Director of Business Analysis

Fidelity • Boston, MA

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About The Position

The Director of Business Analysis is a member of Fidelity’s Business Performance Measurement (BPM) team, which delivers actionable insights and analysis across the enterprise. The role leads and project-manages data product delivery for enterprise analytics and directs business analysis across a portfolio of initiatives, including Assets and Flows, Customer and Client, and Interaction Data. The Director translates business needs and strategic priorities into requirements, validates solutions, and ensures alignment with business strategy.

As BPM evolves from delivering trusted data products toward an Intelligence Platform, this role helps shape capabilities combining data, business context, visual storytelling, analytics, and AI. The goal is to accelerate insight generation, improve decision support, and increase the value Finance derives from its data assets. The position partners with Technology teams and business stakeholders to deliver scalable data and intelligence capabilities that support better decisions, strategic growth, and greater organizational impact from analytics.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, or equivalent.
• At least 8 years of professional experience in Finance or Business/Data Analysis.
• Deep understanding of data architecture and business/data analysis practices.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to design, implement, and optimize routines and processes.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to convey complex information and data simply and meaningfully.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced organization, prioritize effectively, and take accountability for individual and team work.
• Experience leading projects.
• Solid understanding and use of data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience using SQL to query and manipulate data in Snowflake and relational databases.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across all levels of an organization.
• Flexibility and resourcefulness to lead several priorities in a deadline-driven environment and comfort with ambiguity.
• Ability to gain subject matter expertise quickly and apply institutional knowledge to develop quality analytics.
• Initiative and ability to seek creative solutions that challenge conventional approaches.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to proactively build consultative relationships across Finance, Technology, and the business.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional efforts from concept through delivery, managing timelines, risks, and communications.
• Translate strategic priorities and business use cases into well-defined business requirements and actionable test plans.
• Direct business analysis activities, including data validation, issue resolution, and stakeholder alignment.
• Support the development of scalable data products that drive decision-making.
• Support the development of intelligence capabilities that combine data, analytics, visualization, and AI to deliver actionable business insights.
• Help advance BPM Data Strategy and BPM’s Intelligence Platform vision.
• Lead projects, ideally related to data.
• Mentor and train others in data architecture and business/data analysis practices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage.
• Emotional well-being support.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid time off.
• Parental leave.
• Charitable giving employee match program.
• Educational assistance, including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director