Manager, External Data Strategy

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Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is $99,100.00 - $163,400.00. The actual salary will be determined by factors including scope, complexity, location, skills, education, training, credentials, and experience. Employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

About the role

This role sits at the intersection of data strategy, business analysis, and vendor partnership. You will evaluate the value of external data products, build compelling business cases, and drive initiatives from concept through execution. Strong collaboration with business partners is at the core of this work — partnering with product management, data science, and analytics teams to translate external data capabilities into delivering on strategies that enable new business capabilities and better outcomes for our customers.

Responsibilities

• Drive discussions with data providers regarding new product offerings and existing product enhancements.
• Lead discussions with product strategy and R&D teams regarding the business value of external data sources.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to develop comprehensive business requirements and support training and communication for broader organization.
• Diagnose and solve for production external data issues.
• Responsible for leading evaluations and working with the teams to update existing solutions and drive implementations of external data.
• Monitor the performance of external data products and their underwriting strategies.
• Responsible for bringing awareness on vendor outages and in some instances working with the product teams to get resolution to impacted policies.
• Responsible for researching existing systems with regard to external data and developing impact assessments for issues and strategic efforts.
• Ensure compliance with data security and protection requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business management, mathematics, management information, finance, actuarial science, economics or other analytics-related field, or a minimum of four years of related work experience.
• Demonstrate understanding of third party data.
• Knowledge of the Property and Casualty industry.
• Performs analysis of external data implementations and understands the impacts of decisions on the broader organization.
• Works with a team to support development of new product strategies.
• Demonstrates strong business and technical acumen.
• Drives results and acts with a sense of urgency.
• Customer focused orientation.
• Advanced to expert oral and written communication skills.
• Organization and prioritization skills a must.
• Attention to detail, with critical thinking and analytical skills.

Benefits

• 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 includes tools, discounts, and resources to support your wellness goals and caregiving needs. Access to free professional counseling services, health coaching, and other mental health resources is also provided.
• Volunteer Encouragement: Travelers offers a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.