AVP, Cyber Risk Services

Who Are We?

Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 160 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.

Compensation Overview

The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.

Salary Range

$165,000.00 - $272,200.00

Target Openings

1

What Is the Opportunity?

Travelers Insurance is seeking a highly skilled and knowledgeable AVP within our Cyber Risk Services team. Working closely with the VP, Cyber Risk Officer for Specialty Cyber, the AVP, will set the vision and strategy for the Cyber Risk Services team of cybersecurity advisors and lead the objectives and key results for the team while also driving the continuous development of cyber related initiatives.

As of the date of this posting, Travelers anticipates that this posting will remain open until 12/15/2025.

What Will You Do?

• Lead a cybersecurity advisory team with responsibilities to support cyber insurance policyholders, agents, and underwriters.
• Drive the strategy planning for the cybersecurity advisory team, ensuring strong partnerships with business unit leaders, Underwriting, Tech, and Product leadership.
• Deliver a consistent service experience to policyholders and underwriters that enables them to understand and remediate cyber risks.
• Improve existing cyber risk best practices and guidelines for use with external policyholders and accounts. Implement universal tools and processes while driving continuous improvement.
• Provide expert consultation on cyber risk and technology-related risks, partnering with accounts and policyholders to enhance risk management practices.
• Support the identification, maintenance, and assessment of key vendor relationships to most effectively manage customer accounts.
• Collaborate with other business areas, including Underwriting, Risk Control, Legal, Claim and Regulatory, in the development of enterprise awareness and training strategies pertaining to cyber risk.
• Scale our cyber expertise through our underwriters and broker partners to enable intelligent risk decisions and drive a competitive advantage.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?

• Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and foster a culture of excellence and accountability
• Demonstrated ability as a leader and expert in the field of cybersecurity risk management.
• Expert understanding of cybercrime schemes such as computer intrusions, internet fraud, intellectual property violations, and denial of service attacks at a management level.
• Expert understanding of cyber risk management strategies within the context of common types of cyberattacks.
• Expert knowledge of information & network security best practices.
• Knowledge of data privacy laws and regulations including PCI-DSS, HIPPA, and other statutes protecting consumer identity information.
• Knowledge of insurance coverage pertaining to Cyber insurance products.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to a diverse audience
• Proven ability to lead and facilitate advanced training sessions, workshops, and tabletop exercises.

What is a Must Have?

• Minimum of 6+ years of experience in cyber risk management, digital forensics and incident response, cybercrime investigations, IT Security, or other related areas required.
• 4+ years of management experience.

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.

Employment Practices

Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.

In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.

If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.

Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.

To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.