FAST Analytics Solutions Assoc Sr

JPMorganChase • Jersey City, NJ

3d

About The Position

This role involves leading the design and implementation of analytics solutions, ensuring they align with business objectives and integrate seamlessly with existing business processes. The position requires providing thought leadership and client management, offering strategic direction to influence business decisions and improve customer/employee experiences. The individual will develop, plan, and execute multiple analytical projects, manage stakeholder meetings, and facilitate discussions with senior leaders. A key aspect of the role is supporting a product design discipline to deliver scalable data products informed by analytics. Talent management is crucial, including identifying, aligning, managing, developing, and retaining talent, while fostering an environment of open communication and fair performance assessment. The role also involves identifying new project opportunities to expand the business pipeline and evaluating emerging AI-based tools for strategic adoption. As an Analytics Solutions Lead, the individual will guide junior analysts and associates in solving business problems to drive value, and will also contribute as an individual contributor when necessary. Leveraging Design Thinking practices to develop strategic, end-to-end, scalable solutions and coaching others in these practices is essential. The role includes guiding project teams in synthesizing analytical findings for both internal analytical clients and senior executives, and establishing/managing relationships with internal clients and partners. Growing the business pipeline for respective books of work through identifying new project opportunities is also a responsibility. Talent development includes recruiting, developing, and retaining team members by creating an environment that prioritizes continuous learning and growth. Leading internal FAST initiatives to define strategic direction, enable global operating model scalability, and strengthen team culture are key leadership responsibilities. Maintaining a rigorous controls environment for accurate and timely results and setting standards of excellence through professional expertise, strong work ethic, integrity, and professional behavior are also expected.

Requirements

• Excellent communication, with an ability to convey the strategic vision in a digestible manner for varying technical and senior audiences
• Experience with design thinking practices and tools (e.g., Lucid, Figma, customer journey mapping) and product management principles (e.g., Agile)
• 4+ years of industry experience in consulting, banking analytics, or other relevant business analytics roles (e.g., marketing analytics, sales analytics, business insights)
• Consulting orientation with ability to influence and effectively lead cross-functional teams
• Experience leading project teams and coaching/mentoring early career talent, and improving team culture of a new or existing team
• Self-starter with out-of-the box problem solving skills and a drive to bring new ideas to life
• Strong time management skills, with ability to multi-task and keep multiple projects on track
• Experience with data analytics and/or visualization techniques (e.g. SQL, Python, Tableau, Alteryx)
• Experience and knowledge of data science and analytical methodologies and approaches, and familiarity with various artificial intelligence functionalities
• Experience managing a team and developing talent.
• Strong time management skills and experience with project management tools.

Nice To Haves

• Deep understanding of the financial services or retail banking industry.
• MBA or other Master's degree
• Experience with data wrangling, data analytics techniques, and/or visualization techniques (e.g. SQL, Python, Tableau)

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of analytics solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and integration with business processes.
• Provide thought leadership and client management, offering strategic direction to drive business decisions and enhance customer/employee experience.
• Develop, plan, and execute multiple analytical projects, stakeholder meetings, and facilitating discussions with senior leaders.
• Support a product design discipline to deliver scalable data products informed by analytics.
• Identify, Align, Manage, develop, and retain talent, fostering an environment of open communication and fair performance assessment.
• Identify new project opportunities to grow the business pipeline and evaluate upcoming AI-based tools for strategic adoption.
• Serve as an Analytics Solutions Lead, guiding junior Analytics Solutions analysts/associates to solve business problems that drive qualitative and quantitative business value, and when necessary, as an individual contributor.
• Leverage Design Thinking practices to develop strategic, end-to-end, scalable solutions; coach others to inject the same practices into their work.
• Guide project teams in synthesizing analytical findings for consumption by internal analytical clients and senior executives.
• Establish and manage relationships with internal clients and partners.
• Identify new project opportunities helping to grow our business pipeline for respective books of work.
• Recruit, develop and retain talent by creating an environment of open communication that prioritizes continued learning and growth.
• Lead internal FAST initiatives to set the strategic direction of FAST, enable the team to operate at scale in a global operating model, and strengthen the team culture, locally and globally.
• Maintain a rigorous controls environment to ensure accurate and timely results.
• Set standards of excellence for the team by demonstrating professional expertise, strong work ethic, integrity and professional behavior.

What This Job Offers

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