Data Product Lead, External Data

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 158,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement benefits (401k)

Paid Time Off

Wellness program

Volunteer encouragement

Job summary

Travelers Data Engineering team builds enterprise data pipelines that enable AI, ML, and business intelligence across the organization. As a Senior Director, you will lead multiple teams, shape data strategy, and drive scalable data solutions that empower data-driven decisions.

You will mentor engineers, oversee architecture, and ensure secure, compliant data infrastructure while collaborating with partners across the enterprise to deliver impactful insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field or equivalent.
• 7+ years of data engineering experience.
• 2 years of technical leadership experience.
• Experience partnering with data science teams to support analytics.
• Hands-on data engineering building pipelines and infrastructure.
• Track record of progressing from individual contributor to leadership.
• Experience evaluating data sources and consolidating assets into centralized platforms.
• Ability to articulate technical work value to stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of analytic data products, including pilots and PoCs.
• Execute data strategies to support various consumption patterns and enterprise needs.
• Operationalize and automate capabilities for secure, scalable solutions.
• Present analyses and recommendations to influence management decisions.
• Coach senior team members to accelerate career development.
• Establish budgets, policies and practices impacting operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data engineering

Team leadership

Data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM/CS

Job description

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That's the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Job Category

Technology

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$157,500.00 - $259,900.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers Data Engineering team constructs pipelines that contextualize and provide easy access to data by the entire enterprise. As a Data Engineering Senior Director you will accelerate growth and transformation of our analytics landscape. In this role, you will lead teams designing and building data solutions that capture, explore, transform and utilize data to support Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and business intelligence/insights. In addition to ingesting data from multiple sources and relaying information to relevant partners, you will also mentor and develop a team of data engineers.

What Will You Do?

• Lead development of analytic data products, including pilots and proof of concepts.
• Execute data strategies to support various consumption patterns and identify enterprise architecture, platform, and application infrastructure needs.
• Drive the operationalizing and automating of all capabilities to ensure secure, supported and scalable solutions.
• Present analysis and recommendations to help influence management and executive leadership decisions.
• Guide and coach senior team members to accelerate career development.
• Establish budgets, policies and practices with significant impact on area operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor's Degree in STEM related field or equivalent.
• Eight or more years of related work experience.
• Four or more years of team leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with data science teams to support analytical and modeling initiatives.
• Proven hands-on background in data engineering, including building and maintaining data pipelines and infrastructure.
• Track record of progressing from individual contributor engineering roles into team leadership.
• Experience evaluating data sources and consolidating data assets into centralized, accessible platforms.
• Ability to assess the quality and scope of technical work, articulate its business value, and represent it effectively to stakeholders and leadership.

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
• 7 additional years of data engineering experience.
• 2 years of technical leadership experience.

What Is in It for You?

• Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
• Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
• Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
• Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.

In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.

If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.