Intern, Strategic Analytics

Job Title

Intern, Strategic Analytics

Job Description

The Innovation Lab

The Innovation Lab is a new team within Pacific Life Re’s Singapore branch. The lab will:

• Act as a ‘centre of excellence’ for data science / analytics research initiatives (e.g. predictive underwriting, data mining, machine learning-enabled analysis) within the Asian business unit, acting as the Strategic Analytics team for the Asia business unit,
• Deliver innovative solutions for the life insurance market, including underwriting rules engine design, portfolio risk management, product pricing and development, and sales processes.
• Act as a global ‘co-hub’ for data science initiatives along with the existing Strategic Analytics team based in London, but with greater focus on Asia/Australia market initiatives,
• Encourage the adoption and upskilling of Singapore-based pricing and research staff through training and exposure to data science projects, and allow PLRe to attract and cultivate new talent within Singapore,
• Help PLRe develop partnerships with clients, academic bodies, and third parties and contribute innovative product offerings and research to the Asia insurance market
• Promote PLRe and contribute to the Asia market through industry presentations, panel discussions, and showcases around the innovative work being conducted,
• Allow better co-ordination between PLRe’s research and analytics resources located in Europe, Toronto, Asia, and Australia given geography / time zones.
  
  

The Role

Given that the Innovation Lab will act as a ‘co-hub’ for Strategic Analytics divisionally, the role will help to undertake the collection, validation, and analysis of Pacific Life Re’s unique insurance data sources across offices globally, and work with the existing Strategic Analytics personnel based in London and Australia. The role will also help to deliver projects for Asia and the global markets Pacific Life Re operate in, developing innovative insurance solutions utilising insights derived from predictive analytics.

Duties

• Support data scientists on analytics projects for Pacific Life Re and UnderwriteMe clients, from both innovative data utilisation and predictive modelling aspects,
• Identify and work on opportunities to improve or automate existing end-to-end processes or procedures in analysing data,
• Actively participate in research-related initiatives, develop innovative tools for both internal/external uses.
  
  

Essential

Qualifications & Experience

• Current year-two or penultimate-year student of bachelor’s degrees in statistics, computer science, mathematics, actuarial science, or related disciplines
• Strong mathematical background and experience relevant to developing statistical and machine learning models, including the associated processes in data preparations and data visualisations
• Strong knowledge and experience in relevant tools and programming languages (Python/R, SQL, Tableau, etc)
• Sufficient understanding in data engineering and computer science to assist in different aspects of data science projects
• Good communication and presentation skills, particularly in explaining complex issues in clear terms
• Enthusiastic, with a keen drive and focus
  
  

Working For Pacific Life Re

Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.

Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.

Benefits

• Group Life Insurance and Medical
• Flexible Benefits
• Buy & Sell Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Telco Staff Discount
  
  

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.

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