Data Scientist

POSITION

Data Scientist

LOCATION

This position is available to Virginia residents as Richmond, Virginia in-office applicants 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.

At Genworth, we are committed to caring for our customers and for the safety of our colleagues. In the event the office is inaccessible (i.e. Inclement Weather), this role may be required to work remotely.

Genworth policy requires employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before they visit any Genworth office.

For certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination or exception based on a qualifying medical or religious accommodation request.

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 create problem solving and data?

We are revolutionizing the analytics space in the Long-Term Care 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 Long-Term Care Data Insights and Strategy Committee. This individual will harness the power of data to enhance analytic insights and predictive capabilities around our customers and processes to support critical initiatives that will transform the landscape of Long-Term Care Insurance.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Develop a subject-matter expertise around new, unstructured, complex datasets associated with policies, claims, and customers
• Support various Senior Leaders in utilizing data and analytic insights to improve business processes and track success metrics
• Create predictive models to drive critical insights, create new strategies, and develop custom approaches/techniques in Long-Term Care market
• 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 including a mature command of data visualization methods
• Build relationships with business partners and senior leaders to create collaborative teams, manage project progress, and communicate project results and insights
• Handle ad hoc requests from customers in a timely fashion identifying core business problem, gather relevant customer requirements, and develop analytical solutions
• Build repeatable, robust data infrastructure to support analytic efforts around the business including models, dashboards, cost/benefit analysis, and decision impact
• Lead and manage initiatives and present business insights to leadership teams

MUST HAVE/WHAT YOU BRING

• Intellectual curiosity and a desire to find answers!! Ability to "connect the dots" and provide creative solutions
• Bachelor's degree in an analytical or technical discipline
• At least 3 years of analyst experience in a dynamic environment; Expertise obtained through progressive analytical and operational work experience
• Critical thinker able to leverage quantitative and qualitative data to support business strategy and execution
• Results-oriented and able to demonstrate a sense of urgency and accountability for your work
• Self-motivated with a drive for results and well verbal/written communications skills to non-technical audiences
• Expertise in Excel
• Hands on Intermediate to advanced SQL/SAS or other programming language ability
• Subject matter expertise in advanced analytical and modeling data capabilities utilizing Python and/or R
• Experience with big data technologies (i.e. Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Databricks, AWS/Azure and etc)
• Experience with database Rational Database Management System (RDBMS) technologies (i.e. SQL server, Greenplum, Oracle and etc.)
• Adherence to standard practices and use of version control tools such as GitHub/GitLab
• Experience with data visualization tool (i.e. Spotfire, Tableau, Business Power Intelligence or Business Objects)

NICE TO HAVE

• Life/LTC Insurance product and claims process knowledge
• Database/ETL experience
• Master's degree in related field
• Subject matter expertise in advanced analytical and modeling data capabilities utilizing Python and/or R
• Project management experience

WHAT WE OFFER

• We have a real impact on the lives of the people we serve
• We work on challenging and rewarding projects
• We give back to the communities where we live
• We offer competitive benefits including:
  
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account options beginning your first day
  • Unlimited Choice Time Off
  • 12 Paid Holidays
  • 40 hours of volunteer time off
  • 401K Account with matching contributions
  • Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment
  • Paid Family Leave
  • Child Care Subsidy Program

COMPANY

Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) is a Fortune 500 provider of products, services and solutions that help families address the financial challenges of aging. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, we apply our nearly 150 years of experience each day to helping people navigate caregiving options and fund their long term care needs. Genworth is also the parent company of publicly traded Enact Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACT), a leading U.S. mortgage insurance provider. For more information on Genworth, please visit https://www.genworth.com/. From time to time Enact separately releases financial and other information about its operations. This information can be found at https://ir.enactmi.com/.

The mission of Genworth's US Life business is to efficiently keep our promises to our customers and their families and to lead the industry forward to solve the nation's long term care crisis.

We know we can't deliver on our mission unless we deliver for our employees. That's why we are committed to creating a culture that fosters inclusion, camaraderie, rewarding work, community involvement and a focus on our employee's well-being. We know each employee contributes in their own unique way and we are dedicated to supporting each of them to help them reach their full potential.

At this time, Genworth will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

No agencies please.