Data Scientist

Sun Life

Sun Life, a premier provider of group insurance benefits in the U.S., is dedicated to making life brighter for clients worldwide. The Data Scientist role is crucial for integrating advanced analytics into the Health and Risk Solutions business, helping optimize processes alongside Distribution, Client Management, and Sales Enablement teams. This position aims to leverage data-driven strategies to foster improvement and innovation.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Apply data science methods for predictive analysis, data modeling, visualization, and profiling.
• Utilize both structured and unstructured data to enhance model insights with machine learning.
• Support the creation and refinement of modeling procedures.
• Develop and maintain robust predictive models and AI solutions.
• Extract and analyze data to address business challenges in risk assessment.

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness programs.
• Generous vacation and leave policies.
• Retirement and stock purchase plans, including 401(k).
• Flexible, inclusive work environment.
• Recognized as a top employer by various organizations.

This role requires you to have:

• Data science programming with Python, R, SQL.
• Strong grounding in data science for conditioning, modeling, and visualization.
• Commitment to data compliance and model governance.
• Business acumen for understanding stakeholder impact.
• Strong communication for explaining technical concepts.

You would benefit from having:

• Healthcare or health insurance experience.
• Experience in Information Retrieval, NLP, and generative AI.

Sun Life values diversity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of background. They offer a collaborative environment where employees can bring their authentic selves to work.