Newfront is hiring a
Lead Data Scientist

Summary

The job is for a Lead Data Scientist at Newfront, a technology-driven insurance company that aims to modernize the industry. The role involves making data-driven decisions, collaborating with various teams, and working closely with executive and senior leadership.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a data scientist, product analyst role, or related
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally, including experience with negotiating with stakeholders that hold diverse perspectives
• Curiosity and enthusiasm for digging deep into messy data and extracting deep, impactful insights from it
• A clear passion for staying up-to-date with and learning new analytics skills independently and continuously
• Exceptional skill in structuring analyses, dashboard design and data visualizations to communicate meaningful metrics within the business
• Ability to independently prioritize and focus on the questions that matter most to the business
• Strong SQL and Python skills

Responsibilities

• Own analytics for our most important users (executive and senior leadership), from data instrumentation to KPI definition to reporting
• Use data strategically to inform how our leadership views the business
• Deliver insights to sales, product, operations and other business partners and proactively suggest solutions to problems that they are facing
• Collaborate with engineering teams to craft data requirements and data modeling needs
• Build curated dashboards and reporting that serve as the primary source for how the business views results
• Run queries to support ad-hoc questions
• Educate the company on how and why data-driven decision making can take us to the next lever
• Work directly with and mentor a growing data team of analytics engineers and data scientists

Benefits

• The pay range for this position in California, Washington, Colorado and New York at commencement of employment is expected to be between $144,800 and $181,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors
• The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered
• Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment