposed solution to ensure the value quantified is obtained and sustained.
• Support, and collaborate with the manager, data science, to elevate and grow the technical competency of the team. Partner with model governance to ensure best practices are in place and adopted.
• Review and advise on predictive model, ML and AI solutions across the organization.
• Build strong partnership with business stakeholders across the organization to ensure proactive identification of business opportunities to drive value.
• Explore and research new modeling techniques when applicable.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master / PhD in a Quantitative study or equivalent.
• Minimum 7+ Years of experience solving business problem using machine learning / AI approaches.
• Proficiency in programming language Python (preferred) or R.
• Extensive experience leveraging various packages and tooling for statistical analysis and machine learning.
• Strong problem-solving skills with emphasis on ability to execute.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to a clear and concise language to the business stakeholders.
• Modeling experience must include regression and classification problems with full end to end implementation and value quantification / delivered.

Bonus qualification:

• Insurance / Financial services / Telco Domain Knowledge would be an asset.
• Knowledge of big data infrastructure and related technology would be a plus.
• Experience in forecasting, stochastic models, clustering model, simulations, language models, image models would be an asset.
• Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data Infrastructure, Big Data Technologies, Communication, Delivering Value, End to End Implementation, Executive Presenting, Financial Services Industry, Insurance Industry, Machine Learning, Problem Solving, Property & Casualty Insurance, Python (Programming Language), R Programming, Statistical Analysis, Telecommunications Industry Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.

You’ll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we’ve proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.

Good Hands. Greater Together.®