Strategic Innovation Advisor Senior

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Strategic Innovation Advisor Senior, you will support USAA's strategic objectives by researching and testing innovations related to strategically defined CoSA focus areas. Accountable for determining the feasibility and viability of innovation concepts to include early-stage research, ideation, design, incubation, prototyping, piloting, developing a business case and/or partnering with CoSA leadership for innovation efforts.

This position can work remotely in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel.

What you'll do:

• Provides team support for the alignment of innovation efforts to appropriate focus areas.
• Assists team members with technical training and professional development opportunities to increase their knowledge of the innovation process, business case development, and strengthen their ability to effectively manage projects of various scales.
• Identifies strategic business opportunities and exercises a disciplined thought process to evaluate the problem statement and possible solutions.  Delivers a work product which is a qualified concept with a formal recommendation to Strategy partners to pursue or not pursue.
• Determines and launches the incubation approach through experiments to test assumed business value for new opportunities (technology, channel, etc.), which includes coordination with internal business partners and securing funding.
• Assesses feasibility and viability by evaluating whether the concept is technically and legally possible, and within realm of affordability.
• Tests for market need and interest.
• May lead multiple innovation programs or processes while mentoring.
• 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; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 6 years of experience in a business and/or staff function such as property and casualty, banking, or financial services that includes 3 years of experience leading and launching innovative solutions, leading wide-ranging, diverse, and matrixed functional roles, managing IT backlogs and releases, and/or executing effective solutions against a problem set.
• Demonstrated problem solving abilities, experience with human centered design practices, agile, or a lean start-up project approach.
• Detail oriented with a strong ability to manage and execute multiple competing projects within multiple CoSA’s.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders from senior levels of management and on a Line of Business Basis.
• Knowledge of project-based methodologies such as Agile, Lean Start Up, Scrum, Portfolio Management, and tools such as Jira, Asana, Tableau, Salesforce, Rally, and Clarity.
• Ability to effectively connect cross-functionally throughout the organization.
• Advanced level of business acumen in the areas of business operations, industry practices and emerging trends.

What sets you apart:

• At least two-years in Innovation, R&D, new product development, or startup experience.
• Experience interfacing and partnering with internal stakeholders and external vendors to achieve win/win outcomes that deliver quantifiable business value.
• Experience connecting emerging technologies and market trends with the P&C value chain, including but not limited to cloud architecture & SaaS, telematics / connected data, NLP, and/or ML/AI.
• Self-starter with the ability to collaborate, adapt, and thrive in a matrixed environment.
• Insurance product development experience or claims background a plus, but not required.
• US military experience through military service or a military spouse/domestic partner.

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $103,450.00 - $197,730.00.

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.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include 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, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.