Manager, External Data Strategy

Posted 8 Days Ago
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Hartford, CT, USA
In-Office
99K-163K Annually
Mid level
Insurance
The Role
Lead evaluation and implementation of external data products for personal insurance. Build business cases, partner with product, analytics, and vendors, monitor data product performance, diagnose production issues, ensure data security compliance, and drive cross-functional adoption and remediation for underwriting and product strategies.
Summary Generated by Built In
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 170 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$99,100.00 - $163,400.00

Target Openings
1

What Is the Opportunity?
This role sits at the intersection of data strategy, business analysis, and vendor partnership. This role 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.

You will leverage sharp business acumen, strong data & analytics knowledge, and communication skills to influence stakeholders at all levels. You will assess cost-benefit trade-offs, navigating vendor relationships, and partnering across Product, Distribution and other Personal Insurance value streams to unlock new opportunities. Intellectual curiosity is essential — this role will dig into existing workflows, ask the right questions, and identify where external data can do more.What Will You Do?
  • 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.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
  • Bachelor's degree in business management, mathematics, management information, finance, actuarial science, economics or other analytics-related field.
  • Demonstrate understanding of third party data.
  • Knowledge of the Property and Casualty industry.
  • Performs analysis with of external data implementations 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.
What is a Must Have?
  • Bachelor’s degree, or a minimum of four years of related work experience.
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 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 is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
  • Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. 

In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.

If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree or minimum of four years of related work experience.
  • Demonstrated understanding of third-party/external data.
  • Knowledge of the Property and Casualty insurance industry.
  • Experience performing analysis of external data implementations and impact assessments.
  • Experience leading evaluations and driving implementations of external data solutions.
  • Experience managing vendor relationships and negotiating with data providers.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills (advanced to expert).
  • Strong business and technical acumen, critical thinking and analytical skills.
  • Organization, prioritization skills, and attention to detail.
  • Ability to ensure compliance with data security and protection requirements.

Travelers Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Travelers and has not been reviewed or approved by Travelers.

  • Retirement Support Feedback suggests total rewards are bolstered by a 401(k) match, a company‑funded pension, and a program that contributes to retirement savings when employees make student‑loan payments. These elements are consistently portrayed as standout strengths of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Feedback suggests time off is generous from the start, with substantial PTO, paid holidays, and the option to purchase additional days. Defined leaves such as short‑term disability and bereavement further enhance perceived flexibility.
  • Healthcare Strength Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision coverage is comprehensive, with multiple plan choices, HSAs/FSAs, and robust mental‑health and wellness resources. Day‑one eligibility and added programs like caregiver support and specialty care navigation reinforce depth.

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The Company
HQ: Hartford, CT
35,118 Employees

What We Do

Travelers provides insurance coverage to protect the things that are important to you – your home, your car, your valuables and your business. We have been around for more than 165 years and have earned a reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry because we take care of our customers, agents, brokers, communities and each other. Every day, our approximately 30,000 employees and 13,500 independent agents and brokers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland help provide peace of mind to our customers. Our expertise and focus on innovation have made us an industry leader and the only property casualty company in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Our history of advancements has propelled our company, and our industry, to deliver higher standards – from writing the first auto and space travel policies to founding the Travelers Institute for public policy and launching a hybrid car discount. By minimizing risk, preventing loss and helping our customers prepare for the unknown, Travelers’ comprehensive products and services enable individuals and businesses to feel confident and secure about the future.

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