Business Analytics Lead - Marketing & Customer Analytics

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 91,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/prescription drug coverage

Dental and vision options

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays

Job summary

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is seeking a Business Analytics Lead to shape shopping strategy and Next Best Action marketing within its Customer Interaction Management Strategy & Analytics team. Based in multiple U.S.

locations, the role focuses on improving decisioning, engagement, and business performance through advanced analytics. You will drive shopping and marketing strategy, govern rules and contact policies, and collaborate across bank lines to deliver scalable customer interaction

Qualifications

• 5+ years in marketing, customer, channel, or decision analytics with measurable business outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to structure ambiguous problems.
• Experience designing, executing, and interpreting tests and experiments with statistical analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytics processes across multiple functions to create data-driven solutions.
• Mentor junior staff and consult with clients on analytic approaches and implementation.
• Translate complex analytics into concise recommendations for senior leadership.

Skills

5+ years marketing analytics

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Test design & experimentation

SQL

Python

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Business Analytics Lead within PNC's Marketing & Customer Analytics Customer Interaction Management Strategy & Analytics team within the Data, Modeling & Analytics organization, you will be based in Tyson's Corner, VA, Pittsburgh, PA or Wilmington, DE.

Role Overview

The Business Analytics Lead on PNC’s Customer Interaction Management Strategy & Analytics team will develop, implement, and optimize PNC’s shopping strategy and advance the Next Best Action Marketing strategy within its broader customer interaction strategy. This role will shape analytical direction, improve decisioning effectiveness, and translate insights into practical strategies that enhance customer relevance, business performance, and execution consistency.

Shopping Strategy: Develop and implement strategies for shopping placement, experience design, governance, orchestration, testing, measurement, and optimization. This includes recommending, testing, and refining business rules and contact policies, optimizing placements and customer experiences, and incorporating customer context into presentments to improve engagement and outcomes.

Marketing Strategy: Stabilize and enhance the Next Best Action marketing ecosystem through improved data quality, marketing treatments and intents, decisioning, transparency, reporting, and measurement. The role will identify opportunities to strengthen decisioning effectiveness, improve visibility into strategy execution, establish meaningful performance measures, and develop optimization approaches that drive continuous improvement.

The Business Analytics Lead will collaborate with teams across the Customer Interaction Management organization, PNC’s Next Best Action marketing ecosystem, and business functions across the bank to align analytical strategies with customer needs, business objectives, and operational capabilities. The role will influence decisions across analytics, marketing, digital, product, technology, and business teams to deliver scalable customer interaction improvements.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of progressive experience in marketing, customer, channel, or decision analytics, preferably in financial services, with demonstrated ownership of complex analytical problems and measurable business outcomes.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous problems, develop sound analytical approaches, analyze complex data, and synthesize findings into actionable recommendations.


• Experience designing, executing, and interpreting tests and experiments, with a strong understanding of test design, measurement, statistical analysis, and optimization.


• Proficiency with SQL and experience using analytical tools to query, transform, analyze, and visualize data. Experience with Python or similar programming languages is preferred.


• Experience developing measurement frameworks, performance reporting, and analytical insights that improve transparency, support implementation, and enable ongoing optimization.


• Experience analyzing customer interaction, shopping, presentment, contact strategy, or next-best-action marketing performance.


• Ability to assess marketing placement decisioning strategies, business rules, and customer context to evaluate effectiveness, identify optimization opportunities, and inform implementation decisions.


• Knowledge of customer journey orchestration, decision management, and next-best-action concepts. Experience with Pegasystems Customer Decision Hub or similar platforms is advantageous.


• Strong strategic thinking, leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence decisions across analytics, marketing, digital, product, technology, and business teams.


• Ability to translate complex analytical findings into concise, compelling recommendations and practical optimization strategies for senior leaders and diverse cross‑functional audiences.


• Experience establishing analytical governance, data quality standards, optimization frameworks, or decisioning measurement processes is beneficial.

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

Job Description

Leads the analytics processes across multiple functions or business units leveraging an array of complex analytical tools to create data driven solutions. Serves as mentor to more junior employees. Consults with clients and mentors consultants on tool and strategy implementation and monitoring, statistical scoring, business intelligence, data quality, and analytical product / solution development. Determining the optimal analytic approach and supporting development, implementation and enhancements. Assists peers with guidance on analytic approaches related to more complex solutions. Conceptualizing, developing and continuously optimizing analytical solutions for business leadership to enable data driven decision making. Analyze results and make recommendations for key business partners and senior management or communicate conclusions from complex analytical solutions to a wide range of audiences.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.


• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position. Preferred Skills Analytical Thinking, Business Intelligence (BI), Concept Development, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Integration, Market Research, Performance Metrics, Qualitative Research, Strategic Planning Competencies Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business Analytics, Consulting, Decision Making and Critical Thinking, Effective Communications, Emerging Technologies Work Experience Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered. Education Bachelors Certifications No Required Certification(s) Licenses No Required License(s) Language Assessments No Required or Preferred Language Assessments Pay Transparency Base Salary: $91,000.00 – $202,800.00 Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance. Application Window Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 08/31/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

• Medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)


• Dental and vision options


• Employee and spouse/child life insurance


• Short and long-term disability protection


• 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans


• Dependent care reimbursement account
  
• Back‑up child/elder care


• Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement


• Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid


• A robust wellness program with financial incentives

• Maternity and/or parental leave


• Up to 11 paid holidays each year


• 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law


• Between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level


• And years of service

Disability Accommodations Statement

If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at [e-mail]. Please include "accommodation request" in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law. This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.

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For nearly 160 years, PNC has strived to make a meaningful impact for our employees, customers, communities, and shareholders. We believe our success and positive reputation are built on open and honest dialogue, an unwavering focus on smart risk management, relationship-based customer service and community investments. Our inclusive workplace allows our employees to be heard, valued, and developed to do their best work. Being a great place to work means we are making a lasting difference for everyone we serve.

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