Senior Director, Business Process Management

Travelers; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 127,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) matching program

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Volunteer Encouragement

Job summary

Travelers in Hartford is seeking a Senior Director to lead the Business Process Management team and optimize end-to-end processes across the enterprise. You will drive customer, employee, and agent experiences by shaping strategies and ensuring efficient change management.

The role requires strong leadership, Six Sigma/Agile expertise, and a track record of delivering measurable business benefits through collaboration and strategic direction.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience in operations, collaborating on projects, or working in a related field.
• 3 years of leading, coaching, and/or indirect or direct management experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop organizational strategies aligned with enterprise and business unit goals.
• Identify and assess recommendations for process improvement opportunities and may initiate and implement large / multiple improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate and influence to ensure efforts are focused on the most impactful initiatives across the enterprise to support the successful realization of business benefits and implementation of strategies.
• Own and optimize the performance of an assigned capability or business area(s) and/or technologies, ensuring process efficiency by influencing stakeholders, requesting, and obtaining the proper tools, resources and funding to maximize business value.
• Own, lead, and influence the end-to-end execution of high complexity initiatives that have a broader impact across the line of business, including benefits monitoring, benefits realization.
• Accountable for the buy-in and implementation of process improvement opportunities to drive business results within your portfolio(s).
• Ensure priorities and recommendations are aligned with long term goals by understanding various business strategies and the impact work will have across the enterprise and business unit.
• Coordinate with leaders across multiple business areas to ensure goals are aligned to overall business strategy.
• Coach team members on process improvement tools, methodologies, approaches, and foundational knowledge to ensure the successful rollout and enhancements across all initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Six Sigma

Agile methodology

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

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

$126,500.00 - $208,700.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

At Travelers, we aim to deliver exceptional customer and agent experiences, drive top-line revenue and underwriting results, and foster a culture of innovation and efficiency across the enterprise. The Business Process Management (BPM) team is committed to managing and improving performance of end-to-end processes critical to business while continuously exploring opportunities to advance and mature process capabilities in addition to collaborating and influencing business partners to ensure their understanding of all initiatives and strategies. As a Sr Director in Business Process Management, you will drive customer, employee, and agent experiences by optimizing end to end business processes for operational effectiveness and efficiency. Fostering and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement, you will develop and own opportunities to improve business results, influence strategy, and ensure seamless change management processes. Having insight into enterprise initiatives, you will assess the impact of ongoing initiatives and leverage them as appropriate.

What Will You Do?

• Develop organizational strategies aligned with enterprise and business unit goals.
• Identify and assess recommendations for process improvement opportunities and may initiate and implement large / multiple improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate and influence to ensure efforts are focused on the most impactful initiatives across the enterprise to support the successful realization of business benefits and implementation of strategies.
• Own and optimize the performance of an assigned capability or business area(s) and/or technologies, ensuring process efficiency by influencing stakeholders, requesting, and obtaining the proper tools, resources and funding to maximize business value.
• Own, lead, and influence the end-to-end execution of high complexity initiatives that have a broader impact across the line of business, including benefits monitoring, benefits realization.
• Accountable for the buy-in and implementation of process improvement opportunities to drive business results within your portfolio(s).
• Ensure priorities and recommendations are aligned with long term goals by understanding various business strategies and the impact work will have across the enterprise and business unit.
• Coordinate with leaders across multiple business areas to ensure goals are aligned to overall business strategy.
• Coach team members on process improvement tools, methodologies, approaches, and foundational knowledge to ensure the successful rollout and enhancements across all initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Experience with Six Sigma and Agile methodology.
• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 7 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and planning effective strategies, with the ability to lead a team to implement those strategies.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to manage change, develop employees, and align resources to accomplish key objectives.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence and interact with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to collaborate with business leadership to understand goals and identify strategies to achieve goals.
• Forward thinker with the ability to bring industry best practices and regulatory knowledge to the table in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

What is a Must Have?

• 6 years of experience in operations, collaborating on projects, or working in a related field.
• 3 years of leading, coaching, and/or indirect or direct management 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/.