VP, Insights & Analytics Innovation Leader

QBE Americas, Inc.; New York, Water Street (NY, PA); Hybrid; USD 183,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a VP of Insights & Analytics Innovation to lead a dynamic team in transforming complex data into actionable insights. This pivotal role involves collaborating with various departments to enhance data-driven decision-making and optimize analytics products. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in data analytics, exceptional communication skills, and a strong ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. Join a forward-thinking organization where your expertise will drive strategic initiatives and foster innovation in data usage, making a significant impact on business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in data analytics and leadership.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Create and optimize data analytics products to drive business insights.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure analytics align with business objectives.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Data Visualization

Data Aggregation

Communication Skills

Analytic Requirements Translation

Project Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

D3.js

Angular

Node.js

SAS

R

Python

Stata

Job description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

The Opportunity

The North America Data Organization is responsible for developing and implementing organizational data strategy, leading data and analytics capabilities to enable better business outcomes, and driving productization and innovation of data usage across QBE NA. The team ensures that QBE NA leverages data as a driver for business value enablement through effective collaboration across our business and functional teams. The VP, Insights & Analytics Innovation Leader will lead a team of experts responsible for translating complex data inputs into clear and actionable insights for business and functional teams to support the achievement of strategic NA business objectives. This leader will ensure the successful delivery and continued optimization of best-in-class data analytics products, services, and solutions to support business and functional teams, while working toward next-generation analytics capabilities across the portfolio to improve self-service functionality, uncover non-obvious value drivers, and enhance near-real-time delivery of insights. The VP is expected to work in close partnership with NA Data, IT, data science, digital, business, and functional leaders, and external partners. The role will act in an advisory capacity to enable data-driven decision-making across NA business and functional teams. This role will report directly to QBE NA's Head of Data and will be a member of the NA Data Leadership Team.

Location & Work Arrangement

• Location: New York City (55 Water Street, NY)

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid, with an expectation to be in the office 2-3 days per week.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is between $183,000 and $275,000. The offer will be based on the role's complexity, location, and the candidate's background, including education and experience. Beyond base salary, employees are eligible for QBE's annual discretionary bonus based on performance. We encourage all candidates to apply, even if their expectations fall outside this range, as we seek the right fit for our team.

Your New Role

• Create, own, and optimize a suite of compelling data analytics products, services, and solutions that translate complex data inputs into actionable insights to drive business, functional, and strategic priorities across NAO.

• Partner with NA Data leadership, IT, data science, and digital teams to ensure analytics product delivery aligns with business value objectives.

• Translate trends and non-obvious data insights into actionable strategies to accelerate decision-making and improve productivity. Support strategic priorities across various teams including Specialty, Commercial, Underwriting, Claims, Operations, and Finance.

• Operationalize and continuously optimize the 'productization' of analytics delivery in partnership with the Data Product and Platforms team.

• Support the establishment of UX capabilities (wireframing, prototyping, design libraries) to enhance customer-centric data design, in partnership with the Data Design team.

• Influence the data capabilities roadmap by advancing data visualization, self-service functionality, and near-real-time insights delivery.

• Collaborate with IT delivery, actuarial, data science, and business groups on analytic delivery efforts.

• Maintain expertise in data analytics, including data aggregation, wrangling, modeling, visualization, and web technologies (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, D3.js, Angular, Node.js).

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

• 10+ years relevant experience.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to influence at all levels.

• Experience translating strategic objectives into analytic requirements, with a background in analytics, data science, and AI/ML at Fortune 500 companies.

• Proficiency in statistical packages (SAS, R, Python, Stata), data visualization software, and open-source web technologies.

• Experience working with actuarial, data science, technical, and business teams to develop critical analytics solutions.

• Comfort with ambiguity, fast-paced environments, and technical leadership.

• Project management skills including planning, issue management, and reporting.

Additional Information

The compensation package and benefits are detailed above. We value diversity and are committed to providing accommodations for individuals with disabilities. QBE is an equal opportunity employer.