What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior AI and Emerging Tech Engagement Manager position at Edward Jones?
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 15-Apr-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
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People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
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¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
The Senior AI and Emerging Tech Engagement Manager is a senior advisor and delivery leader who partners directly with business owners and enterprise leaders to shape and execute high‑impact AI, emerging technology, and analytics initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and execution, helping turn ambitious ideas into measurable business outcomes.
Serving as a trusted consultant, you will translate complex and ambiguous strategic priorities into actionable solution designs, align diverse stakeholders, and ensure initiatives deliver real business value. As a leader within a small, high‑impact consulting team, you will bridge vision and execution—moving initiatives from concept to reality in a fast‑changing technology landscape.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with senior leaders, thrives in ambiguity, and is passionate about applying AI and emerging technologies to solve meaningful business problems.
Key Responsibilities:
Serving as a trusted consultant, you will translate complex and ambiguous strategic priorities into actionable solution designs, align diverse stakeholders, and ensure initiatives deliver real business value. As a leader within a small, high‑impact consulting team, you will bridge vision and execution—moving initiatives from concept to reality in a fast‑changing technology landscape.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with senior leaders, thrives in ambiguity, and is passionate about applying AI and emerging technologies to solve meaningful business problems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with business owners and enterprise leaders to define desired business outcomes and shape AI, emerging technology, and analytics solutions that directly support those outcomes.
- Lead end‑to‑end execution of strategic initiatives, from problem framing and solution design through delivery oversight and value realization.
- Facilitate executive‑level working sessions and workshops to drive alignment, decision‑making, and prioritization for complex, high‑impact initiatives.
- Translate ambiguous business challenges into clear hypotheses, options, and recommendations supported by data, analytics, and emerging technology capabilities.
- Co‑lead cross‑functional teams (technology, analytics, risk, operations) to ensure solutions are feasible, well‑governed, and executed effectively.
- Drive measurement of progress and outcomes, ensuring AI and analytics initiatives deliver against stated short‑, medium‑, and long‑term business objectives.
- Communicate strategy, execution plans, and progress to senior leadership through clear, compelling presentations and written materials.
- Monitor industry, competitive, and technology trends to inform solution design and proactively identify new opportunities for impact.
- Lead and develop a small team of leaders and associates, setting clear expectations for consultative engagement, analytical rigor, and delivery excellence.
- Apply a detailed understanding of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and sampling designs to make recommendations to senior leaders on research approach; explaining the benefits (and drawbacks) of the design.
- Strong foundation in strategy consulting, business analysis, or analytics, with experience advising senior leaders on complex, ambiguous initiatives.
- Working knowledge of AI, analytics, and emerging technologies sufficient to shape solutions, assess trade‑offs, and guide execution (not hands‑on engineering).
- Deep understanding of wealth management and/or financial services business models, including how technology and analytics drive growth, efficiency, and client outcomes.
- Proven ability to lead cross‑functional delivery and translate strategy into executed outcomes.
- Understand, analyze, and recommend various research methodologies (both qualitative and quantitative) to address firm-wide business issues. Knowledge of statistics and analytical methodologies.
Preferred experience:
- Advanced degree or certifications in Business, Analytics, Finance, Economics, or related fields.
- Prior experience shaping or delivering AI‑enabled or analytics‑driven solutions in regulated environments.
- Exposure to digital wealth management, practice management, or asset management, with a strong grasp of advisor and client workflows.
- Familiarity with value measurement, benefits realization, and change management for enterprise technology initiatives.
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY: Current home-based associates: While this role is posted as hybrid, if selected and accepted, you may retain your home-based status. Edward Jones intends in good faith to continue offering the role as home-based, though future business or regulatory needs may require on-site work.
**Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**
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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.