Director, Data Engineering - BI Pricing Model Support

The Travelers Companies•Hartford, CT

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About The Position

As a Data Engineering Director at Travelers, you'll lead our Business Insurance model implementation initiatives by bridging technical expertise with strategic vision. You'll lead and develop a growing engineering team while maturing our engineering practices to enable our pricing strategies across various insurance product lines (GL, Property, CMP, Specialty). Your leadership will drive innovation in how we capture, process, and deliver data and model assets that empower our actuarial and data science partners. Beyond technical oversight, you'll champion data quality standards, implement MLOps best practices, and cultivate strong cross-functional relationships. The ideal candidate combines technical data engineering expertise with the ability to translate complex business requirements into innovative solutions that demonstrate thought leadership. Your contributions will strengthen our pricing strategies in a dynamic insurance marketplace.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent training with data tools, techniques, and manipulation.
Five years of data engineering or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in STEM related field or equivalent
Five or more years of related experience
Two or more years of management experience
Advanced knowledge of data tools, techniques, and manipulation including cloud platforms, programming languages, and technology platforms.

Responsibilities

Partner with Data Science and Actuarial Product teams to understand business requirements and translate them into robust data solutions for model development and analytic solutions in support of GL, Property, CMP, and Specialty
Design and implement datasets that power analytical processes in support of BI's pricing strategies
Execute data preparation including exploration, cleansing, and transformation to ensure high-quality inputs for pricing use cases with an understanding of enterprise architecture, consumption patterns, platforms and application infrastructure
Embed data Management practices to maintain data quality and data governance standards
Adopt MLOps practices throughout the model development lifecycle
Manage the operationalizing and automating of all capabilities to ensure secure, supported and scalable solutions
Provide data expertise within the BI analytics community, supporting pricing model delivery and educating users on strategic data sourcing
Present analysis and recommendations to help influence management decisions
Guide and coach team members to accelerate career development
Establish team processes and procedures
Maintain relationships with partner teams to ensure needs are met and impacted areas plan work accordingly
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 caregiving 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.

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