Assistant Director, Data Science Postular

About the Role:
The Data Science Solutions team is thrilled to launch a new global hub in Colombia and is seeking a dynamic, visionary leader to build and lead this new organization from the ground up.

In this pivotal role, you will:
- Establish and scale a high-performing team of data science professionals.
- Lead recruitment efforts, identifying and attracting top-tier talent.
- Mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
- Co-create new ways of working, designing business processes and collaboration models that maximize impact and efficiency.
- Drive strategic outcomes, ensuring the team’s work aligns with and advances key business objectives.
- We’re looking for a leader who is not only technically strong in data science and analytics but also passionate about building teams, shaping culture, and delivering measurable business value.

About the Team and Department:
- Data Science Solutions develops predictive analytics that empower data-driven strategic decisions across the business. By leveraging both established and emerging data science techniques, we work with large structured and unstructured datasets to uncover insights and build models that drive meaningful business outcomes.

Within this group, the Model Automation & Production team focuses on maximizing the value of our existing models through efficiency and automation. Our responsibilities include:
- Model monitoring, refresh, and enhancement
- Development and maintenance of machine learning data pipelines
- Management of data science infrastructure
- Promotion and implementation of data science best practices
- Together, we ensure that our models remain robust, scalable, and impactful.

Key Responsibilities:
- Build and lead a new team of data science professionals, fostering a high-performance culture rooted in collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Design and implement scalable model operations, including monitoring, refresh cycles, and performance enhancements to ensure long-term model reliability and business impact.
- Develop and automate machine learning pipelines that streamline model development and model deployment.
- Apply advanced analytics and modeling techniques to large, complex datasets to generate actionable insights and predictive solutions.
- Translate complex quantitative findings into clear, compelling narratives and visualizations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborate with global partners to align solutions with strategic business goals and ensure seamless integration into decision-making processes.
- Mentor and develop junior team members, providing technical guidance and fostering a culture of learning and knowledge sharing.
- Establish and promote data science best practices, including code quality, documentation, reproducibility, and model governance.
- Drive innovation by staying current with emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies in the data science and MLOps space.
- Contribute to cross-functional initiatives, representing the Colombia hub and shaping the future of data science operations across the organization.

Skills and Experience:
- Proven leadership experience in building, scaling, and managing high-performing data science or analytics teams, ideally in a global or distributed environment.
- Strong technical expertise in applied machine learning, statistical modeling, and data engineering, with hands-on experience in model development, deployment, and lifecycle management.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, SQL, and experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and data tools (e.g., Spark, Airflow, MLflow).
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business challenges into data-driven solutions.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.
- Experienced in delivering training, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing sessions to elevate team capabilities and promote best practices.
- Experience in insurance or financial services is highly desirable, particularly in regulated environments or with high-impact modeling use cases.
- Fluency in English and Spanish to collaborate effectively within the Colombia location and global teams / Level C1-C2
- About Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM)
- Liberty Specialty Markets is part of Global Risk Solutions and the broader Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, which is a leading global insurer. We offer a breadth of world-class insurance and reinsurance services to brokers and insureds in all major markets.
- Our people are key to our success. That is why "Put People First" is one of the five Liberty values which unite us as a global organisation. We bring this to life for our colleagues through:
- Offering a vibrant and inclusive environment and committing to their career development.
- Promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Our Inclusion Matters framework and employee-led networks strengthen the diversity of our workforce and our inclusive environment.
- Reinforcing that collaborating together to share our unique perspectives help us make better decisions, deliver innovative solutions and pursue our ambitious goals.
- A supportive culture, which includes promoting a healthy work-life balance and working flexibly.