Principal Systems Analyst (people management experience needed)

Managed Accounts are a growing business in the financial services industry, and Strategic Advisors Technology is seeking a Principal Systems Analyst - Player Coach to help our advisor business grow. The Account Management Compute and Review team provides personalized portfolio management to Fidelity's over 3 million managed accounts customers. As a Principal Systems Analyst & Player Coach, you set overall purpose and vision for the work of a team, serving as the end-to-end gatekeeper of the mission, strategy, product life cycle and value creation.

Responsibilities

Set overall purpose and vision for the work of a team; serve as end-to-end gatekeeper of the mission, strategy, product life cycle and value creation; understand the 'why' behind requirements and workshops; work with Development Team to translate Epics into user stories and deliver high quality, innovative and timely solutions; work closely with Fidelity's Strategic Advisors portfolio engineers, investment architects and operations team to understand their vision and challenges

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (or above) in technology or finance related field; 7+ years of experience in business/systems analysis, product owner, and/or product management; Excellent communication, organization and planning, and presentation skills for your team and for executives; Experience working on distributed and multi-time zone teams; Proven expertise designing, developing, and maintaining large, complex, and dynamic products and solutions; Agile, Jira experience, preferably from a planning perspective; Financial services industry knowledge and experience vital, investment management and/or wealth management domain knowledge needed and financial optimizer experience a plus; Translate strategic objectives into consumable, actionable plans, that your team or product area can build from; Derive initiatives and end-to-end workflows that can be broken down into sub-initiatives, epics & stories with well-defined business value and designs; Track record of building highly engaged, industrious teams with a strong focus on execution and the ability to identify, communicate, and remove impediments; Effective at running fusions for estimating and planning large efforts that articulate the project demands, assumptions, schedule, and risks, and help advise Product Area roadmap and capacity needs; Capable of leading, influencing, and motivating colleagues on solutions, ways of working and tools without formal authority, many times outside of our direct team and in matrixed situations; Innovative, intellectually curious, and a team player who can continuously improve our culture, process, and tools, and encourage an agile way of working; Experience identifying and acquiring talent needs; and resource planning and talent allocation across large organizations; Experience and passion for leading, coaching, mentoring and developing team of high performing System Analysts; Conduct regular 1:1s, performance discussions and talent development planning for approximately 8 Senior Systems Analysts; Promote an inclusive, high engagement team culture focused on quality and continuous improvement encouraging innovation and skill development

Nice to have

Financial optimizer experience a plus