Join Coalition as a Principal Research Data Scientist

About Coalition

Coalition is the world's first Active Insurance provider, founded in 2017, dedicated to preventing digital risk before it strikes. By combining extensive insurance coverage with digital risk assessments and continuous security monitoring, we help organizations protect themselves in today’s hyper-connected world. We're committed to making a real impact every day with bold thinking and innovative solutions.

About the Role

As a Principal Research Data Scientist at Coalition, you will play a key role in measuring, understanding, and optimizing the usage of data for our cyber insurance products. By leveraging advanced analytics, experimentation, and modern statistical techniques, you will enhance our cyber risk selection, pricing, and automation, thereby ensuring safe and efficient revenue growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects using quantitative analysis and advanced data modeling to guide strategic operational decisions and uncover optimization opportunities.
• Analyze large-scale data to create risk signals for insurance pricing and risk selection.
• Design and deliver robust data models, reporting systems, data automation systems, dashboards, and performance metrics to support key product decisions.
• Synthesize disparate data sources into a cohesive narrative to inform stakeholders.
• Mentor and train junior employees on data methodologies and best practices.
• Promote a culture of data excellence through mature empathy, best practices, and process improvements.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in analytical, data science, or consulting roles.
• Strong understanding of experimental design and statistical methods.
• Experience working with data in tools such as Python and R.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex topics to non-technical audiences.
• Passion, drive, and a deep sense of responsibility to build systems that keep us and our customers safe.

Bonus Points

• Experience with cybersecurity data.
• Exposure to causal inference and other advanced statistical methods to measure the impact of initiatives.

Perks and Benefits

• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible PTO policy.
• Annual home office stipend and WeWork access.
• Mental & physical health wellness programs (One Medical, Headspace, Gympass, and more).
• Competitive compensation and opportunities for advancement.

Why Join Coalition?

We're a remote-first, mission-driven team dedicated to building a more inclusive culture with people from diverse backgrounds. We trust our team members to take responsibility, share ownership, and contribute to solving digital risk. Coalition’s growth stems from addressing real-world problems while adhering to our values of character, humility, responsibility, purpose, authenticity, and inclusion. We have been recognized among Inc.’s Best Workplaces in 2021 and 2023 and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2022.

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

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