Hybrid Director, Business and Data Analytics

at USAA

• Job title: Director, Business and Data Analytics
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $164,780 - $314,960 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Antonio, United States

About the role

• Director of Business and Data Analytics leading data strategy initiatives at USAA. Collaborating across teams to enhance member experiences and optimize analytics platforms in a financial services context.

Responsibilities

• Leads and collaborates on the strategic, tactical, operational, and financial responsibilities associated with CoSA data storage, data preparation, data exploration, information governance, analytics and information delivery
• Oversees and coordinates the strategy of subfunctions in the establishment and execution on the delivery of information and analytics platforms and solutions to the business’ key stakeholders and cross-CoSA partners
• Responsible for successful end to end process of information management, analytics and delivery
• Ensures industry trends and best practices are evaluated and integrated into current process, technology, and development of strategic plans
• Provides thought leadership and system thinking to influence relevant data, information, and application architecture decisions
• Leads data reporting to identify reporting opportunities, analytics, and complex projects that includes retirement of reports and promotion of advanced self service capabilities
• Provides input on strategic insights to senior leaders and key stakeholders that contribute to functional objectives
• Understands the business direction, environment, and strategies, to set the analytic direction and creates strategy to execute the approach that will influence business and drive change
• Influences and oversees innovation, provides direction on work prioritization, manages capacity, assists with problem resolution
• Oversees the Information delivery experience and risks to ensure teams maintain understanding of business processes, supporting data and applications and presentation of findings and recommendations
• Identifies and pursues opportunities to utilize advanced data a delivery and business solutions techniques to optimize their contribution to resolving business issues
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering or other quantitative field; OR 4 years of related experience may be substituted in lieu of degree
• 8 years data and analytics related experience, generating results in a complex financial services organization
• 3 years of people leadership experience in building, managing and/or developing high-performing teams
• Experience collaborating with key resources and stakeholders, influencing decisions and managing work to achieve strategic goals
• Strong business acumen in the areas of measuring business outcomes, business operations, industry practices and emerging trends
• Experience leading projects using Agile methodologies
• Experience conducting moderately large scale data analysis using internal and external data to support business decision making
• Proven ability to tell a story through data and communicate effectively with executive level leadership

Benefits

• comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(k)
• pension
• life insurance
• parental benefits
• adoption assistance
• paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
• various wellness programs
• career path planning and continuing education