Sr Data Advisor - Data Platforms

Data Advisor – Job Overview

The Data Advisor is a strategic partner and trusted consultant to business leaders and product teams. They translate business outcomes into data and AI opportunities, ensure alignment with the enterprise data strategy, and drive adoption and value realization of AI‑ready data products across structured and unstructured sources. This role blends business acumen, data literacy, and governance expertise to accelerate the responsible use of analytics, ML, and GenAI at scale.

• Business Acumen:
  Understands P&L drivers, operational metrics, and regulatory context.
• Data & AI Literacy
  • Deep understanding of data mesh principles—domain-oriented ownership, federated governance, and product thinking for data.
  • Grasp of structured/unstructured data, semantic modeling, feature stores, embeddings, and AI patterns (ML, GenAI, RAG).
  • Familiarity with distributed data architectures and interoperability standards.
• Influence & Facilitation:
  Guides diverse stakeholders toward shared outcomes; excellent storytelling.
• Systems Thinking:
  Connects data contracts, governance, and platform capabilities to end‑to‑end product value.
• Change Leadership:
  Drives adoption through enablement, communications, and champions networks.
• Integrity & Judgment:
  Applies responsible AI and policy principles; manages sensitive data thoughtfully.

• 7–10+ years in data/analytics roles (e.g., data product management, analytics consulting, BI, data strategy, or applied AI).
• Proven experience aligning business strategy to data capabilities and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of data platforms (lakehouse, ELT/ETL), semantic modeling, BI, and AI concepts (feature stores, embeddings, MLOps, RAG).
• Working knowledge of data governance (privacy, retention, classification) and Responsible AI principles.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills; ability to translate technical concepts to business language.

Position

Schedule:

Full‑Time Hybrid. Home-based status may be retained if selected.

Location:

Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO – expected to work in office three days per week (preferably Tuesday‑Thursday).

Salary Range: $120,000 – $204,300 annually.

Benefits:
Medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness), short‑ and long‑term disability, basic life and AD&D coverage (no cost to associates), 401(k) retirement plan, health savings account, flexible spending account, 10 paid holidays, 15 days vacation for new associates (starting Jan
1), sick time, personal days, volunteerism day. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. Employee Assistance Program available.

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.