Director, Delivery Lead

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 160 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

$117,200.00 - $193,400.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers is seeking a Dir, Delivery Lead to join our organization as we grow and transform our Agile landscape. In this position, you will leverage your expertise to lead and influence Agile practices at the Circle (team of teams) level. The Dir, Delivery Lead is accountable for the execution of the Program Increment (PI) plan for a Circle or program, partnering with key stakeholders to deliver a portfolio of solutions and capabilities with responsiveness/speed to market, efficiency, predictability, and quality. You will optimize the flow of work and help the Circle/Program creatively solve problems to accomplish outcomes by bringing visibility (KPIs, Metrics, Dashboards, etc.,) and championing continuous improvement. This role may manage others.

What Will You Do?

• The Director, Delivery Lead typically performs the following at the Circle (team of teams) level:
• Optimize the flow of valuable solutions in a multi-team environment by reducing dependencies, hand-offs, and systemic waste.
• Plan and facilitate Program Increment planning events; ensure work is incorporated in Program Increment plans and capacity is reserved for technical and operational enablers, refactoring, and unknowns.
• Build feedback loops through cross-team reviews and engage all key stakeholders, promoting faster learning cycles.
• Drive relentless improvement through multi-team retrospectives, metrics, assessment analysis, and other means.
• Escalate and track risks and impediments to eliminate systemic waste to improve the flow of value.
• Create transparency into the progress of cross-team work through visible boards, operational metrics, forums, dashboards, etc.
• Manage cross-team dynamics. Coordinate team building and cross-team communication.
• Promote and teach effective software delivery practices.
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Five years of experience in an agile/execution role delivering technology solutions on a demanding schedule including delivery of several epics, releases and versions and application of a wide variety of patterns and techniques (i.e., multi-team planning techniques, facilitating retrospectives, dependency management, etc.) preferred.
• Programming/development experience preferred.
• Strong technical knowledge and a deep strategic mindset preferred.
• Proven analytical skills and experience making decisions based on hard and soft data preferred.
• Strong knowledge of the line of business with the ability to develop and leverage business and/or vendor partnerships, consult on business priorities, and optimize value through solution identification aligned with business objectives preferred.

What is a Must Have?

• 2 years of relevant technology experience required.
• 2 years of people management or team leadership experience required.
• 2 years of Program Management in an Agile environment or related experience required.

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 contribut