About Us

CLARA Analytics is the leading AI as a service (AIaaS) provider that improves casualty claims outcomes for commercial insurance carriers and self-insured organizations. The company’s product suite for workers comp, auto and general liability insurance claims applies image recognition, natural language processing, and other AI-based techniques to unlock insights from medical notes, bills and other documents surrounding a claim. CLARA’s customers include companies from the top 25 global insurance carriers to large third-party administrators and self-insured organizations.

Job Description

We're looking for a Director of Data Science to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, product managers, and operations experts to bring high-value AI enabled applications developed from insurance claims data into a live product. A focus of this role will be to deliver high quality models that pass strict performance requirements and meet or exceed AI regulations. The Director of Data Science is expected to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders with a focus on operational execution and team management.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on guidance during the life cycle of a data science project, from data validation and feature engineering to model building, validation, deployment, and monitoring
• Coach data scientists on setting and achieving goals that are aligned with company strategy and contribute to career growth
• Hone the team’s best practices for managing data, models, and code
• Work with engineering and product teams to coordinate planning and execution on projects
• Directly manage the data science team, including hiring, training, and mentoring team members
• Ensure successful delivery of data science projects, managing resources and timelines

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience of practical experience in data science and machine learning, including deep learning and natural language processing
• 3+ years of experience as a data science manager
• Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives and manage projects requiring cross-team coordination
• Strong communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Enthusiasm for identifying and solving real world problems with data and models, ideally with a background in the insurance or health care industries
• Commitment to integrity in leadership - maintaining high standards of performance while demonstrating empathy and concern for others

Benefits

CLARA analytics offers an attractive benefits package to all full-time employees. Some of the perks you will enjoy are comprehensive healthcare (or Clara pays you a set amount monthly should you choose to opt out), monthly wellness/gym reimbursement, 401k match, skill building reimbursements, and more! Additionally, we encourage creativity and recognize our employees' talents and contributions with a monthly peer recognition High Five Award. Apply now to be part of a growing, vibrant company!