Strategy Senior Associate Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Data Strategy

Data Strategy Senior Associate

Plano TX United States

Job Description

The Chief Administrative Office (CAO) Data Strategy team serves as a strategic advisory and business management function partnering with business leaders to translate enterprise priorities into datainformed strategies insights and actionable recommendations. The team operates as an internal consulting capability supporting highimpact crossfunctional initiatives that shape how data enables business outcomes across CAO and its business partners.

As a Data Strategy Senior Associate you will function as an internal consultant embedded within the Data Strategy organization. You will support senior leaders and business partners on complex ambiguous initiatives that require strong strategic thinking stakeholder engagement and datainformed decisionmaking. Your work will focus on identifying opportunities framing options and tradeoffs and delivering clear recommendations that bridge analytics execution with longerterm business and data strategy.

Projects may span multiple business functions and focus areas including data and analytics strategy operating model evolution AI enablement and enterprise capability development. This role sits between analytics teams and senior leadership acting as a translator strategist and recommendation driver.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead welldefined workstreams on crossfunctional strategic initiatives operating as an internal consultant to business partners
• Translate business strategy stakeholder needs and analytical insights into clear problem statements options and actionable recommendations
• Partner closely with analytics data technology and business teams to develop a strong fact base and understand key drivers and constraints
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs to identify trends risks and opportunities
• Develop executiveready presentation materials that clearly articulate insights tradeoffs and recommended paths forward
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions to clarify objectives surface pain points and align on success criteria
• Influence outcomes without direct authority by building credibility trust and strong working relationships
• Operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces proactively structuring work and refining scope as new information emerges
• Manage workstream timelines and deliverables escalating risks and dependencies as appropriate
• Collaborate closely with Data Strategy leaders analytics partners and other project team members to drive initiatives to completion

Required Qualifications Capabilities and Skills

• 35 years of experience in management consulting internal consulting business strategy product management or analyticsadjacent roles
• Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity and structure complex openended problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience influencing senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to translate data and analysis into insights and strategic recommendations
• Dataliterate and analytically credible with the ability to interpret findings and challenge assumptions without being responsible for handson coding or model development

• Experience developing executivelevel presentations and storytelling grounded in data

Preferred Qualifications Capabilities and Skills

• Experience working in or with data analytics or technologyenabled organizations
• Financial services or large enterprise experience preferred but not required
• Familiarity with hypothesisdriven problem solving and consultingstyle engagement models

About the Team

The CAO Data Strategy team partners closely with business leaders analytics teams and technology organizations to shape how data is used as a strategic asset. The team focuses on driving alignment between business priorities data capabilities and execution while providing internal consulting support for highimpact initiatives across the CAO