Business Strategy Analyst Lead - Pricing and Product Analytics

Underwriting and Pricing Analytics is hiring two Business Strategy Analyst Leads to support our newly formed Auto and Property Analytics teams. Reporting directly to Executive Management, these leads will shape strategic plans, coordinate the development of business cases, and facilitate the scoping, prioritization, and tracking of key initiatives. Additionally, they will establish operational processes to manage team productivity and lead executive storytelling to ensure the successful delivery of committed outcomes.

As a Business Strategy Analyst Lead you will utilize quantitative and qualitative analysis to provide thought-leadership on evolving industry trends, market developments, USAA's strategic direction, regulatory environment, and macroeconomic trends for the business unit. You will provide insights and information-based context for key stakeholders in the business unit to effectively manage, influence, and impact line of business strategy.

• Leads discussions with key stakeholders to communicate information learned from analyses, provide input into line of business strategy development, and drive and influence business decisions. Leads integration of the analytic strategy and business strategy.
• Oversees efforts to identify key business assumptions and hypotheses around line of business strategy. Continuously refines hypotheses and identifies business questions to explore further.
• Develops the analytical framework and blueprint to answer business questions identified in the business portfolio, product, or member experience and provides support to lower levels towards this effort.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to evaluate and uncover complex or critical strategic insights related to Profit & Loss performance including Product Strategy, Pricing, Marketing, Sales, Credit Risk, Distribution Channels, and Member Experience.
• Applies expert analytical rigor to define outcome measures, improve prioritization, increase agility in decisioning, improve ability to evaluate progress towards business outcomes, and to evaluate risks to strategic goals.
• Effectively influences and drives strategic agreement utilizing subject matter expertise and interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Serves as a team lead and provides guidance and on-the-job training to team members.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Finance, Economics or related field; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
• 8 years of data and/or analytics or strategy consulting experience; OR a minimum of 6 years of data and/or analytics or strategy consulting experience and up to 2 years of progressive functional business relevant experience for a total of 8 years of combined experience; OR Advanced Degree in Business, Science, Finance, Economics or related discipline and 6 years of experience in data and/or analytics or strategy consulting.
• Experience identifying business needs and developing strategic plans driven by qualitative/quantitative analysis and market insights.
• Experience working with leadership teams to identify key opportunities to develop and enhance business strategy using quantitative and qualitative analytics.
• Experience influencing business decisions.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using hypotheses-driven problem solving.
• Extensive experience leading and performing complex data analysis using various data analytics tools (i.e.Microsoft Excel, Tableau, R, Python, SQL, Snowflake, SAS, Adobe Analytics).

• Domain Expertise: Prior experience within the personal lines insurance industry, including a demonstrated track record of partnering effectively with pricing or data science teams to drive analytical outcomes.
• Agile Methodology: Experience applying Agile principles to business teams to improve transparency, adaptability, and speed to delivery.
• Strategic Influence: Proven ability to lead discussions with senior stakeholders, effectively communicating complex analytical insights to inform line-of-business strategy and drive high-impact decision-making.
• Analytical Frameworks: Proven success in designing end-to-end analytical blueprints and mentoring team members in strategic execution.
• Executive Storytelling: Ability to translate data-driven findings into compelling executive narratives that secure strategic buy-in.
• Operational Optimization: Experience streamlining workflows and establishing processes to improve team productivity and project delivery.
• US military experience gained through military service or gained as a military spouse / domestic partner.

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $127,310-$243,340.

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.