Lead Analyst, Operational Excellence

Venable LLP's Technology & Innovation Group, Venable Blue Team, seeks a Lead Analyst, Operational Excellence who resides in the New York or Washington, D.C. regions. This is a non-attorney position.

The Lead Analyst, Operational Excellence will be responsible for the continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives. This role will support cross-department collaboration by managing process workflow and systems improvement projects. The Lead Analyst, Operational Excellence will drive cross-functional coordination and operational tasks designed to achieve program objectives and support related activities and processes. The work of the Lead Analyst, Operational Excellence will be fast-paced, dynamic, and impactful.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Strong analytical skills to evaluate complex information, make data-driven decisions, and track performance metrics.
• Experience in managing change is essential, due to the often need to implement new processes or changes in strategy. This includes managing resistance to change and ensuring smooth transitions.
• Manage task queues and track assignments across teams to drive necessary throughput by actively monitoring task workloads.
• Proactively engage with key stakeholders to help ensure successful execution of end-to-end processes toward achieving group objectives.
• Support people, process, and tooling programs, design and manage user feedback systems.

Qualifications:

• B.A. or B.S. degree required; Master's degree (or equivalent) preferred.
• Minimum of 4-7 years of experience within strategy & operations, project management, product management, analytics, or related fields.
• Consistent track record to use collect, synthesize, analyze, and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Six Sigma Certification (minimum Green Belt) and/or PMP Certification preferred.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Google Workspace required.
• Ability to consistently deliver quality outputs in a fast-paced environment, with an ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail, highly determined, and results-oriented.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for both VP-level stakeholders as well as mid-level stakeholders.
• Executive presence and ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across numerous stakeholders.
• Critical thinking and ability to perform well under pressure and ambiguous situations.

Venable offers full-service solutions to everything from routine to novel privacy and cybersecurity challenges. Our team brings to bear significant experience and industry knowledge to help clients satisfy data privacy and security laws and maximize their business potential. Fully immersed in all aspects of data privacy, cybersecurity, and information governance, Venable is unique among privacy and cybersecurity practices.

We participate in legislative advocacy, rulemakings, and development of new legal standards. Our team advises organizations with regard to industry best practices and drafting codes of conduct and standards, helping them stay compliant with federal, state, international, and self-regulatory requirements.

We strengthen the integrity of our clients' data, ecommerce security, and customer or user records; develop internal data collection and use practices; and ensure the creation of sound privacy policies and procedures.

Venable Blue helps organizations and individuals manage and mitigate risk in the online space. Whether it's an issue of data access, account takeover, cyber harassment, child safety, or a government or regulatory investigation, we build, operationalize, and deploy integrated programs and systems designed with people and products in mind.

For additional information about the Technology & Innovation Group, Venable Blue team see: www.venableblue.com.

Venable LLP is an American Lawyer Global 100 law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New York, and Virginia. Our lawyers and legislative advisors serve domestic and international clients in all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property, regulatory matters, and government affairs. Additional information can be found at Venable.com.

The salary range for the Lead Analyst, Operational Excellence position is $100,000 - $120,000 per year. This is the minimum and maximum salary that Venable in good faith believes at the time of this posting that it is willing to pay for the advertised position. Exact compensation will be determined based on individual candidate qualifications and location.

Venable LLP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, protected Veteran status and any other protected basis under applicable law.