Introduction
At Gallagher Bassett, we're there when it matters most because helping people through challenging moments is more than just our job, it’s our purpose. Every day, we help clients navigate complexity, support recovery, and deliver outcomes that make a real difference in people’s lives. It takes empathy, precision, and a strong sense of partnership—and that’s exactly what you’ll find here. We’re a team of fast-paced fixers, empathetic experts, and outcomes drivers — people who care deeply about doing the right thing and doing it well. Whether you're managing claims, supporting clients, or improving processes, you’ll play a vital role in helping businesses and individuals move forward with confidence. Here, you’ll be supported by a culture that values teamwork, encourages curiosity, and celebrates the impact of your work. Because when you’re here, you’re part of something bigger. You’re part of a team that shows up, stands together, and leads with purpose.
Overview
About the Role
As a Data Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in identifying opportunities to leverage data science, machine learning, and GenAI to solve complex business challenges. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to develop, deploy, and monitor advanced data-driven solutions that enhance decision-making and deliver measurable outcomes. This role will also involve close collaboration with, and will report to Gallagher Bassett’s global data science team, ensuring alignment with global strategies and sharing best practices across regions.
How you'll make an impact
Key Responsibilities:
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Identify opportunities for data science, machine learning, and GenAI solutions to address business challenges and deliver value at scale.
- Develop and implement advanced data science and machine learning models, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Research and evaluate competing solutions to determine optimal approaches for problem-solving.
- Extract, clean, and prepare data for analysis, addressing data quality issues and performing feature engineering.
- Collaborate with product managers and team members to design and deploy data science solutions.
- Monitor and optimise model performance over time to ensure sustained predictive accuracy.
- Develop and evaluate GenAI applications using tools such as LlamaIndex, LangChain, and LLMOps tools like DeepEval.
- Create and refine prompts for querying large language models (LLMs) and assess their outputs.
- Work with technology partners to build and maintain systems for deploying models and algorithms.
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Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
About you
About You
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Data Scientist who thrives in a collaborative environment and is eager to push the boundaries of innovation.
Essential Skills and Experience:
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A degree in Data Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- Strong understanding of data science and machine learning concepts, methodologies, and evaluation techniques.
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in end-to-end data science projects.
- Proficiency in Python and its data science libraries (e.g., Pandas, Scikit-Learn, Catboost, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, NumPy, Matplotlib).
- Expertise in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
- Proven ability to lead and deliver projects independently, with a track record of mentoring and guiding team members.
- Experience working in cloud-based environments, preferably Azure Databricks.
- Familiarity with developing business applications using GenAI/LLM technologies and building LLM workflows on platforms like Azure Foundry.
- Proficiency in tools such as LlamaIndex, LangChain, and LangGraph.
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Strong communication skills to effectively convey complex data science concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience in insurance or claims management is highly desirable.
How to Apply
Apply now to join our team and help us shape the future of insurance and risk management through data-driven insights and cutting-edge technology.
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To be considered for this opportunity, you must have the right to live and work in Australia at the time of application. Please note that agency applications will not be considered for this position.
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- 4 weeks annual leave plus up to 2 weeks additional purchased Lifestyle Leave
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Novated Leasing opportunities
- Two paid volunteer days annually
- Health Insurance Discounts with our Group Insurance Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Paid parental leave
Other benefits include:
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Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for yourself and immediate family members
- Employee Recognition Awards and Service Milestone Recognitions
- Peer Support Program
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Access to Reward Gateway – discount offers at over 350 retailers!
- And more...
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
