Global Technology Strategy Associate

Working on the Global Technology (GT) Strategy team provides the opportunity to accelerate your career through supporting a portfolio of strategic initiatives that address critical challenges and enable innovation across the firm. The Global Technology Strategy team is an internal management consulting team that works with the GT Executive Team with a goal of leading the creation of strategies and plans that define how technology should be utilized to enable the organization's overall business strategy.

As an Associate on the GT Strategy team, you will play a crucial role in defining and deconstructing problems for the organization. You will work on high-impact and complex problems while learning and applying industry-leading technology practices that define and shape the overall strategy, governance, organization structure/staffing, architecture and processes for Global Technology. You will join a highly collaborative team that prioritizes professional development and ownership.

Our Global Technology (GT) group is a world-class technology team employing an innovative, disciplined and business focused approach to develop a wide variety of high-quality products and solutions. Across 14 technology hubs worldwide, our team of 50,000+ technologists design, build and deploy everything from enterprise technology initiatives to big data and mobile solutions, as well as innovations in Generative AI, electronic payments, cybersecurity, machine learning, and cloud development. Our $15B+ annual investment in technology enables us to hire people to create innovative solutions that will not only transform the financial services industry, but also change the world. 

Job Responsibilities

• Defining and deconstructing problems for the Global Technology organization
• Structuring and building quantitative and qualitative/conceptual analyses
• Analyzing operational and financial data
• Performing competitor/industry research leveraging both public and non-public sources
• Working collaboratively with team members across LOBs and staff areas
• Identifying implications and “so whats” of data and analysis with the team
• Contributing to concise communication materials for senior management

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 3+ years of work experience including business analysis and creating management presentations
• Diverse problem solving experience, such as experience with a top management consulting firm or in other generalist problem solving environments across technology sectors
• An outstanding ability to analyze problems, apply quantitative analytical approaches, communicate effectively and confidently (both oral and written), work well in cross-functional team
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently, as well as collaboratively with all levels of the organization, including senior executives
• A demonstrable passion for and understanding of great user experiences and technology
• Excellent and efficient skills using MS Excel and PowerPoint tools

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Undergraduate degree in Economics, Finance, Math, Engineering (or related field)
• Experience applying data analysis to solve business problems in fast-moving environment
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration, including influencing stakeholders and working with diverse teams