Director, Growth Analytics

Acrisure•Austin, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Growth Analytics will lead analytics for the Growth and Placement areas of Acrisure’s North American Insurance (NAI) business. This applied role turns data and models into decisions that affect how the business wins, places, and retains business. The director will build and lead a team delivering analytics tied to measurable revenue and placement outcomes, then scale those capabilities across the business. The role owns the analytics agenda for growth and placement, from opportunity sizing through measurement of realized impact. It involves translating ambiguous business problems into clear questions, delivering analyses, models, and tools for producers, placement teams, and leaders, and applying advanced methods to improve revenue growth, carrier and market placement, win rates, and retention. The director embeds analytics into operating workflows, monitors deployment impact, communicates findings to audiences with varied technical backgrounds, and establishes tools and monitoring to guide execution. The director will partner across functions to align priorities, gain support for approaches, and measure outcomes. They will manage intake and opportunity evaluation, set priorities and roadmaps with stakeholders, establish agile operating processes, develop training and self-service capabilities, and serve as a domain expert for future-proofing technology and analytics processes. The position is based in Austin, Texas, with an onsite presence four days per week. It is a full-time role; C2C and C2H employment and visa sponsorship are not offered.

Requirements

10+ years of work experience in data analytics or adjacent quantitative fields such as Analytics, Strategy, Business Operations, or Finance.
3+ years of direct people management experience.
Willing and able to work in the Austin, Texas office four days per week.
Track record of taking analytics from concept to production and demonstrating measurable business impact.
Strong analytical ability and business acumen, including decomposing real-world problems, building financial models, and considering business implications.
Comfort with data and ambiguity, and proficiency in high-growth analytics methods to identify and drive revenue impact.
Ability to contribute directly while developing people and capabilities through team leadership.
Ability to distill complex analysis into clear takeaways for audiences at all levels.
Strong prioritization and ownership in an unstructured environment with competing demands.
Ability to build trust with internal stakeholders and partners, with empathy and a team-first attitude.
Ability to work productively in a fast-paced environment with limited day-to-day oversight.

Nice To Haves

Financial services experience.
Hands-on experience with Palantir (Foundry or similar) to build and deploy operational, decision-oriented analytics.
Experience in insurance, brokerage, or financial services, especially in sales, distribution, or placement analytics.

Responsibilities

Own the analytics agenda for growth and placement in North American Insurance, from sizing opportunities to measuring realized impact.
Translate ambiguous business problems into clear questions and deliver analyses, models, and tools for producers, placement teams, and leaders.
Apply predictive modeling, segmentation, experimentation, and optimization to improve revenue growth, carrier and market placement, win rates, and retention.
Embed analytics in operating workflows and track the business impact of each deployment.
Communicate findings to audiences at every technical level in ways that encourage action.
Set up tools and monitoring to guide execution and develop expertise in the business drivers and choices that optimize performance.
Partner cross-functionally to align priorities, gain buy-in on approaches, and measure impact.
Run intake and evaluate gaps and opportunities; set priorities and manage the roadmap with key stakeholders.
Build and lead a high-performing team and establish operating processes that support agility as the team grows.
Develop training for team members and adjacent stakeholders and enable effective self-service.
Serve as a domain expert to help keep technologies and analytics processes future-proof.