Business Strategist

EPAM Systems Inc; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

LinkedIn Learning access

Employee Discounts

Bonus program eligibility

Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Business Strategist to drive strategic opportunities by combining market analysis, financial modeling, and human-centered design.

You will partner with design strategists, engineers, data scientists, and experience designers to define value propositions and growth strategies for new products and services. The role involves developing economic models, roadmaps, and actionable insights to guide client decisions and market introduction.

Qualifications

• MBA strongly preferred.
• Experience building financial models.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Experience working in group settings with teammates from different skills (e.g., designers and engineers).
• Experience consulting at senior levels of an organization.
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel to the US approximately once a quarter for research and/or client meetings.
• Have a portfolio that includes example(s) of market or competitive analyses, framework development, and financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Act as a client partner, helping articulate a clear business vision for near-, mid-, and long-term horizons.
• Understand and represent how clients’ business works operationally and financially.
• Conduct market and competitive analyses.
• Synthesize data to identify opportunities.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team through all project phases and align with client.
• Craft client-ready presentations to communicate insights to executives.

Skills

Financial modeling

Presentation skills

Client-facing communication

Team collaboration

Consulting at senior levels

Market/competitive analyses

Education

MBA

Job description

Business Strategists are passionate about driving innovation at the intersection of business viability and human-centered design. In this role, you will collaborate with design strategists, engineers, data scientists, experience designers and others to identify new opportunities and develop compelling value propositions and solutions that are consumer-driven, financially viable and technologically feasible. You will also structure and develop models to evaluate and estimate the potential economic success of an idea, strategy, service or new product.

Req# 1079570469

Responsibilities

• Act as a client partner, helping them articulate a clear vision for their business in the near-, mid- and long-terms
• Understand and represent how our clients’ business works – operationally and financially
• Conduct market and competitive analyses
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to identify opportunities
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team through all phases of project work including alignment with client, understanding context, developing non-obvious insights, exploring and defining opportunities, creating actionable/tangible design expressions, developing business rationale, and helping clients go to market
• Weave together multiple streams of work into compelling, logical client presentations and share them with executive level clients with confidence
• Create thoughtful financial models to quantify the value of recommended innovations. (Many modeling situations will require quantitative analysis of business opportunities based upon new ideas or thinking that have little or no precedence)
• Develop innovation roadmaps to help clients move from strategy to implementation

Requirements

• MBA is strongly preferred
• Experience building financial models
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Experience working in group settings with teammates with different skills (e.g., designers and engineers)
• Experience consulting at senior levels of an organization
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills
• Willingness to travel to the US approximately once a quarter for research and/or client meetings
• Have a portfolio that includes example(s) of market or competitive analyses, framework development, and financial modeling

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)
• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

This Remote Position Cannot be Performed in New York City.

In accordance with the LA County Fair Chance Ordinance, you may find a copy of the Notice containing a summary of the Ordinance’s key provisions here: Concept FCO Posting 8 27 24 (lacounty.gov)

EPAM Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in creating success for our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees and communities. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees without discrimination. As a global employer, this commitment includes complying with all laws in the countries in which we operate. Nevertheless, we believe equal employment practices should not be limited to what the law requires. Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to motivate, empower and recognize the best in everyone.

At EPAM, employment actions are based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, national origin, ancestry, genetics, age, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status when otherwise legally able to work, or any other characteristic protected by law.