VP, Data Engineering & Platforms

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 160 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 CategoryTechnologyCompensation OverviewThe 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$233,800.00 - $362,200.00Target Openings1What Is the Opportunity?We are seeking a dynamic and visionary VP, Data Engineering to join our team. This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior level leadership role that is critical to shaping the future of our data and related technology platforms, and driving cross-functional collaboration across the company. You will be a leader, a mentor, and a motivator, working with data-engineering and data-science leads from across the company to tackle the hardest and most exciting challenges in the insurance industry. As a VP, Data Engineering, you will drive growth and transformation of our data & analytics landscape. In this role, you will oversee teams designing, building and integrating data solutions / platforms that capture, explore, transform and utilize data and enable delivery of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and business intelligence/insights capabilities. You will also be leading Data Engineering Chapter / Community throughout Travelers – leading definition and adoption of engineering best practices, overseeing skills transformation and leading simplification & modernization of technology assets and platforms in the data & analytics space – which includes growing and adopting our Cloud-based capabilities for ongoing Data & Analytics capabilities.

Define & drive delivery of the long-term strategy related to data and related technology platforms – including our data lake, data warehouses, analytics & modeling platforms and our business insights delivery tools.

Set the data engineering strategy to ensure secure, well-supported and scalable solutions.

Align data strategies and consumption patterns - in alignment with enterprise architectures standards, platforms and application infrastructure teams.

Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and industry trends, continuously improving our data and technology platforms.

Champion the development of best practices and standards for data engineering and technology platforms.

Guide data engineering leaders to advance their subject matter expertise and to develop future leaders to meet Travelers’ business objectives.

Directly lead and mentor data technology and engineering support and development teams for enterprise assets.

Collaborate with data engineering leads from across the company to drive cross-functional initiatives – including skills transformation, simplification and modernization of data & analytics technology platforms and drive quality and standardization of our data engineering tools and patterns.

Mentor and motivate data engineering teams to achieve their full potential and take on challenging projects.

Present recommendations to executives and negotiate and influence executive leadership decisions.

Oversee and direct the development of functional business plans with direct impact on company revenue, expense, and growth.

Act as a “trusted advisor" across the company and are recognized as an external expert.

Directly lead enterprise budgets while influencing / coordinating data engineering and related technology investments across Travelers

Perform other duties as assigned.

Employment PracticesTravelers is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we can deliver the very best products and services when our workforce reflects the diverse customers and communities we serve. We are committed to recruiting, retaining and developing the diverse talent of all of our employees and fostering an inclusive workplace, where we celebrate differences, promote belonging, and work together to deliver extraordinary results.If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email (4-ESU@travelers.com) 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/ .