Data Products Partner [On-Site]

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Job Description:

At Regions, the Data Products Partner defines and oversees the development of internal products/solutions that leverage Big Data and advanced analytics to increase the profitability and efficiency for a specific business unit(s) in the Bank.  Manages the complete lifecycle of these internal data products from inception, development, assessment of success, and maintenance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Works with a business unit to identify areas where Big Data and advanced analytics solutions can be leveraged to solve specific business problems
• Prioritizes product pipeline and create roadmap of products to be built
• Develops business requirements that govern the development of the proposed solution
• Identifies applicable data assets required to build the solution
• Identifies features to build predictive models that are part of the solution
• Participates in the build versus buy decision making process and vendor selection where applicable
• Creates success criteria and measurement approach to assess the impact of deployed Data Products
• Works with decision scientists to ensure model development strategy is consistent with goals and assisting in the validation of predictive models
• Coordinates with Big Data architects to create necessary infrastructure and technology stacks to enable solution development
• Oversees the solution acceptance testing process
• Handles high priority strategic initiatives and determines the best products to be utilized
• Interacts with executive level management
• May participate in industry conferences related to solving financial services problems using advanced analytics/Big Data

This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Statistics, or related field
• Eight (8) years’ experience of related data work and interfacing with business stakeholders
• Experience working through the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of software development and liaising with Business and Technology/Data teams leading development of Analytical Software solutions following Agile methodology
• Product Management or related experience

Preferences

• Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics or any other related quantitative field
• Financial Services experience

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to research, analyze data, and derive facts
• Ability to work in a team environment when applicable
• Advanced ability to build executive level presentations
• Demonstrates willingness to take ownership and drive accountability working with all levels of the organization
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
• Strong verbal, written communication, and organizational skills

This position is intended to be onsite, now or in the near future. Associates will have regular work hours, including full days in the office three or more days a week.  The manager will set the work schedule for this position, including in-office expectations.  Regions will not provide relocation assistance for this position, and relocation would be at your expense. The locations available for this role are Birmingham, AL, Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC.

Regions will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position at this time. Applicants for this position must currently be authorized to work in the United St