Director, Business Insights

Job Details

Seniority level:
Director

Employment type:

Full‑time
Job function:
Marketing and Sales

Location:

1 National Life Dr, Montpelier, VT 05604

Come join one of America’s fastest‑growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Throughout that history, we have provided peace of mind to those families as they plan their futures.

Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard.

We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values:
Do good. Be good. Make good.

Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

We are seeking a visionary and strategic leader to head our analytics function, responsible for transforming data into actionable insights that drive business performance across life & annuity operations. The role will lead the development and execution of a comprehensive analytics strategy that enhances decision‑making, mitigates risk, improves operational efficiency, and strengthens our competitive position.

The ideal candidate will act as a key liaison between analytics and business stakeholders, ensuring team efforts are aligned with organizational goals. They will champion a data‑driven culture by crafting compelling data narratives and advancing data literacy across life & annuity operations.

With a strong strategic lens, this role will identify critical business drivers, forecast emerging trends, and support high‑impact decisions through advanced modeling and scenario planning. The successful candidate will collaborate cross‑functionally to enhance our data infrastructure and governance, while leading, mentoring, and growing a high‑performing analytics team. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact at both a strategic and operational level.

This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you are in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days (Monday–Thursday). The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion.

• Lead and execute an analytics strategy that defines how life & annuity operations will use data and analytics to drive decision‑making, improve efficiency, reduce risk, enhance customer experience, and gain competitive advantage. Successful execution will be measured by leaders’ ability to see through new eyes in managing the business and driving improved performance.
• Identify performance drivers, anticipate trends, identify risks, and guide life & annuity operations by delivering complex models/solutions that support scenario planning and allow objective assessment of strategic decisions. Serve as a thought partner for business leaders providing advice and counsel on managing by the metrics.
• Develop a deep understanding of business needs in close collaboration with senior business leaders. Leverage prior experience acting as a player coach to seed new ideas. Focus team efforts on finding creative solutions to complex problems (e.g., capacity planning). Spearhead the creation of advanced reports and user‑friendly analytics solutions that guide decision making.
• Empower stakeholders to take specific action by crafting compelling data narratives that unveil hidden truths. Develop a strategy to teach and promote data literacy across life & annuity operations.
• Collaborate with data engineering and data governance to drive continuous improvement focused on enhancing data continuity, accuracy, and value. Support enterprise efforts to democratize Gen AI by identifying and executing approved use cases relevant to life & annuity operations.
• Elevate the analytical capabilities of the team through coaching, mentoring, and demonstrating more advanced analytical…