USAA

Principal Strategist – Bank Marketing

USAA

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Antonio • Texas • United States

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Salary

💰 $189,370 - $351,410 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Works directly with senior level executives to define the business problem and structure the strategic engagement plan
  • Leads cross-functional, matrixed teams to solve highly complex and high value business problems
  • Provides thought leadership that directly shapes the analysis, design and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions, while working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results
  • Responsible for the day-to-day execution of one or more strategy engagements and the quality of all end products
  • Responsible for developing more junior team members assigned to support strategy engagements
  • Proactively communicates high quality updates to executives and other key stakeholders
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders and LOB leaders to create written and verbal communications to executives that provide clear guidance on strategy timeline, owners required investments and expected results
  • Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree; OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree
  • 10 years of strategy consulting experience to include 6 years of experience leading strategy engagements
  • Deep expertise in industries such as financial services and high-technology
  • Ability to identify strategic needs and lead all aspects of projects with sound business recommendations and alignment with key business partners
  • Demonstrated experience influencing business decisions
  • Mastery of Technical Consulting Skills: Hypothesis-driven problem solving; Primary Market research (e.g. interviews); Secondary Market research (e.g. desk research); Data analysis (e.g. what-if, sensitivity, etc.); Synthesis (e.g. so what?); Pyramid Principle / Story Telling; Written Communications; Visual display of quantitative information; PowerPoint / Excel; Presentation skills; Meeting Leadership; Verbal Communications; Teaming; Project Planning.
Benefits
  • comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
  • 401(k)
  • pension
  • life insurance
  • parental benefits
  • adoption assistance
  • paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
  • various wellness programs
  • career path planning and continuing education
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
strategy consultinghypothesis-driven problem solvingprimary market researchsecondary market researchdata analysissynthesisPyramid Principlewritten communicationsvisual display of quantitative informationproject planning
Soft Skills
thought leadershipinfluencing business decisionscollaborationcommunicationteam developmentrisk managementstakeholder engagementproblem solvingpresentation skillsmeeting leadership