Expedia Group brands power global travel for
everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel
smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions
for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is
essential in driving our
success.
Why Join
Us?
To shape the future of travel,
people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership
Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs,
differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we
all win.
We provide a full
benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous
time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty
cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our
employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career
journey. We’re building a more open world. Join us.
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Introduction
to the team
We
are looking for a data savvy senior actuary with a love for
innovation and deep knowledge of insurance / FinTech pricing,
reserving & risk management to join the EG InsurTech team. In
this role, you will lead product development, management and
optimization of our FinTech portfolio. This is a highly analytical
& partner facing role with the opportunity to make a
significant impact on Expedia's revenues and interact with senior
leadership. You will have a demonstrated ability to deliver results
and exhibit excellent business judgment along with quantitative
skills, a perfect mix of technical and non-technical skills.
In
this role, you will :
Perform
in a lead role on data analytics-focused projects where you will
develop, evaluate, and deploy cutting-edge methods and models for
travel insurance and related fintech products
Lead
risk management & actuarial tasks such as valuation of products
and liabilities and experience studies
Manage
our reserving funds including working with external actuaries in
partner insurance organizations as
relevant
Provide
actuarial inputs in pricing and claims throughout product life
cycle
Build
end-to-end design of actuarial process to provide scalable
InsurTech product
development and pricing support
Ensure
compliance with applicable legal and accounting requirements, which
may be in accordance
with both US and international
standards
Understand
and contribute to building analyses and predictive ML models in
Python / R
Collaborate
and communicate effectively with our broader product team within a
coding environment, while adhering to model development and
maintenance best practices
Minimum
Qualifications : Bachelor's
degree (STEM field) or equivalent
experience
Broad
knowledge of pricing and risk aspects of the Actuarial
field
7+
years of Actuarial / Analytical
experience
4+
years of project leadership
Experience
leveraging
traditional insurance and non-traditional data sets using SQL ,
Python &
Experience
conducting analyses in Excel and programming
languages
Proficiency
in common ML programming languages (Python, R, Spark…) and
familiarity with ML algorithms
Experience
building and deploying statistical
machine-learning
models, such as linear regression, logistic regression, GLM, GAM,
etc
Experience
interacting with senior management
Preferred
Qualifications : Bachelor's
degree in actuarial science, mathematics,
statistics or
other relevant courses plus 7+ years of directly relevant actuarial
experience and Associate or Fellow Actuary
designation (FCAS / FSA / ACAS / ASA)
7+
years experience
working within the insurance or FinTech industry / claims
experience
High
level organizational and project
management skills for handling multiple concurrent assignments
in a timely
manner
Expedia
Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support
employees and their families, including medical / dental / vision, paid
time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each
employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel
reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines
Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.
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Accommodation
requests
If you
need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting
process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health
conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team
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to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning
culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability : IN, and
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Senior Data Scientist • Bangalore, India