AVP - Product Strategy & Operations

$116,600 - $194,400/Yr

LPL Financial - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Jersey City, NJ

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

LPL Financial is seeking an Assistant Vice President for the Product team to support the development and execution of strategic business objectives. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders, including executive leaders, to drive strategic planning, project management, and problem-solving initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex issues effectively to executive audiences, while also staying current with industry best practices and market trends.

Responsibilities

• Leverage strong communication skills and presentation ability to synthesize complex issues into easily understandable forms to various audiences
• Summarize data and insights into executive-level presentations to facilitate business decision making
• Support the product delivery teams in articulating the commercial business value of technical platform enhancements
• Create executive briefing packs prior to key advisor visits and conferences
• Create/update Management Committee, Investment Committee and Board of Directors, monthly reviews, and other deliverables for leadership
• Assist in proactively communicating initiative details across all levels of the organization and across multiple departments in a clear and concise manner
• For key business initiatives, collaborate with stakeholders to frame scope, goals, and deliverables that support business needs
• Identify opportunities for improvement and make recommendations for change within the current ecosystem
• Collaborate with leaders, subject matter experts and users to communicate the proposed solution vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs
• Create documents, frameworks, visions, and analysis (quantitative and qualitative) to help solution critical business issues

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years' experience in corporate strategy, strategic consulting and/or strategic program management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Proven track record of coordinating large-scale efforts across multiple business units and interested parties
• Demonstrated ability to develop, iterate, and execute strategies and plans
• Direct experience in dealing with interested parties to gather feedback and share ideas
• Ability to adapt to change, work independently and as part of teams, and manage initiatives to deliver results within tight timeframes
• Keen ability to manage large sets of tasks and able to prioritize and manage multiple projects requests of various size and scope
• Detail oriented and organized with the ability to be comfortable in ambiguous and challenging situations
• Ability to build strong partnerships across all teams

Nice-to-haves

• Financial services experience a plus, not required

Benefits

• Stock options
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) matching
• Volunteer time off