The Travelers Companies, Inc

Agile Product Owner- Data and Analytics

The Travelers Companies, Inc$99K — $163K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • Minimum two years in Agile product management.
  • At least two years of experience in Data & Analytics application development (ETL/ELT, Data Warehousing, Reporting).
  • Strong understanding of Agile principles with an emphasis on team collaboration and self-organization.
  • Excellent communication and influence skills, able to adjust messaging for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Define and prioritize the product backlog to ensure alignment with team and business goals.
  • Manage deliverables and foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement.
  • Act as the voice of the end-user, translating their feedback into actionable requirements.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure team objectives align with broader organizational strategies.
  • Optimize value flow by setting clear objectives and performance metrics for deliverables.
  • Facilitate business readiness and change management processes ensuring smooth adoption of new initiatives.
  • Champion a diverse and inclusive team culture, promoting collaboration among cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • Health insurance available from the first day of employment for employees and eligible family members.
  • 401(k) matching program and contributions linked to student loan payments.
  • Minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid holidays.
  • Comprehensive wellness program with mental health support and resources.
  • Encouragement and rewards for volunteer work in the community, with matching gift opportunities.
Full Job Description
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.

About The Travelers Companies, Inc

Travelers is an insurance leader, committed to keeping pace with the ever-changing needs of their customers and anticipating their needs for the future. There is no stronger testament to their dedication to protecting customers from loss than their continued innovation and ability to transform their industry. In fact, from the first-ever auto and space travel policies and hybrid car discount, to the 2009 founding of The Travelers Institute for public policy, their history of advancements has propelled their company—and their industry—towards ever higher standards for customers. Travelers is a company that works hard at the science of what they do: they analyze information, process perspectives and measure results to create the best combination of products and services. They work equally hard at customer service and how they interact with the people whom they do business. Over the years, they've strived to earn their customer's loyalty by continually improving their abilities to listen and respond to their needs.

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Size
30,800 employees
Market Cap
$44.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.6 billion
Founded
1853
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$32 billion
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