Assistant Vice President, Digital Applications

Travelers • Hartford, CT

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About The Position

Travelers is one of the nation's premier property casualty insurers and a proud member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average — and our newly formed Enterprise Data, Digital and Analytics (EDDA) business unit represents a bold, strategic investment in how we harness data and digital experience as a cornerstone of Travelers' future. The Assistant Vice President of Digital Applications Architecture will report directly to the Chief Architect and help shape the long-term strategy for this area. This is a rare opportunity — to meet the scale and ambition of a Dow 30 insurer that is serious about the customer and agent experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in technology related field or equivalent, with 10+ years of architecture experience.
• Advanced level architecture and recent hands-on strong engineering experience with modern technologies.
• Successful creation and execution of complex, large scale technology strategies and initiatives.
• Extensive executive leadership experience with a proven ability to shape and influence enterprise-wide technology strategy and business decisions.
• Strong record of leading the development of strategic technology direction and architecture vision for their area of responsibility, as well as managing and mentoring technology architects and engineers to deliver impactful results.
• Ability to align multi-team goals and architectural strategies with the organization’s mission and long-term objectives, while effectively balancing strategic planning with day-to-day operational needs.
• Advanced leadership skills are essential, including the ability to coach and develop senior talent, foster collaboration across engineering and business functions, and drive innovation through thought leadership and empowerment.
• This individual will be a visible, trusted executive who models organizational values, builds enterprise credibility, and inspires teams to deliver transformative business and technology outcomes.
• Extensive experience working an agile operational model.
• Advanced experience supporting transformational change.
• Able to adjust plans, priorities and strategies in response to changing circumstances.
• Experience developing technology target states and roadmaps that align to short- and long-term business goals.
• Advanced understanding of value creation and business capability models.
• Advanced knowledge of the insurance industry.
• Advanced experience identifying and analyzing current/future problems and opportunities, valuating information to understand root causes, and exploring alternative solutions for effective decision-making.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve mutually responsible results.
• Extensive experience exercising sound judgment, making decisions and committing to a position.
• Advanced and effective verbal, written and listening communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
• 8 additional years of architecture/software engineering experience.
• 3 years of technical leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

• Insurance technology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end experience-enablement technical strategy across internal and external digital properties, Sales and Service, Call Center, Agency Lifecycle Management, and Marketing, focused on a deeper understanding of our customers and producers and enhancing and simplifying their experience.
• Drive Data 360 and Agentforce strategy, guide major business unit Salesforce initiatives, and set direction for contact-center and conversational AI capabilities including Genesys.
• Architect the approach to marketing and content platforms — including AI-enabled content management across Unily and Optimizely and agentic-engine optimization for external-facing marketing presence.
• Lead a team of architects aligned to the Digital Applications Value Stream.
• Own architecture accountability for Agency Lifecycle Management.
• Oversee the Producer Lifecycle modernization effort.
• Set the technical direction for Customer Intelligence & Activation strategic investment.
• Guide the team's work across these platforms with an eye toward AI-first thinking.
• Champion the integration of architecture and emerging technology so that Travelers' digital experiences remain modern, resilient, and differentiated in the market.
• Act as a hands-on solution architect who ensures vision translates into sound, secure, and scalable delivery.
• Define target state technology architecture and roadmaps.
• Ensure alignment of initiatives to target state, enterprise standards and business objectives.
• Proactively identify opportunities to capitalize on technology advances through analysis of key industry and technology trends to assess potential impact on the enterprise.
• Define and lead large technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of architecture solutions.
• Champion continuous transformation to optimize business and technology outcomes, including to minimize technical debt.
• Provide strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern architecture principles and technology modernization.
• Engage closely with and influence senior leadership within Technology and Business to develop architecture priorities and direction to enable business imperatives.
• Foster an ongoing partnership with Technology leadership to build strong relationships with engineering to ensure proper alignment of skills with technology direction.
• Optimize talent strategy to ensure proper mix of resources.
• Proactively attract, develop, engage, and retain high performing talent.
• Set clear goals, provide ongoing feedback, and hold talent accountable.
• Promptly address performance issues.
• Prepare and deliver comprehensive communications to convey architectural direction and how it aligns to business strategy.
• Shape organizational relationships and inspire buy-in.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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 carecaregiving 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive