Senior Predictive Modeller

Allianz Services is proud to serve and be part of Allianz Group, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers. Our global footprint, with more than 7,300 employees located across ten countries and four continents, enables us to unlock value for our partners across the insurance value chain and deliver superior client experience within Allianz Group. At Allianz Services, we have a strong specialization in core insurance operations, shared services, business analytics, engineering, and management consulting. Our people and our trusted relationships with partners are what matter most. These are rooted in our values of compassion, integrity, and expertise and we strive to continuously evolve, improve, and deliver excellence while contributing successfully to the transformation of Allianz. Caring actively for the environment, for people, and for our customers is what makes us a great place to work and together we are shaping a better and more caring tomorrow.   

 

Allianz Services is a company which belongs to the legal entity, Allianz Technology SE.   

 

 

Job role

 

We are seeking an experienced Predictive Modeller to build strong data driven pricing models and for all Lines of Business across Allianz Commercial. This person will also support other team members in building predictive models, collaborating internationally with various stakeholders within Global Pricing and across other Allianz Commercial functions. Furthermore, this individual will support strategic Allianz Commercial projects, such as developing and driving data driven approaches to portfolio management.

 

The Pricing Analytics team is part of the Global Pricing department at Allianz Commercial and is responsible for driving the use of Advanced Analytics within Pricing across Allianz Commercial globally. You will join an international department located across London, Munich, Bucharest, Chicago and New York.

 

What you will do

 

• Build predictive pricing models across a variety of business lines at Allianz Commercial
• Present and communicate modeling results and recommendations to internal stakeholders
• Help to improve the overall technical analytics capabilities of the Pricing Analytics team
• Drive the use of analytics to steer portfolios within Allianz Commercial by developing new approaches and successfully selling them to the business
• Develop an expert knowledge of the company’s data and data systems
• Function as a project lead, manage projects and mentor junior modellers

 

What you bring

 

• 5+ years’ experience in building and implementing predictive models in the insurance industry, preferably for P&C commercial lines
• Strong knowledge of P&C insurance and pricing techniques
• Nearly/Qualified P&C Actuary preferable
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field desirable, preferably with significant emphasis on statistical modelling or machine learning, e.g. Statistics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science or a related field

 

You have

 

• Hands-on understanding of a wide range of classical and modern statistical and machine learning methods such as GLMs, decision trees, ensemble and regularization techniques etc. Experience with Bayesian approaches desirable
• Experience building and validating models using statistical software (Python, R, Emblem, SAS etc.)
• Ability to work efficiently and effect