Manager, External Data Strategy

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 99,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) match

PTO

Wellness program

Volunteer program

Job summary

Travelers seeks a data strategist at our Hartford, CT location to bridge data strategy, business analysis, and vendor partnerships. You will evaluate external data products, build business cases, and drive initiatives from concept to execution, collaborating with product, data science and analytics teams to enable new capabilities and better customer outcomes.

Strong business acumen, data knowledge, and stakeholder communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Understand external data and its business value.
• Ability to translate data capabilities into business outcomes.
• Strong communication with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Drive discussions with data providers on new offerings and enhancements.
• Collaborate with product strategy and R&D on business value of data sources.
• Develop comprehensive business requirements and support training.
• Diagnose external data production issues and propose fixes.
• Lead evaluations and drive implementations of external data.
• Monitor performance of data products and underwriting strategies.
• Raise awareness of vendor outages and coordinate resolutions.
• Research systems for external data impact and strategic efforts.
• Ensure data security and protection compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data strategy

Business analysis

Vendor management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in analytics-related field

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.

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.

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

$99,100.00 - $163,400.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

This role sits at the intersection of data strategy, business analysis, and vendor partnership. This role will evaluate the value of external data products, build compelling business cases, and drive initiatives from concept through execution. Strong collaboration with business partners is at the core of this work — partnering with product management, data science, and analytics teams to translate external data capabilities into delivering on strategies that enable new business capabilities and better outcomes for our customers. You will leverage sharp business acumen, strong data & analytics knowledge, and communication skills to influence stakeholders at all levels. You will assess cost-benefit trade-offs, navigating vendor relationships, and partnering across Product, Distribution and other Personal Insurance value streams to unlock new opportunities. Intellectual curiosity is essential — this role will dig into existing workflows, ask the right questions, and identify where external data can do more.

What Will You Do?

• Drive discussions with data providers regarding new product offerings and existing product enhancements.
• Lead discussions with product strategy and R&D teams regarding the business value of external data sources.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to develop comprehensive business requirements and support training and communication for broader organization.
• Diagnose and solve for production external data issues.
• Responsible for leading evaluations and working with the teams to update existing solutions and drive implementations of external data.
• Monitor the performance of external data products and their underwriting strategies.
• Responsible for bringing awareness on vendor outages and in some instances working with the product teams to get resolution to impacted policies.
• Responsible for researching existing systems with regard to external data and developing impact assessments for issues and strategic efforts.
• Ensure compliance with data security and protection requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor's degree in business management, mathematics, management information, finance, actuarial science, economics or other analytics-related field.
• Demonstrate understanding of third party data.
• Knowledge of the Property and Casualty industry.
• Performs analysis with of external data implementations understands the impacts of decisions on the broader organization.
• Works with a team to support development of new product strategies.
• Demonstrates strong business and technical acumen.
• Drives results and acts with a sense of urgency.
• Customer focused orientation.
• Advanced to expert oral and written communication skills.
• Organization and prioritization skills a must.
• Attention to detail, with critical thinking and analytical skills.

What is a Must Have?

• Bachelor’s degree, or a minimum of four years of related work 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/.