Director, Decision Science Corporate & People Analytics

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 $139,400.00 - $230,000.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? At Travelers, our vision is to advance our ability to fuel analytic-driven business decisions by accelerating cross-enterprise collaboration and capabilities. As a Director, Decision Science, you will combine data expertise, statistical principles, business understanding, relationship building, and communication skills that will help to advance analytical maturity and business outcomes. In this position, you own problems end to end. From understanding the business need, to sourcing the data, to building the model, to putting a tool in someone's hands that changes how they make decisions. We work alongside excellent embedded data engineers — not across a ticket queue — and we deliver. What Will You Do? Explore and implement new data and analytic tools, techniques and industry best practices to apply to business problems. Interpret and synthesize findings across multiple analyses and influence optimal business action based on balancing business constraints and analytical findings. Build organizational partnerships across lines and functional teams to define and inform key strategic decisions. Ensure sound data strategy, quality, and coding best practices and bring recommendations and suggestions for improvements to supporting areas. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? You've built production systems, not just notebooks. You're comfortable with ambiguity — half the job is figuring out the right question. You can talk to a C-suite exec and a data engineer in the same day. You'd rather build the thing than manage the people building the thing Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM related field, or a Business School Master’s Degree with a concentration in a technical or analytical field. Seven years of related data and analytic experience. Experience using explanatory, diagnostic, and inferential techniques such as experimental design, hypothesis testing, clustering analysis, time series and other statistical modeling algorithms with the ability to decide the appropriate methodology for the purpose. Experience working on large-scale multidimensional data using advanced knowledge of open-source cloud-enabled analytical programming languages. Experience leading and managing complex projects. Ability to think strategically and use judgement to resolve issues as they arise. Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact, tailor, and translate analyses and methodology and influence at senior levels of the organization. Proactively build and own professional business relationships across the Enterprise. What is a Must Have? Bachelor’s degree or five years of experience in data, analytics, engineering, science, technical analytical fields or relevant 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 Travelers has more than 30,000 employees in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. >> Explore life at Travelers . Open to all employees, our 10 Diversity Networks celebrate culture and communities and create spaces for all employees through powerful forums for dialogue and support. >> Discover diversity and inclusion. Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment. >> Explore benefits . Travelers has been recognized by organizations such as G.I. Jobs and Military Times. >> Read more about recognition. Our employees are valuable assets to their hometowns, volunteering for important causes each year. >> Learn about community involvement. Imagine other opportunities here.