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OneMain is seeking an Associate Director, Strategic Planning & Business Analytics to play a pivotal role in shaping the company's growth plans, managing production performance, and driving data-informed business decisions.
This is a highly visible, cross-functional role at the center of the company's growth planning, production management, and performance analytics, with regular exposure to senior leaders, from Managing Directors to Executive Vice Presidents.
The role owns several business-critical processes that help the company establish growth expectations, monitor performance against plan, anticipate emerging risks and opportunities, and drive timely corrective actions. It also offers significant opportunities to modernize existing capabilities through AI, automation, and advanced analytics.
Responsibilities
1. Lead Monthly Production Planning & Performance Management
- Establish monthly production targets for Applications, Loans, and New Money, incorporating seasonality estimates, recent business trends, planned initiatives, and management overlays. Communicate and cascade aligned targets and assumptions to stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Credit.
- Monitor intra-month production performance, diagnose key drivers of variance, and partner across functions to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and potential corrective actions.
- Lead mid-month and month-end performance reviews, providing senior management with clear insights into results, underlying drivers, changes in outlook, and performance against targets.
2. Lead Annual Budgeting & Quarterly Reforecasting
- Develop annual budgets and quarterly production forecasts for Applications, Loans, Average Loan Size, and New Money, incorporating seasonality, recent trends, strategic initiatives, and evolving business conditions.
- Partner closely with Marketing, Credit, Operations, and Finance to align assumptions, critically evaluate inputs, and translate business strategies into credible, actionable production forecasts.
- Build New Money walks and driver-based analyses that explain changes in the production outlook, quantify the impact of key assumptions, and deliver a clear, compelling narrative to senior leadership.
3. Executive Reporting & Business Intelligence
- Lead the Competitive Intelligence reporting package, synthesizing affiliate performance, market data, competitor earnings, industry trends, and relevant developments into actionable insights for senior management.
- Track and analyze marketing unit economics and customer acquisition costs, identifying meaningful changes, emerging trends, and opportunities to improve marketing efficiency and business performance.
- Develop executive-ready reporting and ad hoc analyses, translating complex data into clear insights and recommendations that inform strategic and operational decisions.
4. Continuously Modernize & Improve the Function
- Build and deploy AI-enabled tools and agents to automate recurring workflows, accelerate diagnostics, and improve the speed and quality of business decision-making.
- Drive continuous process improvement through automation, stronger controls, and more effective analytical methods, enhancing efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and reliability.
- Develop new analytical capabilities and monitoring tools that enable the organization to detect emerging trends earlier, diagnose performance issues faster, and respond more effectively.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred in a quantitative discipline such as Economics, Business Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, or Computer Science.
8+ years of experience in analytics, business performance management, forecasting, or complex data-driven problem-solving.
Strong analytical instincts, intellectual curiosity, and a demonstrated ability to develop innovative, data-driven solutions to complex business problems.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into compelling insights and effectively engage senior executives.
- Self-starter with strong business judgment, the ability to work independently, challenge conventional thinking, and provide sound, fact-based recommendations.
Strong SQL and/or Python skills, with hands-on experience working with complex structured and unstructured datasets.
Location: hybrid schedule (3 days/week: Tues. - Thurs) // Wilmington, DE
Who we Are
OneMain Financial (NYSE: OMF) is the leader in offering nonprime customers responsible access to credit and is dedicated to improving the financial well-being of hardworking Americans. Since 1912, we’ve looked beyond credit scores to help people get the money they need today and reach their goals for tomorrow. Our growing suite of personal loans, credit cards and other products help people borrow better and work toward a brighter future.
Driven collaborators and innovators, our team thrives on transformative digital thinking, customer-first energy and flexible work arrangements that grow lives, careers and our company. At every level, we’re committed to an inclusive culture, career development and impacting the communities where we live and work. Getting people to a better place has made us a better company for over a century. There’s never been a better time to shine with OneMain.
Because team members at their best means OneMain at our best, we provide opportunities and benefits that make their health and careers a priority. That’s why we’ve packed our comprehensive benefits package for full- and some part-timers with:
- Health and wellbeing options including medical, prescription, dental, vision, hearing, accident, hospital indemnity, and life insurances
- Up to 4% matching 401(k)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (10% share discount)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off (15 days’ vacation per year, prorated based on start date)
- Paid sick leave as determined by state or local ordinance (prorated based on start date)
- 11 Paid holidays (4 floating holidays, prorated based on start date)
- Paid volunteer time (3 days per year, prorated based on start
- date)
OneMain Holdings, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information or history, marital status, military status, national origin, nationality, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, transgender or on any other basis protected by law.
OneMain is seeking an Associate Director, Strategic Planning & Business Analytics to play a pivotal role in shaping the company's growth plans, managing production performance, and driving data-informed business decisions.
This is a highly visible, cross-functional role at the center of the company's growth planning, production management, and performance analytics, with regular exposure to senior leaders, from Managing Directors to Executive Vice Presidents.
The role owns several business-critical processes that help the company establish growth expectations, monitor performance against plan, anticipate emerging risks and opportunities, and drive timely corrective actions. It also offers significant opportunities to modernize existing capabilities through AI, automation, and advanced analytics.
Responsibilities
1. Lead Monthly Production Planning & Performance Management
- Establish monthly production targets for Applications, Loans, and New Money, incorporating seasonality estimates, recent business trends, planned initiatives, and management overlays. Communicate and cascade aligned targets and assumptions to stakeholders across Finance, Operations, Marketing, and Credit.
- Monitor intra-month production performance, diagnose key drivers of variance, and partner across functions to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and potential corrective actions.
- Lead mid-month and month-end performance reviews, providing senior management with clear insights into results, underlying drivers, changes in outlook, and performance against targets.
2. Lead Annual Budgeting & Quarterly Reforecasting
- Develop annual budgets and quarterly production forecasts for Applications, Loans, Average Loan Size, and New Money, incorporating seasonality, recent trends, strategic initiatives, and evolving business conditions.
- Partner closely with Marketing, Credit, Operations, and Finance to align assumptions, critically evaluate inputs, and translate business strategies into credible, actionable production forecasts.
- Build New Money walks and driver-based analyses that explain changes in the production outlook, quantify the impact of key assumptions, and deliver a clear, compelling narrative to senior leadership.
3. Executive Reporting & Business Intelligence
- Lead the Competitive Intelligence reporting package, synthesizing affiliate performance, market data, competitor earnings, industry trends, and relevant developments into actionable insights for senior management.
- Track and analyze marketing unit economics and customer acquisition costs, identifying meaningful changes, emerging trends, and opportunities to improve marketing efficiency and business performance.
- Develop executive-ready reporting and ad hoc analyses, translating complex data into clear insights and recommendations that inform strategic and operational decisions.
4. Continuously Modernize & Improve the Function
- Build and deploy AI-enabled tools and agents to automate recurring workflows, accelerate diagnostics, and improve the speed and quality of business decision-making.
- Drive continuous process improvement through automation, stronger controls, and more effective analytical methods, enhancing efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and reliability.
- Develop new analytical capabilities and monitoring tools that enable the organization to detect emerging trends earlier, diagnose performance issues faster, and respond more effectively.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree preferred in a quantitative discipline such as Economics, Business Analytics, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, or Computer Science.
8+ years of experience in analytics, business performance management, forecasting, or complex data-driven problem-solving.
Strong analytical instincts, intellectual curiosity, and a demonstrated ability to develop innovative, data-driven solutions to complex business problems.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into compelling insights and effectively engage senior executives.
- Self-starter with strong business judgment, the ability to work independently, challenge conventional thinking, and provide sound, fact-based recommendations.
Strong SQL and/or Python skills, with hands-on experience working with complex structured and unstructured datasets.
Location: hybrid schedule (3 days/week: Tues. - Thurs) // Wilmington, DE
Who we Are
OneMain Financial (NYSE: OMF) is the leader in offering nonprime customers responsible access to credit and is dedicated to improving the financial well-being of hardworking Americans. Since 1912, we’ve looked beyond credit scores to help people get the money they need today and reach their goals for tomorrow. Our growing suite of personal loans, credit cards and other products help people borrow better and work toward a brighter future.
Driven collaborators and innovators, our team thrives on transformative digital thinking, customer-first energy and flexible work arrangements that grow lives, careers and our company. At every level, we’re committed to an inclusive culture, career development and impacting the communities where we live and work. Getting people to a better place has made us a better company for over a century. There’s never been a better time to shine with OneMain.
Because team members at their best means OneMain at our best, we provide opportunities and benefits that make their health and careers a priority. That’s why we’ve packed our comprehensive benefits package for full- and some part-timers with:
- Health and wellbeing options including medical, prescription, dental, vision, hearing, accident, hospital indemnity, and life insurances
- Up to 4% matching 401(k)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (10% share discount)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off (15 days’ vacation per year, prorated based on start date)
- Paid sick leave as determined by state or local ordinance (prorated based on start date)
- 11 Paid holidays (4 floating holidays, prorated based on start date)
- Paid volunteer time (3 days per year, prorated based on start
- date)
OneMain Holdings, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information or history, marital status, military status, national origin, nationality, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, transgender or on any other basis protected by law.
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Who's Hiring
- Capital One23
- Amazon18
- JPMorganChase17
- Walmart14
- AT&T8
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software18
- Banking & Financial Services9
- Investment & Asset Management5
- Fintech4
- Healthcare & Medical Services4
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in strategic business manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or a related field required
- 5 or more years of experience in strategy, operations, or management consulting
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without authority
- Proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel, SQL, or business intelligence platforms
- Experience building business cases, financial models, and executive-level presentations
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred for senior-level positions
Tips for Your Strategic Business Manager Job Search
Quantify your cross-functional impact clearly
Strategic business manager roles are won on evidence of influence across departments. For every project, state the teams involved, the decision you drove, and the measurable outcome, whether revenue, cost reduction, or cycle-time improvement.
Tailor your resume to each company's growth stage
A startup hiring a strategic business manager wants someone who builds processes from scratch, while an enterprise wants someone who optimizes existing ones. Read the job description for language like 'scale', 'build', or 'improve', and mirror that framing in your resume.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists strategic business manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a structured problem-solving narrative
Interviewers for strategic business manager roles frequently use case-style questions. Prepare two or three stories using a situation-analysis-decision-outcome structure, each showing how you diagnosed a business problem and drove a solution through competing stakeholder priorities.
Signal your industry fluency in your application
Generic strategy credentials matter less than demonstrated fluency in the hiring company's sector. Reference the industry's specific KPIs, competitive dynamics, or regulatory constraints in your cover letter so the hiring manager sees you as a practitioner, not just a generalist.
Negotiate scope and reporting line, not just pay
In strategic business manager roles, the reporting line and decision-making authority often matter more than the title. During the offer stage, clarify which executives you'll have direct access to and which decisions require escalation, so your actual strategic influence matches the job description.
Strategic Business Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most strategic business managers?
The companies hiring the most strategic business managers right now include Capital One, Amazon, and JPMorganChase, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Technology, healthcare systems, and large financial institutions consistently post the highest volume of these roles.
How many strategic business manager jobs are remote?
About 84% of strategic business manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the role's reliance on collaboration and stakeholder access. Sub-areas focused on corporate strategy, business operations, and program management tend to offer the most remote or hybrid flexibility compared to roles requiring on-site plant or clinical operations oversight.
How do you become a strategic business manager?
Start by building analytical and project management skills through roles in operations, finance, or management consulting. Move into cross-functional projects that require influencing teams without direct authority. Develop fluency in business case construction and executive communication. Many strategic business managers progress from analyst or operations manager roles, sometimes adding an MBA to accelerate the transition into strategic leadership.
Can you get hired as a strategic business manager without direct experience?
You can enter strategic business manager roles from adjacent paths such as management consulting, financial analysis, or operations management, even without the exact title. Employers respond to candidates who can demonstrate that they've diagnosed a business problem, built a recommendation with data, and driven adoption across teams. Framing your existing experience around those outcomes is more effective than matching job titles.
What does the strategic business manager interview process look like?
The process typically involves an initial recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your strategic experience, and one or more rounds with senior stakeholders or a cross-functional panel. Many employers include a case study or take-home exercise that asks you to analyze a business scenario and present a recommendation. Final rounds often test executive presence and your ability to communicate trade-offs clearly.
Where can I find and apply to strategic business manager jobs?
You can find and apply to strategic business manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that fit your experience level and industry background, then apply directly to each listing that matches what you're looking for.
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