Actuarial Data Scientist

This role uses JMDC’s health-insurance, municipal, medical-institution, and wearable data mainly for projects with life-insurance companies. Responsibilities include proposing new product ideas and providing consulting, with some assignments involving analysis to support health programs. The role calculates incidence rates using medical-data and insurance-actuarial expertise, contributes to projects revising underwriting standards using medical big data including declined applications, and develops disease-risk prediction models for supplementary services for policyholders.

The position requires mathematical and scientific thinking, practical experience as an actuary or data scientist, generally for at least two years, and experience analyzing data with Python or similar tools. Self-taught data analysis is accepted. Programming aptitude is also acceptable as an alternative evidence of technical ability. Preferred qualifications include full or associate membership of the Institute of Actuaries of Japan, experience in life-insurance pricing or product development, and experience with insurance-data analysis and client support at a reinsurance company or audit firm.

The role is part of JMDC’s medical-data business, which combines actuarial knowledge with data-science methods to address issues for insurance companies. It involves applying insurance mathematics to healthcare data, developing medical-data expertise, and implementing practical data-science methods. A dedicated data-cleansing department supports the analysis work.

The employment status is regular employee. Salary is not disclosed and is paid monthly; salary revision is once a year in July, with overtime paid separately and compensation determined according to experience, ability, and company rules. The probationary period is three months from the start date and may be extended by up to three additional months when deemed necessary, under the same conditions.

The initial work location is the Tokyo office at 2-5-5 Shibadaimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, with the nearest stations listed as Hamamatsucho, Daimon, and Shibakoen. Working hours use a flextime system with core hours from 11:00 to 15:00; standard working time is eight hours per day with a 60-minute break. The company states a five-day schedule with Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays off, year-end and New Year holidays from December 29 to January 3, and May 1 and 2. Paid leave is granted at set intervals and can reach 20 days, with one week-long vacation available once per fiscal year for up to nine consecutive days including weekends and holidays.

Benefits include health, pension, employment, and workers’ compensation insurance, commuting support up to 150,000 yen per month, a corporate defined-contribution pension, parental and caregiving leave, condolence payments, and an employee stock ownership plan. The stated retirement age is 65. Selection consists of document screening, an optional casual interview, manager interviews, a web aptitude test, and a final executive interview; an in-person practical prediction-modeling test may be added when necessary. The initial duties are this position and may change to duties designated by the company; the initial location may likewise change to a company-designated place.