Quanata is on a mission to help ensure a better world through context-based insurance solutions. We are an exceptional, customer centered team with a passion for creating innovative technologies, digital products, and brands. We blend some of the best Silicon Valley talent and cutting-edge thinking with the long-term backing of leading insurer, State Farm.
Learn more about us and our work at quanata.com

Our Team

From data scientists and actuaries to engineers, designers and marketers, we’re a world class team of tech-minded professionals from some of the best companies in Silicon Valley, and around the world. We’ve come together to create the context-based insurance solutions and experiences of the future. We know that the key to our success isn't just about nailing the technology—it’s hiring the talented people who will help us continue to make a quantifiable impact.

The Role

The Head of Data and AI will lead a ~25-person function to maximize value from our immense telematics and insurance loss datasets. This role will also define our data strategy, lead the application of AI, and contribute to company strategy as a core member of Quanata’s leadership team. Scope of this function includes:

Data Science: building sophisticated predictive models
Data Analytics: generating insights and measuring success
Data Engineering: productizing our models and providing a platform for rapid iteration

Your day-to-day

Provide people leadership for the Data organization, including org design, leadership development, talent acquisition & retention, etc.
Define and champion Quanata’s data strategy and overall data architecture to best leverage immense amounts of telematics and insurance data
Lead the team to define and prioritize modeling and platform work, balancing production implementation with continued innovation through R&D
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Program Mgmt to incorporate data solutions as part of cross-functional delivery teams
Ensure all use of data meets security and compliance requirements, working closely with our Security & Governance teams
Identify opportunities to leverage AI in our solutions and drive implementation
Represent our data & AI capabilities to external clients / prospects

About You

Proven success leading data functions across Data Science, Analytics, and Engineering
Extensive hands-on experience building predictive models and implementing them into products
Deep expertise in telematics data, similar IoT data, or insurance data
Experience with B2B client delivery of data science model-powered services
Experience working in a regulated industry, insurance or financial services
Strong people-focused leadership, with a track record of employee development and engagement
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience applying cutting-edge AI solutions, in the context of prediction and other domains, is a plus

Other Job Details

Reports to: Senior Vice President - Operations
People Manager: Yes
Location: Remote
Percentage of Required Travel: 5%
Required languages: English

Salary: $400,000 - $600,000*

*Please note that the final salary offered will be determined based on the selected candidate's skills, and experience, as well as the internal salary structure at Quanata. Our aim is to offer a competitive and equitable compensation package that reflects the candidate's expertise and contributions to our organization.

Additional Details:

Benefits: We provide a wide variety of health, wellness and other benefits.These include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental income plans for you and your dependents, a Headspace app subscription, monthly wellness allowance and a 401(k) Plan with a company match.
Work from Home Equipment: Given our virtual environment— in order to set you up for success at home, a one-time payment of $2K will be provided to cover the purchase of in-home office equipment and furniture at your discretion. Also, our teams work with MacBook Pros, which we will deliver to you fully provisioned prior to your first day.
Paid Time Off: All employees accrue four weeks of PTO in their first year of employment. New parents receive twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave which may be taken within one year after the birth and/or adoption of a child. The twelve weeks is applicable to both birthing and non-birthing parent.
Personal and Professional Development: We’re committed to investing in and helping our people grow personally and professionally. All employees receive up to $5000 each year for professional learning, continuing education and career development. All team members also receive Udemy subscriptions and access to multiple different coaching opportunities through BetterUp.
Location: We are a remote-first company for most positions so you may work from anywhere you like in the U.S, excluding U.S. territories. Occasional travel may be required for team meetings or company gatherings. Employees based in the San Francisco Bay Area or in Providence, Rhode Island may commute to one of our local offices as desired.
Hours: We maintain core meeting hours from 9AM - 3PM Pacific time for collaborating with team members across all time zones.