Innovation Scientist

Position Summary:

Mercurian Labs aims to create transformative change through innovative ideas, strategies, and solutions to problems using a disciplined innovation methodology. Our team collaborates with individuals and groups to advance and support innovation throughout our organization.

In this role, the Innovation Scientist will collaborate with various project teams to help identify and evaluate solutions by creating experiments, prototypes and applying design thinking and structured innovation approaches. Ensures data-driven decisions are focused on delivering sustainable business value.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develops, supports, and applies disciplined innovation methodology throughout the organization.

• Engages in innovation or technology development projects to identify and build solutions by understanding the problem to solve or the strategy to develop using Mercurian Innovation methodology. Assesses information gathered from various sources, reconcile conflicts, and differentiates user requests from actual underlying needs. Conducts market and competitive research to identify innovative solutions and strategies.

• Designs, performs, and monitors data-driven experiments to test business and technical hypotheses. Exercises a data-driven approach to problem-solving with an emphasis on early-stage prototyping and incubation. Evaluates, implements, and transitions potential solutions by working with various stakeholders and teams throughout the organization. Ensures successful transition of innovation projects.

• Advises team members and stakeholders on key issues by understanding their needs and direction. Assists both individuals and teams to help them to accelerate innovation in their space

• Handles solution development and implementation, change management, quantification of the operational impact of the solution/initiative, and share progress updates with stakeholders.

• Serves as a consultant for innovation to encourage an innovation culture across the organization. Communicates the importance of transformative innovation.

• Collaborates with internal and external customers, leaders, and other stakeholders.

• Other functions may be assigned

Education:

• Business management or STEM-related BA/BS degree or relevant experience

Experience:

• 2-3 years of experience in evaluating, testing, and successfully implementing transformational projects
• 3-5 years of experience working on a collaborative team

Knowledge & Skills:

• Be flexible, forward-thinking, and able to pick up new skills, tools, and languages as needs evolve and change

• Cultivates innovation - creates and identifies new ways to be successful

• Manages complexity - ability to balance many priorities while maintaining focus on key items

• Excellent collaboration - thrives as part of a high-performing team

• Fluent in at least one modern programming language (Python preferred)

• Proficient with a wide variety of technologies

• Expert communication skills

• Strong internal motivation

• Innovation methodology

• Prototype design and testing

About Mercury

Join an amazing team that is consistently recognized for our achievements and culture, including our most recent Forbes award of being one of America's Best Midsize Employers for 2024!

Why choose a career at Mercury?

At Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help other others. Everyone needs insurance and we can't imagine a world without it.

Our team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life.

We care about our people, and we mean it. We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals.

Learn more about us here: https://www.mercuryinsurance.com/about/careers

We offer many great benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation

• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions

• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)

• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance

• 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match

• Engaging work environment

• Promotional opportunities

• Education assistance

• Professional and personal development opportunities

• Company recognition program

• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more

Mercury Insurance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.