Senior Product Strategy Analyst – Products
Edward Jones
The Products Area helps ensure that branch teams and our clients have a consistent supply of high-quality retirement, banking, insurance, mutual fund, and education savings products aligned with the firm's investment philosophy and goals-based advice and guidance. In addition, the group drives innovation that will enhance products, services, processes, and systems to meet our current and future client needs. These areas play a pivotal role in supporting the firm's goals of deeply serving clients and associates serve as the firm's subject matter experts for their respective areas. The Product Strategy team at Edward Jones, which is part of the Investment Advisory Department, is responsible for developing and supporting our evolution of investment management offerings and services that are tailored to client and FA segments. We seek to provide our clients with personalized investment solutions to address their financial needs and consider their unique preferences and to provide our Financial Advisors and branch teams the resources needed to deliver an ideal client experience.As a Senior Product Strategy Analyst, you will lead the analyses of high impact strategic issues confronting our Product shelf and the firm and translate those findings into decisions and recommendations. You'll have an opportunity to build and maintain a strong network of business partners, and partner with them on challenges, opportunities, and solutions. You’ll participate on cross-functional teams of colleagues from distinct product areas, investment management, financial planning, business segments among others. Your responsibilities will include helping to build, integrate and execute plans to deliver new capabilities and functionality within the firms unique product offerings.
What You Will Do:
- Lead enterprise and division decision making efforts with various strategy engagements and partnering with stakeholders across the firm.
- Lead the creation of Products related to strategic plans over multiple time horizons.
- Lead analysis based on competitor developments and industry announcements related to products/solutions, partnerships, services, and financial data to prepare recommendations for decision-making by senior leaders.
- Lead the formulation of enterprise strategic objectives across Products for multiple time horizons, integrating findings from internal research, external developments, and leadership's priorities.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders on solutions to issues that exist at the team, division, and enterprise levels
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure key business questions and needs are addressed
- Operate autonomously in environments where excellent thought leadership and ability to collaborate with peers and senior leaders is required for progress
- There is no formal leadership related to this position