Data Scientist

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, AWS, Azure, Databricks, ETL frameworks, Machine learning techniques, NoSQL, SAS, Spotfire, SQL, Tableau

Job Description

At Genworth, we empower families to navigate the aging journey with confidence. We are compassionate, experienced allies for those navigating care with guidance, products, and services that meet families where they are. Further, we are the spouses, children, siblings, friends, and neighbors of those that need care—and we bring those experiences with us to work in serving our millions of policyholders each day.

We apply that same compassion and empathy as we work with each other and our local communities. Genworth values all perspectives, characteristics, and experiences so that employees can bring their full, authentic selves to work to help each other and our company succeed. We celebrate our diversity and understand that being intentional about inclusion is the only way to create a sense of belonging for all associates. We also invest in the vitality of our local communities through grants from the Genworth Foundation, event sponsorships, and employee volunteerism.

Our four values guide our strategy, our decisions, and our interactions:

• Make it human. We care about the people that make up our customers, colleagues, and communities.
• Make it about others. We do what’s best for our customers and collaborate to drive progress.
• Make it happen. We work with intention toward a common purpose and forge ways forward together.
• Make it better. We create fulfilling purpose-driven careers by learning from the world and each other.

POSITION TITLE

Data Scientist

POSITION LOCATION

Richmond, VA (hybrid)

Remote US (Eastern or Central Time Zones)

This position is available to Virginia residents as Richmond, Virginia in-office applicants with a hybrid work schedule or remote applicants residing in states/locations under Eastern or Central Standard Time: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Vermont, West Virginia or Wisconsin.

YOUR ROLE

Do you find energy and excitement in leveraging critical thinking and data to drive solutions to complex, unstructured problems? Do you have a self-starting attitude constantly driving improvements without direction? Are you naturally curious always looking for new information and relationships? Do you enjoy driving strategy and results using creative problem solving and data?

We are revolutionizing the analytics space in the Long-Term Care (LTC) Insurance industry via innovative technology, intuitive design, and creative thought leadership. We have repeatedly shown the value of the analytics team and continue to invest in our team.

Using the latest analytic tools and processes, we’re able to analyze our data to provide strategic insight leading to transformational change. To carry us even further, we are seeking a Data Scientist/Analyst to join our expanding, problem-solving team, supporting our Data Insights team. You will harness the power of data to enhance analytic insights and predictive capabilities related to our customers and processes in support of critical initiatives that will transform the landscape of Long-Term Care Insurance.

What you will be doing

• Develop knowledge and experience of complex datasets
• Directly support various areas across the business by leveraging data, advanced analytical skills, and critical thinking to produce actionable insights and usable tools/models
• Uncover data trends and insights, telling a data story to inform strategies and recommend custom approaches/techniques in Long-Term Care market
• Analyze data using exploratory analysis and statistics to generate results and insights
• Leverage strong programming skills to explore, examine and interpret large data sets in various forms
• Communicate progress, insights and analytic findings via oral and written methods
• Build repeatable tools and models in the form of reports, dashboards, cost/benefit analysis, machine-learning model, etc.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in an analytical or technical discipline
• At least 3 years of analyst experience in a dynamic environment, with data science expertise obtained through progressive analytical work experience OR a master’s degree with relevant data science course work
• Expertise in Excel
• Hands on Intermediate to advanced SQL/SAS or other programming language ability
• Experience with data visualization tool (e.g, Spotfire, Tableau, Business Power Intelligence or Business Objects)
• Critical thinker with the ability to leverage quantitative and qualitative data to support business strategy and execution
• Results-oriented with the ability to demonstrate a sense of urgency and accountability for your work
• Self-motivated with a drive for results and strong verbal/written communications skills

Nice to have

• Life/LTC Insurance product and claims process knowledge
• Database/ETL experience
• Subject matter expertise in advanced analytical and modeling data capabilities utilizing Python and/or R
• Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Databricks, AWS/Azure and etc)

Employee Benefits & Well-Being

Genworth employees make a difference in people’s lives every day. We’re committed to making a difference in our employees’ lives.

• Competitive Compensation & Total Rewards Incentives
• Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage
• Multiple 401(k) Savings Plan Options
• Auto Enrollment in Employer-Directed Retirement Account Feature (100% employer-funded!)
• Generous Paid Time Off – Including 12 Paid Holidays, Volunteer Time Off and Paid Family Leave
• Disability, Life, and Long Term Care Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment and Training & Certification Support
• Wellness support including gym membership reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program resources (work/life support, financial & legal management)
• Caregiver and Mental Health Support Services

For the State of New York:

The base salary pay range for this role starts at a minimum rate of $90,000 up to the maximum of $171,000. In addition to your base salary, you will also be eligible to participate in an incentive plan. The incentive plan is based on performance and the target earning opportunity is 7% of your base compensation. The final determination on base pay for this position will be based on multiple factors at the time of this job posting including but not limited to geographic location, experience, and qualifications to ensure pay equity within the organization.