# Agency Data Science, Principal

**Company**: AIA
**Location**: Hong Kong, HK
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Finance
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30255387

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## Description

This is a hands-on individual contributor role for a strong analytics professional who can translate business questions into actionable insights, develop analytical solutions, and support the adoption of data and analytics capabilities across the agency distribution.

Responsibilities:

- Analyse agency behaviour and production data to identify trends, opportunities, and actionable insights that support business growth and productivity improvement.

- Develop advanced analytical models to support areas such as performance management, retention, lead conversion, and business planning.

- Partner with cross-functional teams to embed analytics into agency management strategies and act as a trusted analytics SME to leadership by providing data-backed recommendations with measurable business impact.

- Design and deliver dashboards and reports to support timely performance monitoring and decision-making.

- Prepare clear and compelling presentations to communicate analysis, insights, recommendations, and project progress to senior stakeholders.

- Support data enrichment initiatives by integrating internal and external data sources to strengthen analysis, targeting, and opportunity assessment.

- Lead the design, implementation, rollout, tracking, change management, and ongoing enhancement of GenAI-enabled solutions that improve business processes, user productivity, and decision support.

- Lead and mentor a small group of junior data scientists or project-based resources on designated initiatives and ensure delivery is completed on time and to a high standard.

- Ensure all analytics activities comply with Insurance Authority regulatory requirements, data privacy laws, and internal governance standards.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Actuarial Science, Econometrics, or a related quantitative discipline. A PhD would be an advantage.

- 8+ years of practical experience in data analytics, data science, or related roles, preferably in insurance, financial services, and/or consulting.

- Strong knowledge of insurance agency operations, distribution models, and productivity drivers.

- Hands-on proficiency in tools such as SQL, Python, Power BI, or similar analytics and visualization platforms.

- Familiarity with cutting-edge agentic AI and automation tools and their application in enterprise environments, with the ability to support experimentation, implementation, and value realization in practical settings.

- Self-starter with proven ability to work independently as a senior-level individual contributor.

- Demonstrated ability to design and implement data enrichment strategies for agency or customer databases.

- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders through data-driven insights.

- Strong understanding of compliance requirements in insurance data management and analytics.

- Experience mentoring junior analysts or leading workstreams within cross-functional projects.

## Skills

### Required
- SQL
- Python
- Power BI
- Data Science
- Statistics
- Mathematics
- Econometrics
- Machine Learning
- GenAI

### Nice to have
- PhD in related quantitative discipline
- Experience with agentic AI and automation tools

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