Job Description:

You blend strategic thinking with a passion for delivering results, while being laser focused on providing value to our customers, participants, and internal business partners. As a member of the PPA-W Look Ahead team, you will collaborate with your team and our business partners to establish strategic direction for PPA-W by conducting market, competitive and client and participant research and/or analysis to identify and prioritize strategic opportunities. You will partner with other associates in an Agile structure to influence strategic decisions and roadmaps and complete specific deliverables. You will also be committed to maintaining and developing your own expertise and knowledge to ensure you bring the latest thinking to your role.

The Value You Deliver

Work with Product Area leadership to maintain a backlog of opportunities by developing business cases, product roadmaps, eventual Go-to-Market strategies, and Thought Leadership

Work across the Product Areas to facilitate prioritization, resourcing, and outcomes

Communicate externally with partners to ensure teams are building the right solutions to meet customer needs, communication status and buffers team from potential distractions

Build credibility and trust with a diverse set of partners to influence product area goals and visions

Conduct market, customer, and competitive research to bring an outside-in perspective to help shape strategy and inform prioritization for the Product Areas

Demonstrate outside-in insights to develop hypothesis and identify top bets

Lead ideation, shaping of new strategies

Incubate early stage concepts to test and refine market potential

Develop executive level communications for internal and external use

Participate in and facilitate regular strategic planning discussions (e.g., Objectives / KPIs, MYP )

The Team

As part of the PPAW Strategy Product Area, the Look Ahead Team is responsible for shaping the product areas next 2-3-year strategy, defining the future roadmap, establishing priorities and resourcing needs. You will work in partnership with the PPAW Product Area Leaders and members of their teams, and other leaders across Retail and Workplace businesses. By promoting Agile and Fidelity leadership principles, you will sustain an innovative culture.

The Expertise You Have

Experience working in a matrixed, cross-enterprise / business unit environment

Financial services experience preferred, but not required

Agile experience preferred, but not required

Bachelor’s Degree with 5 + years of proven experience within strategy or consulting

The Skills You Bring

Experience working in a fast-paced environment, testing and learning to optimize impact

Data-driven attitude to frame market opportunities and inform “key strategic questions”

Continuous improvement approach and intellectual curiosity

Excellent consultative, listening, communication, and analytical skills

Customer obsessed and have proven commitment to delivering frequent, high business value

Ability to see opportunities for innovation and taking thoughtful risks to get the work done better and faster

Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills to navigate a demanding environment and influence stakeholders with a range of priorities and perspectives

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award(opens in a new tab), we have been recognized by our employees as a Best Place to Work in 2022. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

As a result of COVID-19, many of our associates are continuing to work remotely. When Fidelity employees eventually return to the office, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling “Dynamic Working(opens in a new tab).”

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations @fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2.