Senior Program Strategy Analyst

Job Overview

The Senior Program Strategy Analyst is responsible for working independently and collaboratively across all CSBS business units to analyze data and current state business processes, operating models, state and institutional policies, and regulatory requirements. The analyst develops functional designs and business strategies for an improved target state that aligns with the organization’s mission and strategic plan, using digital platforms and tools to promote effective and efficient supervision and licensing of financial institutions.

The Senior Program Strategy Analyst reports to the Senior Vice President, Program Manager of the CSBS Program Management Office (PgMO). The PgMO manages a portfolio of programs with enterprise-wide impact and works with senior leaders to develop business cases, clarify desired outcomes, identify investment needs, and determine implementation strategies.

• Lead the analysis and documentation of complex as‑is and to‑be business processes across multiple business domains and determine functional designs for new and modified solutions.
• Lead the analysis of multiple implementation scenarios and associated costs, risks, and benefits for achieving the desired target state.
• Facilitate cross‑stream alignment on delivery constraints, including scope, schedule, and resources across a matrixed team comprising staff and vendors from multiple business disciplines.
• Execute the Program Management Office’s strategy for enhancing the organization’s project management competence by delivering presentations, supporting office hours, and providing day‑to‑day guidance to peers on internal standards and project management best practices.
• Support the Program Management Office’s oversight of enterprise initiatives, including the monitoring and reporting of program health to executive leaders and board‑level authorities.
• Collaborate within Finance & Office Operations to analyze historical and current financial data to determine delivery feasibility and financial health of strategic projects, and develop financial reports that enable strategic decisions by program leaders.
• Define metrics that drive and measure the performance of all project teams and develop strategies to continuously improve delivery methods, internal standards, and governance processes.
• Research, evaluate, and stay current on emerging tools, techniques, and technologies as well as best practices in software development and project management.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience leading business analysis and driving operational change.
• Experience working for large‑scale software development initiatives implementing new and modified workflows for an enterprise across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle is a plus.
• 3–5 years of experience with project accounting and financial analysis.
• Experience working to determine investment needs and develop business cases and rationale for new initiatives or project continuation is a plus.
• Software development experience as a technical analyst, application developer, or software engineer is preferred.
• Project planning experience, including the development of a work breakdown structure, estimation of effort and resource needs, optimization of resource utilization and dependency management, and planning of contingencies is preferred.
• Experience developing business strategies and multi‑year plans for an enterprise in collaboration with executive leaders is a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to independently plan and execute current state and fit/gap analysis of as‑is policies and processes to identify gaps, improvement opportunities, and solutions to achieve business strategies for meeting regulatory requirements, preferably within the financial services industry.
• Ability to define functional requirements for achieving the desired target state, clearly describe how this differs from the current state, and validate the feasibility of implementing the target state based on known constraints and available technologies or solution options.
• Ability to trace data movements through business…