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Travelers · 3 months ago

Director, Decision Science

Travelers is a leading property casualty insurer with a commitment to customer care and community support. As a Director in Decision Science, you will leverage data expertise and statistical principles to influence business decisions and strategies across various departments, helping to advance analytical maturity and business outcomes.

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Responsibilities

Direct the team in determining and using appropriate techniques that may include diagnostic analysis, active monitoring and/or multivariate modeling methods that can be used to influence strategic business decisions by balancing constraints and opportunities
Be a mentor or resource for less experienced analytic talent, onboard new employees and interns, and provide support for recruiting and talent assessment efforts
Explore and implement new data and analytic tools, techniques and industry best practices to apply to business problems
Interpret and synthesize findings across multiple analyses and influence optimal business action based on balancing business constraints and analytical findings
Build organizational partnerships across lines and functional teams to define and inform key strategic decisions
Ensure sound data strategy, quality, and coding best practices and bring recommendations and suggestions for improvements to supporting areas
Perform other duties as assigned

Qualification

Statistical modelingData analyticsProject managementCloud-enabled programmingExperimental designCommunication skillsRelationship buildingStrategic thinking

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM related field, or a Business School Master's Degree with a concentration in a technical or analytical field
Seven years of related data and analytic experience
Experience using explanatory, diagnostic, and inferential techniques such as experimental design, hypothesis testing, clustering analysis, time series and other statistical modeling algorithms with the ability to decide the appropriate methodology for the purpose
Experience working on large-scale multidimensional data using advanced knowledge of open-source cloud-enabled analytical programming languages
Experience leading and managing complex projects
Ability to think strategically and use judgement to resolve issues as they arise
Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact, tailor, and translate analyses and methodology and influence at senior levels of the organization
Proactively build and own professional business relationships across the Enterprise
Bachelor's degree or five years of experience in data, analytics, engineering, science, technical analytical fields or relevant experience

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.

Company

Travelers

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Travelers provides insurance coverage to protect the things that are important to you – your home, your car, your valuables and your business.

H1B Sponsorship

Travelers has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (75)
2024 (47)
2023 (60)
2022 (42)
2021 (27)
2020 (20)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
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2002-03-22IPO

Leadership Team

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Dan Frey
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Beth Maerz
SVP, Customer, Strategy and Innovation
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