Manager, Data Science

Introduction:
Welcome to Gallagher – a global leader in insurance, risk management, and consulting services. With a growing team of more than 45,000 professionals worldwide, we empower businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive. At Gallagher, you can build a career whether it’s with our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team. Experience The Gallagher Way, a culture fueled by shared values and a collective passion for excellence. Join one of our dynamic teams, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping Gallagher's future and unlocking unparalleled opportunities for both clients and yourself.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview:
As a Data Science Manager at Gallagher, you will have the opportunity to leverage our cutting-edge enterprise Data Science platform, which includes Generative AI tools. However, your role goes beyond just using these tools. You will lead a team of experienced and passionate individuals, guiding their growth and development through training and mentorship. Together, you will work on projects that will have significant visibility throughout the company, making a tangible impact on our operations. You will present your solutions and guide projects from initiation to change management.

We are looking for a dynamic and creative individual to harness these resources and build world-class Data Science solutions for one of the most successful insurance brokerages in the industry. Your expertise will be crucial in using both internal and external data to develop predictive models and extract valuable insights to solve complex and high-profile business challenges.

Furthermore, as a Data Science Manager at Gallagher, you will have the unique opportunity to drive innovation in our approach to data, Data Science, and team leadership. We face diverse problems, such as understanding the relationship between rate and the global economy or utilizing AI to improve customer service. You will explore and learn about a wide range of tools available today to tackle these problems and shape the way we use data to drive business success.

Join us as we revolutionize the field of Data Science in the insurance industry, making a lasting impact on our clients, our company, and the communities we serve.

How you'll make an impact:
Develop, analyze, and model operational, economic, management, accounting, and other organizational data to quantify the competitive performance of business segments, evaluate potential operational changes, and design new approaches and methodologies.
Apply statistical, mathematical, predictive modeling, and business analysis skills to manage and manipulate complex high-volume data from various sources.
Manage and provide oversight for a team of data science professionals, providing guidance, setting goals, and ensuring the attainment of overall department goals.
Apply industry knowledge to a data science context, building real-world use cases and demonstrating how data science can best solve them.
Utilize Generative AI on a wide range of tasks from measuring enterprise projects to innovating new ways to generate insights from unstructured data.
Present Data Science methods and outcomes to high level leaders and large audiences, helping them understand how Data Science can influence corporate strategy.

About you:
Degree in a quantitative field, such as data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, finance, or economics.
7 years of experience, including using statistical modeling and/or machine learning techniques to build models that have driven company decision-making, and/or experience in the insurance, insurance brokerage, or consulting industry.
Master's or PhD preferred in a quantitative field.
Experience working through the full life cycle of data acquisition, model building, deployment, and monitoring in a production environment.
Experience with market-facing functions of the insurance industry, such as underwriting, sales, claims, or consulting.
Experience with cloud tools and structures, preferably Azure, as well as distributed data/computing tools like Spark, Snowflake, Databricks, OpenAI, Hugging Face and DevOps.

Work Traits:

Excellent communication skills.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to produce results in a dynamic environment.
Proven ability to drive projects and assignments to completion through others.
Effective engagement and mentorship of talent.
Ability to effectively communicate highly specialized terms and data to individuals with varying backgrounds and levels of expertise.

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Compensation and benefits:
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
Life and accident insurance
401(K) and Roth options
Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
Educational expense reimbursement
Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
Training programs
Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
Charitable matching gift program
And more...

We value inclusion and diversity

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Inclusion and diversity (I&
D) is a core part of ourbusiness, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.