Data Science

The future of insurance starts with AI. To date, Shift Technology's AI-powered products have benefitted more than 300 million policyholders globally by reducing underwriting risk, identifying more fraud, and automating critical tasks throughout the claims process. Shift harnesses the power of AI to enable the world's leading insurance organizations to make better decisions. Our products help insurers improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver superior customer experiences to their policyholders. Our culture is built on innovation, trust, and a drive to transform the insurance industry by imagining and innovating solutions that impact insurers and their customers - like you We come from more than 50 different countries and cultures and together we are creating the future of insurance.
**About the team**
Your role will be to lead a team of Data Scientists to further develop our US P&C Data Science organization, managing a scope of customers for our Claims Fraud Detection product in the US. Our company is small enough that each person's achievements have an impact on overall performance, yet big enough to be a world leader in our domain.
**This is a hybrid role based in Sao Paulo Capital**
**What you will do**
- You will be in charge of scaling solution deployment and maintenance, supervising a Data Science team of 7+
- You will hire, train, and coach a team of Data Scientists to work on our Fraud Detection models
- You will be working closely with our clients to understand their business and organizational context, present results, discuss the performances of our models and ensure we exceed their expectations.
- You will be working with other Data Science managers to identify opportunities to scale our processes, better onboard and coach Data Scientists and serve our customers more efficiently.
- You will support our Sales and Value Engineering teams, and present demos of our products to prospects.
**What you will bring**
- Business fluent in Portuguese and English
- 2+ year experience as Manager or Team Lead of a Data Science / Analytics team, managing at least 7+ direct reports
- 3+ years as an individual contributor in Data Science, Analytics or Software Engineering fields
- Outstanding communication capabilities
- Strong client-facing skills
- Team player, as you'll interact with many other teams: Data Science, Product Management, Software Engineering, Project Management, GTM, etc.
- Nice to have:
- Fluent in Spanish
- Prior experience in a SaaS company
- Prior experience in the Insurance industry
- Prior experience as a Data Scientist
**Interview Process**:
- HR Interview
- Interview 1: Data Science Manager
- Interview 2: Head of Data Science - US P&C + Office Meeting
**To support our permanent, full time employees at every stage of their careers and lives, we provide a competitive total rewards and benefits package. Here are the global benefits we'd like to highlight**:
- Flexible remote and hybrid working options
- Competitive Salary and a variable component tied to personal and company performance
- Company equity
- Focus Fridays, a half-day each month to focus on learning and personal growth
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Mental health benefits
- 2 MAD Days per year (Make A Difference Days for paid volunteering)
Additional benefits may be offered by country - ask your recruiter for more information. Intern and Apprentice position are eligible for some of these benefits - ask your recruiter for more details.
- Shift Technology does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to the Shift Technology Careers page or a Shift Technology social media post. Any unsolicited CVs, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Shift Technology._

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