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Data Scientist

Tesco Insurance
Newcastle upon Tyne
3 days ago
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Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.


Salary - £38,000 - £57,000 & Excellent Benefits


Work Level - 2


Location - Newcastle - Hybrid


Office Attendance - our roles are hybrid; you should be able to work in our offices 2 days per week. This is a permanent position.


Closing Date - 28th November 2025


We deal in the personal – from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you’ve worked hard for. And that means we always work with heart. Whether we’re helping our customers or looking after our people, you’ll find there’s a warmth and friendliness to everything we do.


We’re looking for two Data Scientist's to join our Operational Excellence team within Insurance and Money Services.


What you’ll bring

It’s an exciting time in our business and we need a Data Scientist to join our growing data team within our claims department. So why not bring your talent, expertise, and skills to join our friendly team and make a difference to our customers, communities, and planet?


Responsibilities

  • Creation, maintenance and the continuous improvement of our new predictive models within our claims department.
  • You will need to apply data science techniques to model customer behaviours to drive better decision making, a better customer journey, improved business outcomes and cost controls.
  • We're looking for a pro‑active, driven individual with experience working with AI/ML models.

What we are looking for:

  • Previous experience working with Microsoft Fabric (or Databricks) to create and maintain AI/ML models
  • Experience working with large, complicated datasets.
  • An ability to manage own workload and re‑prioritise when required.
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  • Excellent communication skills to share insights with technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • Adherence to our governance framework to keep our data safe.

What’s in it for you?

  • Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
  • Private Healthcare. Plus, a virtual GP Service for you and your family 365 days a year.
  • Performance related annual bonus.
  • Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
  • Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday as an added perk, we’ll give you a second card to share with someone else.
  • Benefit from our family‑oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8‑week paid paternity leave.

A place to get on

  • Take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award‑winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want
  • Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as your Earn share schemes.

Everyone’s welcome

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We’re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.


Additional Information

Interviews will be held late November / early December


We also know the importance of balancing work with life’s other commitments. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, as we’re committed to exploring part time and flexible working opportunities, at every level of the organisation.


Why Tesco Insurance and Money Services?

Seeing your impact all around you: there's no better feeling.


Lucky for us, we get to feel it all the time. Because whatever our role, we're helping our colleagues and serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.


We deal in the personal – from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you’ve worked hard for.


Everything we do is about making things better. Not just for others, but for you too. It's why you'll get bags of choice and plenty of development. It's why you'll always be heard and find balance that works for you. It's why you'll feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome.


So, if you want a career where you can do good and feel good, you've found it.


Let's make everyday a little better.


Our story

Making Insurance and Money Services more rewarding and offering great value and choice - because we know little wins can make a big difference.


We began life in 1997 and now help more than 2 million customers protect what matters to them.


We want to deliver a helpful service in everything we do and to make life easier for our customers. Our policies are really easy to manage online for our customers, but we know that being able to speak to our customer service staff when you need to is really important. This is why our customer service centers are open seven days a week.


Delivering great customer service means having great people behind the scenes – people who understand our customers and are driven by doing the right thing for them. We offer colleagues a place where they can feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome, where they can be part of a great team focused on making a real difference for our customers.


How to apply

We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.


Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you’re interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Insurance and Money Services looks like, click apply to find out more!


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