Data Science Development Program

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, Decision Science, Design of Experiment, Dutch language, Effective communication skills, English Proficiency, Machine learning techniques, Python Programming, R Programming, Random forests, Scikit-learn, SQL, Text segmentation

Job Description

Data Science Development Program at Leeuwarden, Netherlands office.

The Data Science Development Program is a two year program which will give you the opportunity to become one of the best data scientists in The Netherlands. You will start this program as a Junior Data Scientist where you will analyze all Aegon data and data from external sources. You will apply advanced analysis methods to create fact-based insights and algorithms that provide direction to Aegon and thus internal departments. This may include analyses of campaigns, customer value and other forecasting models, product development, pricing, customer processes and distribution. 

Your insights will provide us with the best possible understanding of what is important to customers and what appeals to them, as well as how we can optimize our processes and pricing. Your analyses will also enable us to quickly identify fraud. In a growing analytics team, you will work with different units within the organization (such as marketing, sales, pricing, operations and finance).

During the Data Science Development Program your base is at our office in The Hague or Leeuwarden where you will be working as a Junior Data Scientist with your team. Within the program you will get hard- and soft skill trainings provided by MIcompany. During the two year program you also have the opportunity to follow a three month project at one of our start-ups, like Knab, or at one of our international offices (Brazil, Spain or the US). 

This is your future position, because:

• You are an ambitious starter with a(n almost) completed master’s degree in econometrics, mathematics, physics or other quantitative MSc programs.
• You are available from October 2022 (or earlier*).
• You earned high grades, you preferably have gained experience from part-time jobs, extra-curricular activities or you completed an internship abroad.
• You have experience with programming skills such as SQL, R, Python.
• You are fluent in English and willing to learn Dutch (pre).
• You have good knowledge of, and experience with, analytical methodologies and technologies (such as GLM, segmentation techniques, random forest and decision trees).
• You are passionate about solving complex problems, and you are capable of clearly communicating your findings to our departments.
• You are highly ambitious and you want to help us transform our company into a leading, customer-focused financial services organization.
• You have a EU passport or a work permit for the EU.

The official program will most likely start in February 2023, but you can start earlier already.