Team Leader- Data Strategy

Innovate here. And see your ideas come to life.

It's an exciting time to work in tech at Edward Jones. We are making massive investments in emerging technologies to improve how we work with our clients and with each other. Relationships are the focus of our business model. And working in Technology here means using your skills to build, deliver and maintain the technologies that enable us to deepen and support those relationships. The best part? We develop and create our own industry-leading solutions internally. And you can be a part of it. Working with emerging new technologies. Creating platforms, programs and experiences that change how we work together - and support our client-first focus. Changing the future of our firm, the industry and the advisor-client relationship.

Job Overview

Position Schedule: Full-Time

Team Overview

We believe that data is a business foundation, a key asset that powers our digital experiences and allows us to keep pace with our analytics and AI ambitions. We strive for data that is consistently managed at an elevated level of care; that is accessible and usable to unlock business opportunities; that is built on a modern data architecture; and that is powered by talent and culture with the vitality to sustainably propel us forward. At Edward Jones, we are on journey to meaningfully change how we share data across teams, federating decisions as close to our business opportunities as we can while maintaining global standards that ensure trust, interoperability and usability. We do all of this in service of providing our customers and financial advisors solutions that are truly best-in-class.

The Team Leader - Data Strategy is responsible for articulating and evangelizing this vision across the firm, rallying data, analytics, product, technology and operations partners around ways of working that produce expanding numbers of trusted, broadly-used data products. This position will manage a small team of associates and report to the Director, Data Strategy & Enablement within Edward Jones's Digital, Data & Operations organization.

What You'll Do

Coaching data and analytics teams on how to build, certify and register data products in the firm's data product marketplace. Defining data domains and their operating and engagement models, and enrolling teams to consistently live into these new ways of working. Partnering with our data domain owner, data product services and data governance teams to connect enterprise quality standards on our data elements up into quality, performance and support standards for our data products. Aligning our data supply chains, our architecture teams and our supervisory bodies to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of data-related releases. Evolving our data strategy documentation, and developing change and communication management campaigns to enroll the rest of the firm in our new ambitions.

Benefits

At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:

Hiring Minimum: $113810

Hiring Maximum: $193785

Skills/Requirements

What Experience You'll Need:

A college degree, preferably in a business, data, finance, engineering or other technology major At least 5 years of data- or product management-related experience, and preferably some of each Demonstrated effectiveness managing a team, even in a project-based setting Preference given to candidates with a Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) and/or a DAMA Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) certification

What Could Set You Apart

Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty, and the ability to chart a path through new opportunities Self-starter mindset Committed developer of people to achieve their career ambitions Tenacious networker, internally and externally Dedicated student of data management technologies and practices Eternal optimist and cheerleader The ability to create a vision and execute against it Ability to manage multiple complex projects at any given time

Awards & Accolades

At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.

Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones

About Us

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 8 million clients and 19,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.

1Fortune 500, published June 2023, data as of December 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.