Strategy & Planning Specialist Senior
About The Position
At PNC, the Strategy & Planning Specialist Senior works within the Technology organization and supports the DnA AI team in advancing enterprise AI and GenAI capabilities. The team translates business needs into actionable strategy, supports use case intake and governance, drives cross-functional execution, and measures business value. The role partners with business, technology, risk, and data teams to identify AI opportunities, develop business cases and roadmaps, define requirements, track delivery progress, and support responsible AI adoption. The position is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or Strongsville, Ohio. PNC is an in-office company. The specialist supports strategic enterprise initiatives by understanding problems, analyzing issues, recommending approaches, and helping deliver strategy and planning solutions. The role defines data collection, research, and reporting activities, analyzes potential solutions, and collaborates with one or more lines of business to implement recommendations. It also involves working with engineers and data scientists and helping prepare presentations and executive-ready updates. PNC expects employees to focus on customers and effectively manage risks in accordance with its Enterprise Risk Management Framework. This position typically requires a university or college degree and at least three years of relevant or direct industry experience. A comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. A bachelor's degree is listed, but no certifications or licenses are required. The role is incentive eligible, with payment based on company, business, and/or individual performance. PNC does not provide employment visa sponsorship or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
Requirements
- Typically, a university or college degree and at least 3 years of relevant or direct industry experience; a comparable combination of education, job-specific certification(s), and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Bachelor's degree listed as the education requirement.
- Ability to operate effectively across business, technology, and risk partners.
- Ability to communicate complex topics clearly.
- Experience in strategy, business analysis, product or program operations, data and analytics, technology transformation, or AI/GenAI initiatives.
- No required certifications or licenses.
Nice To Haves
- Experience or skills in strategy, business analysis, process improvement, collaboration, communication, generative AI, machine learning, personal initiative, strategic planning, teamwork, and business case development.
- Skills in branding, change management, creative process, design thinking, and innovation.
- Certifications are often desired.
Responsibilities
- Analyze business problems and AI opportunities.
- Support AI use case intake, prioritization, documentation, and approval processes.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to align priorities and remove blockers.
- Help define success metrics and track adoption, efficiency, risk, and value outcomes.
- Prepare executive-ready updates and recommendations.
- Support change management for AI-enabled capabilities.
- Support strategic enterprise initiatives by understanding, analyzing, developing, recommending, and delivering strategy and planning solutions.
- Define business problems, identify issues, and implement planned approaches for initiatives.
- Define and obtain data collection, research, and reporting activities for assigned initiatives.
- Analyze and recommend solutions for key initiatives, working with more senior team members to develop and deliver presentations.
- Collaborate with one or more lines of business to implement recommended solutions.
- Work with engineers and data scientists to drive work.
- Assess and manage risks associated with business objectives and activities in support of PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
- Maintain a customer focus and use customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in business decisions.
Benefits
- Medical and prescription drug coverage, including a Health Savings Account feature, subject to eligibility.
- Dental and vision coverage options.
- Employee and spouse/child life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability protection.
- 401(k) with PNC match.
- Pension plan.
- Stock purchase plan.
- Dependent care reimbursement account.
- Back-up child and elder care.
- Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement.
- Educational assistance, including select fully paid programs.
- Wellness program with financial incentives.
- Maternity and/or parental leave, depending on eligibility.
- Up to 11 paid holidays each year, depending on eligibility.
- 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law, depending on eligibility.
- 15 to 25 vacation days each year depending on career level and years of service, subject to eligibility.
- Incentive-eligible compensation based on company, business, and/or individual performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
