Lead Analytics Engineer

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Position Title:

Lead Analytics Engineer Reporting To:
Data & Analytics Enablement Leader

Location:

Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Manhattan About Hiscox:

Hiscox USA was established in 2006 to focus primarily on the needs of small and middle market commercial clients, via both the broker and direct distribution channels and is today the fastest-growing business unit within the Hiscox Group.

Hiscox USA offers a broad portfolio of commercial products, including technology, cyber & data risk, multiple professional liability lines, media, entertainment, management liability, crime, kidnap & ransom, commercial property and terrorism.

About the Hiscox Data Team:

The Hiscox Data Team is transforming data maturity across the organization to accelerate business growth and efficiency using Data, Analytics, and AI. The virtual team consists of a central function driving alignment, Business Unit teams identifying commercial value and providing execution capacity and technology providing for Data Engineering and ML Operations services.

We aim to empower colleagues by improving data fluency and promote a data-driven, insight-led culture that supports informed, customer-centric decisions. Commercial focus, continuous improvement and product centric delivery is at the heart of everything we do.

The Role:

The Lead Analytics Engineer is responsible for advancing retained knowledge across US Data Engineering practices, generating efficiency in bridging the gap between business and technology execution, and driving value by making data available and intelligible for all users. This position serves as the strategic technical lead for business context translation, data innovation, cross-functional collaboration, and enterprise-wide data management initiatives. Building upon the Senior Data & Analytics Specialist foundation, this role elevates responsibilities to include the creation and stewardship of innovation labs/environments, oversight of Learning & Development (L&D) content for US Data in the Learning Hub and Data Marketplace, and the design and implementation of training and cross-skilling programs for building retained knowledge across the team.

The Lead Data & Analytics Specialist is a forward-thinking leader who influences business outcomes, fosters a culture of continuous learning, and ensures the effective use and accessibility of data as a strategic asset for Hiscox US products.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Serve as the lead data and analytics technologist for multiple cross-functional teams, guiding access to and analysis of data and information.

Own, manage, and measure the effective use of analytics and intelligence data by team members and business stakeholders (including managing use cases across data and business function domains)
Establish and manage innovation labs and environments to pilot new data products, tools, and methodologies, fostering a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement.

Conduct research and horizon scanning to identify emerging data and analytics trends, evaluating applicability to support business objectives.

Generate, curate, and manage US Data L&D content in the Learning Hub, ensuring timely, relevant, and accessible resources for data professionals and business users.

Design and implement comprehensive training plans for team members and business users, including cross-skilling and up-skilling programs for data teams to promote data literacy and advanced analytics capabilities.

Champion continuous professional development, leading/mentoring senior and junior data specialists and engineering team members and facilitating coaching conversations at all organizational levels.

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand…