Expedia Group is seeking an Actuarial Data Scientist to support the growth and development of FinTech and insurance products, leveraging data to enhance product offerings, influence financial outcomes, and collaborate with senior leadership.
Requirements
- Proficiency in analyzing traditional insurance and non-traditional data sets using Python and R
- Experience in conducting analyses in Excel and programming languages such as R and Python
- Experience in building and deploying statistical machine-learning models, such as linear regression, logistic regression, GLM, GAM, etc
- Proficiency in common machine learning programming languages such as Python, R, and Spark, and familiarity with various machine learning algorithms
Responsibilities
- Play a key role in data-driven product development for FinTech products, including travel insurance
- Apply actuarial principles to evaluate and enhance insurance product offerings and pricing strategies
- Conduct valuation of insurance products and assess associated liabilities
- Manage and optimize our claims fund, collaborating as needed with external actuaries from partner insurance organizations
- Provide actuarial insights and guidance throughout the product life cycle to ensure competitive pricing and efficient claims management
- Design end-to-end actuarial processes to support the development and pricing of scalable InsurTech products with a focus on FinTech
- Analyze data and build predictive models using tools such as Python and R to support product development
Other
- 5+ years of experience in actuarial or analytical roles
- Experience interacting with Senior Management.
- An advanced degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or related fields, plus 5+ years of directly relevant actuarial experience
- A strong understanding of actuarial principles with an Associate or Fellow Actuary designation (FCAS, FSA, ACAS, ASA)
- A strong background in the insurance industry, ideally with experience in FinTech insurance products
