AVP - External Data Evaluations and Investments 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

Data Analytics

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

$157,000.00 - $259,200.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

As the AVP, External Data Evaluation and Investment Lead, you are responsible for establishing and leading the BI External Data team, leveraging extensive knowledge of vendor products and strong analytical skills to support all BI functional areas. The role will drive the overarching BI external data evaluation and investment while collaborating with enterprise external data teams to establish and maintain best practices and a comprehensive discipline for external data evaluation and use cases. The successful candidate will lead a team of seven or more employees.

What Will You Do?

• Lead and manage comprehensive external data projects, from product exploration to acquisition.
•  Oversee key vendor relationships and facilitate product exploration and communication coordination. ​
• Maintain an inventory of BI vendor products and applications, and lead efforts to continuously improve the Use Case governance process and efficiencies. 
• Triage and monitor BI external data spending and utilization. 
• Guide the team in developing best practices for external data evaluation, post monitoring and conduct analytical peer reviews, especially of vendor-provided analyses. 
• Collaborate with external data production enablement teams to influence operational strategy to ensure optimal performance and value 
• Assess value propositions and provide feedback to business partners to inform direction.
• Understand external business drivers and best practices and implement them into the organization as appropriate.
• Collaborate across business lines to understand goals and identify strategies to achieve goals.
• Foster and maintain partnerships with internal and external organizations to orchestrate the most effective methods of value delivery.
• Influence senior management over the need to allocate time for data stewardship.
• Execute on the program delivery aligned with the overall business strategy.
• Provide guidance and coaching for team members; guide your team to advance their subject matter expertise and to identify future leaders to meet Travelers’ business objectives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Leadership experience. 
• Quantitative analysis experience. 
• Strong understanding of insurance products and industry. 
• Exceptional influencing and/or consulting skills; able to build consensus among a diverse group of stakeholders. 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present and translate complex information to senior leadership and non-technical teams.  
• Strong PC skills (MS Office). 
• Regularly challenges conventional thinking.  
• Takes ownership of projects/portfolios of projects and meetings and makes independent recommendations to influence business outcomes.  
• Proficient in Leading Self including exhibiting decisiveness and self-awareness while also effectively managing ambiguity. 
• Proficient in Lead