Team Member, Strategic Innovation Group; HYBRID

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At Equitable, our power is in our people. We're individuals from different cultures and backgrounds. Those differences make us stronger as a team and a force for good in our communities. Here, you'll work with dynamic individuals, build your skills and unleash new ways of working and thinking. Are you ready to join an organization that will help unlock your potential?

We are America’s first fully Agile financial services company. We are creating an environment where cross‑functional, multidisciplinary teams work independently under a clear set of strategic guidelines, applying Agile working methods to implement their missions. And in so doing, they promote a culture where team members are actively engaged, and learning every day.

Equitable is looking for a dynamic Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) team member to join our team! The successful candidate will join the Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) team, one of several teams within the IDO. SIG functions as a high‑octane internal consulting firm whose mission is to harness the power of strategic innovation to forge new avenues of growth, uncover hidden opportunities for savings and enhance critical business processes.

The team focuses principally on five areas:
1) process re‑engineering;
2) corporate innovation & investment;
3) low code application development, automation and analytics;
4) organizational redesign;
5) strategic initiatives (past engagements have included work around straight‑through processing, competitive research and wellness). Across all five areas, the individual will partner with stakeholders to problem‑solve, design and develop impactful solutions. To succeed in this role, the team member will need to be able to work independently but also collaborate with others, thrive in an ambiguous environment and have a relentless focus on outcomes.

He or she will be a low‑ego builder, energized by the challenges that come with creating new things.

• Takes ownership of targeted work streams and relentlessly focuses on driving results
• Perseveres in the face of challenges and organizational roadblocks
• Embraces and even thrives on uncertainty and ambiguity
• Attempts to understand root causes of issues and problem‑solves solutions

• Open‑minded, willing to flex across new areas and roll up their sleeves
• Able to explore new domains and grasp complex concepts in new subject areas
• Self‑motivated and dedicated to continuous self‑improvement, including receiving practical feedback
• Excited to learn and adopt Agile principles, practices and mindsets

• Actively listens to stakeholders’ needs and can take the perspective of counterparts
• Consistently attempts to identify insights and actionable next steps
• Demonstrates clear oral and written communication skills

• Create clear, structured, and visually stunning PowerPoint documents
• Conduct quantitative analysis and/or consolidate data through Excel
• Build low‑code applications with automated workflows through Microsoft Power Platform
• Conduct competitive research with the aid of generative AI tools
• Help more senior members of the team write compelling and interesting memos to executives
• Support facilitation of group learning sessions with internal stakeholders
• Help the team to document and organize information, from consistent note‑taking to folder structuring
• Knowledge of statistics, hypothesis‑driven problem‑solving, finance industry and economics

Candidates must be comfortable working in a high‑profile, dynamic environment and must be willing to support various projects, often simultaneously.

This team member will be working in office 2‑3 days per week.

The base salary range for this position is $65,000 - $75,000. Actual base salaries vary based on skills, experience, and geographical location. In addition to base pay, Equitable provides compensation to reward performance with base salary increases, spot bonuses, and short‑term incentive compensation opportunities. Eligibility for these programs depends on level and…