Manager, External Data Strategy

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 99,100 - 163,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement matching

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Volunteer Encouragement

Job summary

Travelers in Hartford is seeking a candidate for a role combining data strategy, business analysis, and vendor partnerships. The successful applicant will evaluate external data products to drive initiatives and partner with multiple teams to support the organization’s strategies.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and possess strong analytical and communication skills. Benefits include health insurance, retirement matching, and PTO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of four years of related work experience.
• Understanding of third‑party data.
• Knowledge of the Property and Casualty industry.

Responsibilities

• Drive discussions with data providers regarding new product offerings.
• Lead discussions with product strategy and R&D teams.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to develop comprehensive business requirements.
• Monitor the performance of external data products.
• Research existing systems with regard to external data.

Skills

Data analysis

Business acumen

Communication skills

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant 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.

What Is the Opportunity?

This role sits at the intersection of data strategy, business analysis, and vendor partnership. It 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, navigate vendor relationships, and partner 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 the broader organization.
• Diagnose and solve production external data issues.
• Lead evaluations and work with teams to update existing solutions and drive implementations of external data.
• Monitor the performance of external data products and their underwriting strategies.
• Bring awareness on vendor outages and, in some instances, work with product teams to resolve impacted policies.
• Research existing systems with regard to external data and develop 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.
• Understanding of third‑party data.
• Knowledge of the Property and Casualty industry.
• Experience analyzing external data implementations and understanding the impacts of decisions on the broader organization.
• Ability to work with a team to support development of new product strategies.
• Strong business and technical acumen.
• Results‑driven with a sense of urgency.
• Customer‑focused orientation.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills.
• Organizational and prioritization skills.
• Attention to detail, critical thinking and analytical skills.

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. Eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
• Paid Time Off: Minimum of 20 days PTO annually, plus nine paid company holidays.
• Wellness Program: Includes tools, discounts, and resources to support wellness goals and caregiving needs. Mental health program provides free professional counseling services, health coaching, and other resources.
• Volunteer Encouragement: Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program to support charitable giving.

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is $99,100.00 - $163,400.00. Performance‑based cash incentive awards may be available.

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.