Vice President, Business Analytics

				Overview:

We are seeking a dynamic VP Business Analytics to lead our business analytics team and promote data-driven insights across the organization. This strategic role will be instrumental in shaping our business strategy, enhancing operational efficiency, and delivering measurable business value.

Responsibilities:

* Strategic Leadership: Direct the creation and continuous improvement of dashboards & data analysis to support internal stakeholders ensuring insights are easily accessible and actionable
* Opportunity Identification: Guide the business analytics team to identify major opportunities using our data and 3rd party data, influencing underwriting, pricing, distribution, operations, and product development
* Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor KPIs to assess business performance, and operational efficiency. Provide regular reporting and recommendations to senior leadership
* Team Management: Lead and mentor a high-performing analytics team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Promote best practices in data analysis and visualization with a focus on insight generation and call to action
* Cross-Organizational Collaboration: Work with underwriting, claims, product development, pricing, operation, sales & distributions teams to align dashboarding, reporting and analytics needs with business objectives. Increase and foster collaboration between the Business Analytics and Data Science teams
* Technical Expertise: Leverage your knowledge of data analytics tools and platforms to create, maintain, and optimize dashboards.
* Stakeholder Communication: Act as a liaison between technical teams and business units, translating complex data requirements and analytical findings clearly to stakeholders at all levels, influencing decision-making and promoting a data-driven culture
* Ongoing Innovation: Stay at the cutting edge of data analytics and visualization technologies, continuously improving processes and solutions

Qualifications:

* Advanced academic degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Business Statistics, Operational Research, or a related field. Relevant certifications are a plus
* 10+ years of experience in a Business & Data Analytics role within the insurance or financial services industry. Strong preference for commercial insurance experience
* 8+ years of management experience in a leadership role overseeing data analysis and visualization deliverables. (Teams of 15+ people; Manager of mangers)
* Strong technical skills in Power BI, SQL and Python. Familiarity with other visualization solutions, programming languages, AI applications and cloud platforms is an advantage
* Experience working with and integrating 3rd party data, preferably for commercial insurance
* Experience with developing and implementing advanced analytics, forecasting, predictive models & ML in one of the following areas is an advantage: pricing, underwriting, sales & distribution, customer/agent engagement
* Strong leadership and team management skills, with proven ability and experience in building and developing data and analytics teams
* Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights
* Ability to build strong relationships within the business units and support functions to better understand the business needs
* Familiarity with financial reporting is an advantage
* Preference for NY/NJ/Cleveland locations
			

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