Senior Data Scientist (Hybrid / Remote)

About Us

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Selective is a midsized U.S. domestic property and casualty insurance company with a history of strong, consistent financial performance for nearly 100 years. Selective's unique position as both a leading insurance group and an employer of choice is recognized in a wide variety of awards and honors, including listing in Forbes Best Midsize Employers in 2025 and certification as a Great Place to Work in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year.

Employees are empowered and encouraged to Be Uniquely You by being their true, unique selves and contributing their diverse talents, experiences, and perspectives to our shared success. Together, we are a high-performing team working to serve our customers responsibly by helping to mitigate loss, keep them safe, and restore their lives and businesses after an insured loss occurs.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Selective will not sponsor or assume the sponsorship of an employment visa at this time .

Overview

Responsible for data science, machine learning algorithms, statistical analysis, complex data analysis and the development of quantitative models that are designed to solve key business problems in claims, marketing, underwriting, and many other insurance-based functions. Work directly with business partners and stakeholders to lead the thought process to identify opportunities for applying advanced analytics solutions while ensuring business benefits are realized. The candidate will drive the maturity of the organization's analytical capabilities by progressing from supervised learning to true Artificial Intelligence. Detects, trouble-shoots, and foresees data and analysis issues and implements creative solutions. All job duties and responsibilities must be carried out in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Note : (For NJ candidates) This role will be located at our future headquarters in Short Hills, N.J. Until the new headquarters is operational, the successful candidate will be offered the ability to work in our Branchville, N.J. location during this interim period.

Responsibilities

• Understand the competitive marketplace, business issues, and data challenges to deliver actionable insights, recommendations, and business processes.
• Manipulate high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources to highlight patterns, anomalies, relationships, and trends.
• Perform descriptive and diagnostics analysis to provide actionable insights for a range of business customers via effective visualization.
• Perform prescriptive analysis seeking for statistical inference providing information that will drive strategic decision making related to marketing, claims and underwriting.
• Develop predictive models and machine learning solutions to investigate problems, detect patterns and recommend solutions. Work with Information Technology (IT) to integrate the model into production environment.
• Performs model maintenance and post installation monitoring, including performance tracking, model refit / refresh, documentation, and version control.
• Design best in class sophisticated analytical solutions using advanced data science techniques like Text Mining, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Image Recognition, Generative AI and Robotic Process Automation (RPA).
• Research and recommend new data, tools, modeling techniques, and vendor solutions to enrich analytics solutions in alignment to policy lifecycle.
• Provide training and mentorship to junior analysts and other coworkers. Structure session for the broader community to stay current with industry trends including cutting-edge methodology, software, and platforms while helping evolve best practices.

Qualifications

Knowledge and Requirements

Education and Experience

Total Rewards

Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and 20 days of paid time off. Additional details about our total rewards package can be found by visiting our benefits page.

The actual base salary is based on geographic location, and the range is representative of salaries for this role throughout Selective's footprint. Additional considerations include relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, performance, and business needs.

Pay Range

USD $121,000.00 - USD $184,000.00 / Yr.

Additional Information

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual's unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences - and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion. We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.

For Massachusetts Applicants

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.