New York Life is seeking a motivated data professional to join the Insights & Analytics team within the Purchase Experience (PX) Value Stream. The team is responsible for monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on key operational and underwriting metrics that inform senior management's understanding of program performance and risk outcomes. This position will primarily support analytics and reporting for New York Life's accelerated underwriting programs and mortality risk predictive models; helping ensure the accuracy, consistency, and interpretability of data used in decision-making.
The role will be an integral part of the PX Insights & Analytics team, working with partners such as Risk, Actuarial, and Underwriting to deliver high-quality data analysis and reporting. It requires strong SQL skills, curiosity about how business processes translate into data, and a desire to grow into a subject matter expert on NYL's underwriting programs and data sources.
Qualifications:
- BA Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Data Analytics/Business Intelligence.
- 1-3 years Support monitoring and reporting for accelerated underwriting programs and related models by writing SQL queries, validating data, and maintaining recurring dashboards and reports used by business leadership and cross-functional partners.
- Assist in preparing metrics and exhibits for recurring reports that summarize program performance, identify trends or anomalies, and support executive discussions.
- Conduct ad hoc analyses related to predictive model performance, fraud detection, protective value studies, and mortality risk, working in collaboration with other analysts.
- Contribute to data infrastructure improvements, including the replatforming of datasets from Redshift to Databricks and DBT, and the alignment of data definitions and metrics across multiple product lines.
- Collaborate with IT and data partners to ensure data integrity, troubleshoot issues, and document key logic and data transformations used in reporting.
- Develop technical and business expertise in external underwriting data sources and their connection to underwriting and risk management.
- Engage with business partners and end users to understand data needs, clarify metric definitions, and communicate results in a clear and actionable way.
- Document recurring processes and analytical logic to ensure transparency, repeatability, and continuous improvement of team reporting assets.
- Expected to gain a thorough understanding of the business, developing both technical proficiency and subject matter expertise that enable independent analysis and effective collaboration with cross-functional teams.
In addition to the responsibilities listed above, candidates should have strong analytical and documentation skills, including proficiency in SQL for data extraction and validation, as well as Excel for analysis and quality checks.
- Familiarity with Tableau or other visualization tools is helpful for dashboard maintenance.
- Candidates should be comfortable working with large relational datasets and integrating multiple data sources, with the ability to clearly document queries and data logic.
- Effective communication skills and the ability to translate technical findings for business partners are also essential.
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $79,000-$113,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
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What We Do
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of integrity, mutuality, and financial strength fuels a future defined by bold transformation.
As the largest mutual life insurance company in the U.S., we operate on behalf of our policy owners—not shareholders. That structure allows us to take a long-term view, investing in people, purpose, and innovation that endures.
Guided by a clear enterprise vision to become a technology-, data-, and AI-powered company, we’re modernizing our platforms, rearchitecting experiences, and embedding intelligence across our products and services.
Our mission has always been about helping people through life’s most meaningful moments. Today, technology is amplifying that mission—enabling us to serve clients, advisors, and communities in more personalized, proactive ways.
With a diversified business portfolio spanning insurance, investments, retirement, group benefits, and direct-to-consumer offerings, New York Life delivers the stability of a Fortune 100 company with the agility of one that’s continuously evolving.
We’re powered by a values-led culture, inclusive teams, and a shared belief that when our people thrive, so does our company. Here, tradition fuels momentum—and your ideas, energy, and growth power what’s next.
Why Work With Us
New York Life is transforming from the inside out—blending 180 years of trust with the velocity of innovation. What makes us different is our culture: grounded in integrity, humanity, and shared success—values that show up in how we work, lead, and grow. If you want a place where innovation has purpose—build what's next with us.
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