Principal Research Data Scientist

About the Role

As Principal Research Data Scientist at Coalition you will be responsible for measuring understanding and helping optimize Coalition’s usage of data for cyberinsurance. You will use analytics experimentation and modern statistical techniques to help us understand and improve our cyber risk selection and reduction pricing and automation in order to grow our revenue in a safe and efficient manner. You will also guide and support others to achieve those goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects using quantitative analysis and advanced data modeling to discover insights that will guide strategic operational decisions and uncover optimization opportunities

• Identifies significant problems and participates in defining the roadmap at team level.

• Lead the design and delivery of data models reporting systems data automation systems dashboards and performance metrics that support key product decisions

• Ability to analyze disparate data sources and synthesize into a narrative of what is happening in the data

• Training/mentorship of junior employees.

• Present the work of the team to internal and external audiences in the form of presentations articles blog posts etc.

• Contribute and grow the culture of data excellence on our team by bringing mature empathy best practices and processes to our organization

Skills and Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Statistics Economics Mathematics or related technical field.

• 10+ years of experience in related analytical data science or consulting background

• Understanding of and experience with experimental design and statistical methods

• Experience working with data in Python SQL and similar tools. Ability to write clean and understandable code that is used by others. Experience working with cloud environments.

• Strong communication skills and ability to convey complex topics to non-technical audiences

• Passion drive and a deep sense of responsibility. We build the systems that keep us and our customers safe!

Bonus Points

• Master’s degree or PhD in quantitative field.

• Actuarial qualification.

• Several years of experience in the insurance and/or cybersecurity industries.

• Ownership or participation in open source projects.

• Experience with cybersecurity data

• Exposure to causal inference and other advanced statistical methods to measure impact of initiatives

Compensation

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The US base salary for this position ranges from $132000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $210000/year in our highest geographic market. Consistent with applicable laws an employee's pay within this range is based on a number of factors which include but are not limited to relevant education skills job-related knowledge qualifications work experience credentials and/or geographic location. Your recruiter can share more on target salary for your location during the interview process. Coalition Inc. reserves the right to modify this range as needed.

Perks

• 100% medical dental and vision coverage

• Flexible PTO policy

• Home office stipend and WeWork access

• Mental & physical health wellness programs (One Medical Headspace Gympass and more)!

• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement

Why Coalition?

We’re a remote-first mission-driven team committed to building a more inclusive culture with people of all different backgrounds. We trust our team members to take responsibility share ownership and put in the work to help us in our pursuit to solve digital risk.

Coalition’s exceptional growth stems from its ability to address real-world problems for organizations of all sizes and remain true to our founding values of character humility responsibility purpose authenticity and inclusion. We are proud to have been named among Inc.’s Best Workplaces in 2021 and  2023 and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2022.

We’re always looking for collaborative inquisitive individuals to join #OurCoalition.