Agile Product Owner- Data and Analytics

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 $99,100.00 - $163,400.00 Target Openings 1 What Is the Opportunity? Travelers is seeking an Agile Product Owner to lead a team to deliver Data & Analytics capabilities/solutions in an agile way. In this position, you will partner with key disciplines to transform our Data & Analytics platforms into a modern data ecosystem. This position will act as a voice of the end-user to guide day-to-day work multiple teams, focusing on achievement of defined outcomes versus defining how the work is completed. As a Product Owner in the Data & Analytics team, you will partner with circle leadership to support the implementation of a D&A strategy across Travelers Enterprise, keeping the customer at the center of this journey-led transformation. You will use your experience and ability to influence and guide others to help set strategic direction for the solution with accountability for the execution ensuring alignment to long term strategy and essential business outcomes. This position reports to the D&A Circle Lead and will be a key member of the team driving this transformation across the company. You will apply strong business acumen and leadership in partnership with technology counterparts to enable teams to achieve their goals. You will work closely with Circle leadership and vendor partners to help create and expand on our D&A ecosystem while delivering results in service to business strategy. To successfully integrate, your team will work with many different disciplines across Travelers, including Finance, Operations, and our Payment and Billing Platforms. You will work with key Enterprise payment and billing functions to contribute toward an exceptional change management focus that enables quick adoption, onboarding, and exciting new employee experiences. This position will strategically interface with key business and technology stakeholders to integrate Payments & Billing data across multiple lines of business. As an organizational leader, you will have the ability to shape and develop the team working towards these goals via coaching, mentoring and empowering. What Will You Do? Define, prioritize, and ensure a ready backlog of work for a smaller scale 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. Understand and implement 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 respond to customer feedback ensuring needs and requirements are clearly defined; ensure teamwork 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, implement 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 to effectively communicate 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. Perform other duties as assigned. What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? Bachelor’s degree. Two years of experience in Agile product management. Two years of experience with Data & Analytics application development (ETL/ELT, Data Warehousing and Reporting) Agile Mindset: Embody Agile core values of openness, courage, respect, focus, and commitment. Product Mindset: Focus on defining a product value proposition that aligns with and supports the circle/value stream objectives, and which is the north star for the team. Influence: Ability to influence behaviors of leaders and without traditional hierarchy. Servant Leadership: Foster an environment where individuals thrive as empowered and equal members of a team. Communication: Ability to communicate thoughts, concepts, practices effectively at all levels, adjusting as needed to a target audience. Collaboration: Expertise working with others in a cross-functional multi-team environment. Continuous Improvement: Demonstrate a commitment to continually improve, share learning with others, and encourage team development. What is a Must Have? Two years of work experience in related field. What Is in It for You? 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. Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions. If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email 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 .