Director, Enterprise Analytics Data Products

** 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*
* Technology

** 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*
* $ - $

** Target Openings*
* 1

** What Is the Opportunity?*
* Our Enterprise Analytics Data Products Team is seeking a Director to join our organization to lead a data engineering team delivering enterprise data & analytics capabilities in an agile way.  In this position, you will act as a voice of the end-user to guide day-to-day work of the team, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed.  

As a leader of an agile team, you will partner closely with business leaders from multiple lines of business,  architects, and data engineers to deliver an Enterprise Customer Data Asset. Travelers Data Engineering team constructs real time data pipelines that contextualize and provide easy access to data by the entire enterprise. As a Team  Lead, you will play a key role in ensuring a ready backlog of work so that the team can continue to build and expanding analytic data products that support enterprise level insights of our customers as they are happening.

To be successful in this role, you need to have experience leading delivery and ownership of technology data & analytics assets. You will need to be comfortable engaging with numerous teams across the enterprise. You will also need to be comfortable with managing engineering work in cloud technologies.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the US.  The company does not sponsor/support H-1B petitions, TN, or Forms I-983/STEM OPT, this this role.

** What Will You Do?*
* + Define, prioritize and ensure a ready backlog of work for a cross-functional product team, accept final product output, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed.

+ Effectively manage a backlog of deliverables and capabilities as well as 'test and learn'/experimentation targeted at defining/refining future deliverables, measuring performance and adjusting the overall roadmap of deliverables as needed.

+ Translate business strategies and needs into execution ready work for an Agile product team; define team goals and strategy, ensuring alignment with circle and value stream vision;
Articulate team goals and strategy effectively to key stakeholders, Circle Leads, and team members.

+ Act as voice of the end-user; have a deep understanding of and anticipate and proactively seek customer feedback ensuring needs and requirements are clearly defined; ensure team work product meets defined acceptance criteria.

+ Own team backlog, including prioritization and refinement;
Make trade-off decisions to maximize value.

+ Optimize the flow of value by setting objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs) for solutions.

+ Inform and participate in business readiness; understand the impact of change, translate the approach to manage adoption and mitigate resistance.

+ Provide feedback on work-in-progress, clarify requirements and contribute to removing roadblocks or impediments;
Look for opportunities for continuous team and process improvement.

+ Partner with key leaders and peers across to determine resources required to achieve defined business outcomes.

+ Share best practices across teams to ensure alignment and consistency in ways of working within a value stream.

+ Foster an innovative, inclusive and diverse team environment, promoting positive team culture, encouraging collaboration and self-organization.

+ May manage Team Leads.

+ Perform other duties as assigned.

** What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?*
* + Bachelor's degree preferred.

+ Two years of experience in Agile product management preferred.

+ Two years of work experience within the discipline being supported (e.g.: Claim, Risk Control, Technology, Project Management, Production, Application Development, etc.) preferred.

+ Three years of experience articulating and translating business strategy, product vision, and analysis for a product preferred.

+ Agile Mindset:
Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Infuse Agile principles,…