Business Insights and Analytics Manager

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Build a brilliant future with Hiscox
 

Position: Business Insights and Analytics Manager  

Reporting to: SVP, Head of HUC

Location: Boston, Hartford CT, Manhattan NYC

The Role:

As a key member of the Distribution Leadership team, reporting to the Head of Hiscox Underwriting Center (HUC), this role will oversee all Analytics operations related to retail Distribution.  It is charged with influencing, coordinating, and implementing our yearly business plans and our overall Distribution strategy through Analytics.  The role creates accountability for achieving business objectives by aligning business initiatives to our strategy and business plans, building measures of success and ensuring business milestones are achieved.

The best candidate will have demonstrated experience in the commercial insurance broker space.  This role requires a highly collaborative individual with a proven ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships across an organization.  This role influences stakeholders in making data driven decisions and needs to bring strong analytical skills.  Additionally, the right candidate will have exceptional organizational skills, be able to prioritize while working on multiple projects and be comfortable making recommendations that align with business priorities. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Influence, coordinate and implement initiatives aligned with the distribution strategy across all channels

• Working in close partnership with stakeholders, develop and lead both broker and partner segmentation strategies and implementation of segmentation with an annual review of input and outcomes

• Demonstrable strategic, analytical, and critical thinking skills.  Use data to influence others, solve business problems and through decisioning

• Oversee and influence commissions and compensation strategies in both broker and partner channels

• Manage the business forecasting and planning processes in coordination with finance and the distribution leadership team

• Coordinate the requirements for training and development across distribution and in partnership with Learning and Development

• Provide ad-hoc and proactive data and analysis to support distribution leadership including preparation for board meetings

• Lead ad-hoc projects as needed

Please provide a cover letter and resume which clearly communicates that you are the person to take on this challenge at Hiscox USA.

Here are some of the requirements we would ideally like to see:

• Bachelor’s degree or 7+ years of relevant experience

• 6-10 years of working experience, preferably in commercial insurance and working with wholesale brokers

• Demonstrable strategic, analytical, and critical thinking skills.  Use data to influence others, solve business problems and through decisioning

• Strong interpersonal skills, solid business acumen, ability to influence key stakeholders

• Experience successfully managing projects from ideation through implementation

• Comfortable working autonomously with minimal direction

• Act as a conduit to other business functions

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong work ethic with high attention to detail and results focused mentality

• Demonstrates business acumen with the ability to contribute to the overall Hiscox USA strategy

• Effective at driving complex-multi-stakeholder and cross-team programs to desired results while managing risk

• Ability to create effective relationships, influence and collaborate internally and externally at all organizational levels

• Deadline- driven, organized and able to multitask

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint)

Hiscox Values:

At Hiscox our spirit is in Challenging Convention and everything we do is guided by our Values.

• Courage: Do the right thing however hard

• Quality: World class where it matters

• Integrity: True to our word

• Excellence in Execution: Consistent, timely, efficient delivery

• Human: Firm, fair and inclusive

What Hiscox USA Offers:

• Competitive salary and bonus (based on personal & company performance) 

• 401(k) with competitive company matching 

• Comprehensive health insurance, vision, dental and FSA plans (medical, limited purpose, and dependent care)  

• Company paid gr