Akoya

Provides API-based consumer-permissioned financial data access

Senior Strategy Associate

Corporate StrategyUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeBoston, MA, USA$95k - $110k /yrHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

Requires 2–4 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, product strategy, or a closely related function.
Requires hands-on experience in financial services, fintech, open finance/open banking, or a closely related finance-driven industry, with solid working knowledge of the industry.
Requires the ability and motivation to use AI tools, such as Claude, and automation, including agents and skills, to improve efficiency and productivity.
Requires the ability to build financial models, business cases, and pricing analyses in Excel.
Requires experience conducting and synthesizing market and competitive analysis into clear, structured, repeatable outputs.
Requires the ability to distill complex, ambiguous problems into structured frameworks, action plans, and executive-ready presentations.
Requires confidence engaging in technical discussions with Product, Engineering, Solutions, and Architecture colleagues.

Responsibilities

Monitor market, competitive, and regulatory developments, including Section 1033 rulemaking, and share key highlights with colleagues along with recommended actions.
Track technology, AI, regulatory, payments, and risk trends and summarize their implications for open finance.
Understand global regulatory and market developments and apply relevant learnings to the U.S. market.
Conduct deep dives on emerging ecosystem players who may be potential partners.
Maintain competitive resources, including battlecards and win/loss insights, to equip Growth and Marketing.
Contribute analysis to strategic planning and executive materials.
Maintain and analyze product pricing models and packaging, partnering with Growth and Legal to incorporate customer and market input.
Provide pricing benchmarks and competitive positioning analysis to support the Growth team.
Track pricing effectiveness and recommend data-based adjustments.
Maintain cost optimization tracking to identify anomalies and partner with Product and Engineering on reduction opportunities.
Conduct research and analysis for structured discovery on strategic initiatives, including customer research, value proposition development, and use case documentation.
Develop business cases grounded in forecasting benefit realization and initial effort and investment estimates.
Prepare clear, well-structured analysis and materials for the Head of Strategy and Executive team.

Desired Qualifications

Background in commercialized API platforms, data networks, or banking technology infrastructure.
Experience interpreting regulatory and compliance requirements in solution design and development.
Experience using business tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Figma, and business intelligence reporting tools such as QuickSight, Domo, or Power BI.
Client-facing or internal experience with U.S. financial institutions.
Exposure to TCH, FDX, EWS, or other open finance or financial services industry payment or fraud consortiums.
An MBA or another relevant graduate degree.

Akoya is seeking a Senior Strategy Associate to report into the Head of Corporate Strategy and Strategic Partnerships. This highly dynamic role supports work at the intersection of strategy, market and competitive intelligence, pricing, and cost optimization. This is an individual contributor role for an analytically strong professional who builds credibility and influence with internal colleagues

The work requires frequent cross-functional collaboration with Akoya’s Executive, Product Management, Growth, Customer Success, Marketing, and Engineering teams to advance Akoya’s core strategic initiatives and identify expansion opportunities

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in financial services, fintech, or a closely related finance-driven industry, paired with a strong background in strategic and analytical work, including financial models, business cases, and market analysis. This person is equally comfortable building a financial model as they are developing a presentation or white paper that synthesizes market developments. They bring structure to ambiguous, open-ended problems and help turn them into clear recommendations.

Market Analysis & Competitive Intelligence

Monitor market, competitive, and regulatory developments (including Section 1033 rulemaking) and share key highlights with colleagues for awareness and recommended actions
Track technology, AI, regulatory, payments, and risk trends and summarize their implications for open finance
Understand global regulatory and market developments as learnings for the US market
Conduct deep dives on emerging players in the ecosystem who may be potential partners
Maintain competitive resources such as battlecards and win/loss insights to equip Growth and Marketing
Contribute analysis to strategic planning and executive materials

Support pricing and monetization

Maintain and analyze product pricing models and packaging, partnering with Growth and Legal teams to incorporate customer and market input
Provide pricing benchmarks and competitive positioning analysis to support the Growth team
Track pricing effectiveness and recommend adjustments based on data
Maintain cost optimization tracking to identify anomalies and partner with Product & Engineering on reduction opportunities

Support Discovery & Evaluation of Key Initiative & Innovation Opportunities

Conduct research and analysis for structured discovery on strategic initiatives, including customer research, value proposition development, and use case documentation
Develop business cases grounded in forecasting benefit realization and initial effort and investment estimates
Prepare clear, well-structured analysis and materials for the Head of Strategy and Executive team

Required Experience & Skills

2–4 years’ experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, product strategy, or a closely related function
AI native and/or highly motivated and comfortable with using AI tools (such as Claude) and automation for efficiency, productivity and acceleration, including using agents and skills to automate tasks
Must have hands-on experience in financial services, fintech, open finance/open banking, or another closely related, finance-driven industry, with a solid working knowledge of the industry.
Demonstrated ability to build financial models, business cases, and pricing analyses in Excel
Experience conducting and synthesizing market and competitive analysis into clear, structured, repeatable outputs
Ability to distill complex, ambiguous problems into structured frameworks, action plans, and executive-ready presentations
Confident and comfortable engaging in technical discussions with Product, Engineering, Solutions and Architecture colleagues

Preferred Experience & Skills

Background in commercialized API platforms, data networks or banking technology infrastructure
Experience interpreting regulatory and compliance requirements in design and development of solutions
Use of business tools such as Confluence, Jira, Figma and BI reporting tools (such as QuickSight, Domo, PowerBI, etc)
Client-facing or internal experience with US Financial Institutions
Exposure to TCH, FDX, EWS, or other open finance or financial services industry payment or fraud consortiums
MBA or other relevant graduate degree

About the Company

Akoya

Provides API-based consumer-permissioned financial data access

Akoya provides an API-based data access network for financial services that enables consumer-permissioned data sharing without exposing login credentials. Through the Akoya Data Access Network, banks, credit unions, wealth managers, fintechs, and data aggregators connect via a single integration to access data using the Financial Data Exchange (FDX) standard, while Akoya neither copies nor stores the data passing through its network. The platform manages data-sharing relationships on behalf of participants, simplifying the process by removing the need for many bilateral agreements and offering consumer consent controls to grant or revoke access. Its goal is to enable safe, scalable, and user-controlled open finance data sharing across the financial services ecosystem.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Boston, MA
Founded: 2018

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