Business Strategy Analyst Lead - Pricing and Product Analytics

USAA Life Insurance Company; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

USAA is seeking a dedicated Business Strategy Analyst Lead - Pricing and Product Analytics to shape pricing strategy and analytics for Auto and Property lines. You will partner with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to drive data-driven decisions and strategic initiatives.

The role emphasizes quantitative rigor, stakeholder influence, and leadership of analytics programs. Remote eligibility within the continental US with occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with significant analytics/strategy experience.
• Experience identifying business needs and developing strategic plans using data and market insights.
• Experience influencing leadership decisions and communicating with executives.
• Strong analytical and quant-driven approach with tooling proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Shape strategic plans and coordinate the development of business cases.
• Provide insights on industry trends, market developments, and macroeconomic factors for the business unit.
• Lead discussions with stakeholders to drive and influence business decisions.
• Develop analytical frameworks to answer business questions identified in portfolio, product, or member experience.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate profitability and performance drivers across product areas.

Skills

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Hypothesis-driven problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics or related field

Tools

Excel

Tableau

R

Python

SQL

Snowflake

SAS

Adobe Analytics

Job description

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values - honesty, integrity, loyalty and service - define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active‑duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active‑duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a dedicated Business Strategy Analyst Lead - Pricing and Product Analytics.

This role is remote eligible in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel. However, individuals residing within a 60‑mile radius of a USAA office will be expected to work on‑site four days per week.

What you'll do:

• Underwriting and Pricing Analytics is hiring two Business Strategy Analyst Leads to support our newly formed Auto and Property Analytics teams. Reporting directly to Executive Management, these leads will shape strategic plans, coordinate the development of business cases, and facilitate the scoping, prioritization, and tracking of key initiatives. Additionally, they will establish operational processes to manage team productivity and lead executive storytelling to ensure the successful delivery of committed outcomes.
• As a Business Strategy Analyst Lead you will utilize quantitative and qualitative analysis to provide thought‑leadership on evolving industry trends, market developments, USAA's strategic direction, regulatory environment, and macroeconomic trends for the business unit. You will provide insights and information‑based context for key stakeholders in the business unit to effectively manage, influence, and impact line of business strategy.
• Leads discussions with key stakeholders to communicate information learned from analyses, provide input into line of business strategy development, and drive and influence business decisions. Leads integration of the analytic strategy and business strategy.
• Oversees efforts to identify key business assumptions and hypotheses around line of business strategy. Continuously refines hypotheses and identifies business questions to explore further.
• Develops the analytical framework and blueprint to answer business questions identified in the business portfolio, product, or member experience and provides support to lower levels towards this effort.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to evaluate and uncover complex or critical strategic insights related to Profit & Loss performance including Product Strategy, Pricing, Marketing, Sales, Credit Risk, Distribution Channels, and Member Experience.
• Applies expert analytical rigor to define outcome measures, improve prioritization, increase agility in decisioning, improve ability to evaluate progress towards business outcomes, and to evaluate risks to strategic goals.
• Effectively influences and drives strategic agreement utilizing subject matter expertise and interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Serves as a team lead and provides guidance and on‑the‑job training to team members.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Finance, Economics or related field; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 8 years of data and/or analytics or strategy consulting experience; OR a minimum of 6 years of data and/or analytics or strategy consulting experience and up to 2 years of progressive functional business relevant experience for a total of 8 years of combined experience; OR Advanced Degree in Business, Science, Finance, Economics or related discipline and 6 years of experience in data and/or analytics or strategy consulting.
• Experience identifying business needs and developing strategic plans driven by qualitative/quantitative analysis and market insights.
• Experience working with leadership teams to identify key opportunities to develop and enhance business strategy using quantitative and qualitative analytics.
• Experience influencing business decisions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using hypotheses‑driven problem solving.
• Extensive experience leading and performing complex data analysis using various data analytics tools (i.e.Microsoft Excel, Tableau, R, Python, SQL, Snowflake, SAS, Adobe Analytics).

What sets you apart:

• Domain Expertise: Prior experience within the personal lines insurance industry, including a demonstrated track record of partnering effectively with pricing or data science teams to drive analytical outcomes.
• Agile Methodology: Experience applying Agile principles to business teams to improve transparency, adaptability, and speed to delivery.