Job Profile Summary: Associate Director, Innovation Implementation The Innovation Implementation Team was created in recognition of the unique combination of skills required to lead the refinement, scaling and implementation of truly innovative solutions. This team is part of a larger, cross-disciplinary innovation team and has the specific mandate to serve as enablers and thought leaders for the deployment of novel solutions in FINRA's Member Supervision practice, taking ideas from proven concept to Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to launching at-scale.

As an Innovation Implementation Specialist, you will pull from elements of venture building, product management, organizational change management, design thinking, and go-to-market strategy to refine and launch impactful solutions that ensure FINRA stays on the leading edge of regulatory oversight in fulfilling its mission to the public. As the Associate Director of the Innovation Implementation Team, you will own key programs, develop and lead a team responsible for building, testing, scaling, and implementing multiple complex business solutions. You are supported in the execution of this work by adjacent specialist teams, including Design Thinking, Data Science, Analytics, and Project Management teams.

As a program lead, you will be responsible for maintaining close partnerships with our business clients and should be practiced at engaging everyone from front-line staff to executive teams. This is a strategic execution role for someone skilled in honing the value proposition of a solution or service, defining, and measuring success to prove or disprove a solution's merit, and prioritizing the work to progressively build out proven solutions in a way that delivers incremental value and reduces risk. This role is expected to serve as a thought leader for the continued development of the Innovation Implementation function within the organization.

A strong candidate will have experience leading others through experimental/learning-based approaches to working.Job DescriptionOwn experimentation and concept refinement, working closely with the Design Thinking team to advance ideas from "proven concept" to MVP to a fully scaled solution/offeringDesign and execute alpha/beta tests as needed to determine which ideas to advance, based on defined success criteriaDefine solution success metrics based on anticipated value (meeting customer needs, strategic alignment for the organization, etc.), and design mechanisms to benchmark and demonstrate solution successFor proven solutions, responsible for developing a long-term vision and production plan focusing on maximizing value delivered and reducing risk to the organizationCoordinate with supporting functions to design and execute holistic implementation strategies covering solution development and launch, communications + awareness plans, training plans, mechanisms for long-term monitoring and refinement based on value delivery.

Prioritize and execute multiple major projects/programs with broad scope and strategic business impactTrack outcomes and manage activities and program performance in accordance with budget and strategic directionEducation & Experience Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field and 7+ years of experience or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background required. Consulting background and/or MBA highly preferred Experience with Agile software development processes and methodologies.