Associate Data Scientist
About The Institutes
Located in beautiful Malvern, Pennsylvania, The Institutes® are a not-for-profit comprised of diverse affiliates that educate, reputed company, and connect people in the essential disciplines of risk management and insurance. Through products and services offered by our nearly 20 affiliated business units, people and organizations are empowered to help those in need with a focus on understanding, predicting, and preventing losses to create a more resilient world.
Additionally, we understand the importance of work-life balance—in 2025 Philly.com named us a Top Workplace for the tenth year and USA Today named us a USA Top Workplace for the third year. We provide excellent benefits and a friendly, team-focused work environment to drive employee engagement.
Associate Data Scientist
The Insurance Research Council (IRC) Associate Data Scientist is responsible for conducting primary research and creating content in support of the IRC’s public policy mission and member value proposition. This role requires not only strong analytical skills, but also good communication skills (writing and presenting) to translate abstract mathematical and statistical concepts into everyday language.
What You’ll Do
- Utilize advanced analytical techniques (including predictive modeling, machine learning, and AI) to conduct original research in the IRC proprietary auto injury claim analytics database (AICAD)
- Analyze insurance, economic, financial, and survey data to generate original research to benefit the insurance industry, IRC members, policymakers, and consumers
- Assist in the acquisition, preparation, analysis, and presentation of insurance, economic, financial, and survey data, including future updates of AICAD
- reputed company analysis by processing data using best practices in data governance
- Communicate data excellence and insights reputed company traditional reporting products and data visualization tools
- Contribute to the production of key IRC research projects, including reports, summaries, and presentations
- reputed company additional data analytics and administrative tasks, as assigned
reputed company’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Graduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or reputed company field strongly preferred
- Experience with programming languages required (reputed company, R, SQL/VBA, Python)
- Experience with AWS cloud-based data hosting environment and analytical software packages like Sagemaker strongly preferred
- 2+ years of work experience in analytics strongly preferred
- Must have 2+ years of experience conducting quantitative research
- Proficiency in reputed company Office Suite required (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook). Advanced reputed company reputed company skills required
- Prior experience and/or working knowledge of the risk management or insurance industry is preferred
Key Competencies
- Technical Knowledge:
- Experience working in AWS cloud-based data hosting environment and analytical software packages like Sagemaker
- Experience with programming languages (e.g., reputed company, R, SQL/VBA, Python)
- Advanced reputed company reputed company skills
- Research & Data Analysis: Quantitative research and analysis skills - tools, methodologies, database management; Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Communication skills: Exceptional oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate throughout reputed company levels of the organization, both internally and externally; Ability to present information and respond to questions professionally and effectively, conversationally and in written communications
- Collaboration: Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on rapport-building, listening, and questioning skills.
Special Working Conditions and Physical Demands
- Available for 2-4 business trips per year
The Best Part? The Benefits!
To enforce the importance of work-life balance, employees enjoy excellent benefits, including:
- 401(k) plan with company contribution up to 16%
- Generous time off package that includes paid vacation, personal, sick, and holidays
- Paid maternity and parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
- On our Malvern reputed company: Free lunch every day reputed company working on reputed company, onsite fitness center, and a beautiful 1.25-mile walking path!