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Hartford, CT

Internship

Hybrid

$35/hr - $45/hr

Intern

Travelers is a well-established property casualty insurer with a commitment to innovation and collaboration. They are seeking a Data Science Leadership Development Program (DSLDP) Intern to provide a challenging professional work experience in data science, assisting in designing and analyzing diverse data sources to generate actionable insights.

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Responsibilities

The internship offers a training curriculum focused on data science and business acumen. Other program components include formal mentoring, networking, and career guidance
DSLDP Intern duties will vary based on the specific assignment, within one of our research groups, including:
Bond & Specialty Insurance
Business Insurance Research & Development
Claim Business Intelligence & Analytics
Personal Insurance Research & Development
Other departments, including Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
Work includes:
Providing recommendations on projects that deal with data science related concepts
Designing and building statistical models, analyses at the right level of complexity to produce relevant results for the business
Identifying, integrating and structuring complex data flows
Identifying new opportunities for analytic solutions
Validate, manipulate and perform data analysis tasks
Provide qualitative and quantitative data support to ensure accuracy of metrics
Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Required

Pursuing a Master's or PhD level degree in Statistics, Mathematics, or Data Science
Applied statistical knowledge and experience solving 'real-world' problems
Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
Experience with a programming language (Python, R, SAS, etc)
Accountability: Strong track record of taking ownership and responsibility for actions and outcomes, performance, and results
Analytical and Critical Thinking: Demonstrated aptitude in identifying current or future problems or opportunities, analyzing data, synthesizing and comparing information to understand issues, identifying cause/effect relationships and exploring alternative solutions to support sound decision making
Change Management/Resilience: Ability to remain energized and focused in the face of ambiguity, change or strenuous demands
Customer Focus: Proven customer service skills with the ability to provide service excellence to internal or external clients
Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrated track record of self and social awareness, empathy and balances confidence with humility
Interpersonal: Excellent communication skills with the ability to actively engage with others while maintaining a positive attitude
Judgment/Decision Making: Capability of exercising sound judgment, making decisions and committing to a position
Leveraging Differences: Proven capacity to work with and include people from different backgrounds, experiences, cultures, races, etc. and view those differences as assets to be leveraged to accomplish business goals and objectives
Relationship Management: Strong relationship management skills including the ability to seek out, build, foster and maintain productive relationships, networks or alliances to meet goals and achieve results
Teamwork: Ability to work together in situations when actions are interdependent, and a team is mutually responsible to produce a result
Work Ethic: Possession of a strong drive to do what it takes to get the job done; inquisitive and demonstrates a strong willingness to learn
Pursuing a Master's or PhD level degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Decision Sciences, Actuarial Science, or a related analytical STEM field

Preferred

Benefits

Employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Subsidized apartments are available for students who live beyond a commutable distance from Hartford, CT or St. Paul, MN.
The internship offers a training curriculum focused on data science and business acumen.
Other program components include formal mentoring, networking, and career guidance.
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to providing accommodation to persons with disabilities.
If you require accommodation during the recruitment or interview process we will work with you to accommodate your needs.

Travelers provides insurance coverage to protect the things that are important to you – your home, your car, your valuables and your business.

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