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Swiss Re

Advanced Analytics Specialist

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About the Team

The Enabling Advanced Analytics team is part of Business Excellence within P&C Re Operations. The teamis responsible fordeveloping andmaintainingthe P&C Re Operations analytics landscape, supporting functions such as Underwriting Operations, Technical Accounting & Claims Operations, Claims Management, In-force Management, and Client Audit.

We generate actionable business insights by applying advanced analytics, automation, and AI-driven solutions, and act as a bridge between business and IT.

About the Role

Looking for a Senior Data Scientist to workon solving high-priority business problems using data-driven approaches and advanced analytics.This role is based inBangaloreand will work closely with the Advanced Analytics Lead, team members, IT/D&T, and senior business stakeholders.

You will independently own and deliver complex analytics initiatives end-to-end, contribute to the evolution of our analytics and AI platform, and help scale solutions from exploratoryPoCsto robust, production-ready capabilities with measurable business impact.

Key Responsibilities

  • Translate business needs intowell-defined analytical problem statementsand develop data-driven solutions.

  • Apply statistical, algorithmic, data mining, and visualization techniques to generate business insights.

  • Deliver end-to-end data science solutions, from PoC development to production deployment, working closely withbusinessand IT team

  • Identifydata gaps and propose improvements to the data collection processes.

  • Take ownership of projects, manage stakeholders effectively, and deliver innovative solutions.

About You

Technical Skills

  • Master's degree inquantitativefield (STEM, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, or similar).

  • Minimum 8years of hands-on experience inbuildingdata sciencesolutions.

  • Strong foundationin statistics and probability.

  • Strong practicalexpertisein classical machine learning techniques,such asparametricalgorithms (linear/logistic regression), ensemble methods (decision trees,random forests,XGBoost/LightGBM), clustering (k-means, hierarchical clustering), anddimensionality reduction (PCA), with experience in feature engineering, hyperparameter tuning, and model evaluation.

  • Hands-on experience with NLP and applied Generative AI use cases (e.g., LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG).

  • Proficiencyin Python and Spark (PySpark) experience with common ML/AI libraries.

  • Preferred: SQL,Python, Power BI insurance/reinsurance domain exposure.

Soft Skills

  • Clear and concise communicator (written and verbal), able to tailor communication to technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Strong problem-solver with a consulting mindset and the ability to work effectively with ambiguity.

  • Comfortable operating in a matrix organization and influencing stakeholders without formal authority.

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About Company

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, commonly known as Swiss Re, is a reinsurance company based in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the world's largest reinsurer, as measured by net premiums written

Job ID: 138390731