Business Operations & Strategy Associate

What you'll do: 

At NinjaTrader the Strategy and Business Operations team sits at the intersection of leadership analysis and execution. As a member of this team you'll take on the company's highest-impact and most complex challenges turning strategy into action equipping leadership with the insights needed to make confident decisions and building the operational foundation that allows every team to perform at its best. 

In this role you will: 

• Operate as an internal consultant within a core function helping shape priorities and bring clarity to complex decisions  
• Partner with senior leadership to develop and execute business unit strategies  
• Build business cases to support investment decisions and key strategic initiatives  
• Conduct in-depth quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify trends risks and growth opportunities  
• Analyze customer behavior and business performance to generate actionable insights  
• Define track and report on key business metrics and KPIs aligned to strategic goals  
• Manage project timelines and milestones ensuring accountability across stakeholders  
• Help streamline processes and improve how work gets done across the organization  
• Build relationships across teams and act as a thought partner to business leaders  
• Prepare executive-facing materials including MBRs QBRs and strategic updates  
• Communicate insights and recommendations clearly to drive decision-making  
• Scale and maintain the AI repository (tools use cases best practices) to drive consistent adoption across the business  
• Automate high-impact workflows to improve efficiency reduce manual effort and enhance decision-making  
• Champion AI adoption by partnering with stakeholders to embed AI into core processes  

What you'll need: 

• 2–4 years of relevant experience in strategy consulting corporate strategy business operations business intelligence or similar roles  
• High ownership strong work ethic with a bias toward action and execution  
• Ability to operate independently and manage multiple workstreams  
• Structured problem-solving skills; able to break down ambiguous problems into clear components  
• Ability to synthesize complex data into clear insights and recommendations  
• Experience in PMO / project management managing cross-functional workstream  
• Strong prioritization skills across multiple competing demands  
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets (modeling pivots lookups scenario analysis)  
• Ability to build financial models forecasts and business cases  
• SQL and data visualization tools (Looker Tableau etc.) preferred; Python a plus  
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication  
• Strong PowerPoint / presentation skills to executive stakeholders  
• Ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across functions  
• Experience defining tracking and improving key business metrics (e.g. acquisition conversion retention)  
• Familiarity with growth funnels experimentation or performance optimization  

Compensation: 

The salary range for this role will be $100000.00 - $120000.00 USD. In addition this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 8%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%). 

Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of 18 days per year (some positions may qualify for more) plus seven paid holidays. 

Location: 

This role is based in Chicago IL. We are not open to remote candidates for this role 

Hybrid: 

For Chicago-based employees we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. In addition to these weekly remote days we offer: 

• 20 additional flex remote days annually  
• 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays 

What We Do

More than 2 million futures traders trust NinjaTrader's award-winning software and brokerage services to help them trade smarter. Since 2003 we've been building better futures for all traders by making futures trading more accessible scalable and user-friendly. As a bold innovative thought leader in the trading space we build products and services that empower active futures traders to easily analyze and react to data from the world's leading financial markets. Veteran and new futures traders alike look to us for our always-on support daily free education and analysis access to developer apps and much more. We believe in the power of innovation to drive futures trading forward. Together we continue to redefine what's possible in trading advocate for our customers and provide the best tools support and experiences to the fast-growing retail futures trading community. Located in Chicago our entrepreneurial employee-centric culture is inspiring innovative and inviting. We're committed to diversity equity and inclusivity so our team members feel at ease to be themselves and empowered to deliver the work they do best.

Why Work With Us

Our team members are our #1 asset and the signature ingredient to our success. When you join NinjaTrader you become part of an innovative forward-looking community that encourages creativity collaboration and camaraderie to deliver the best futures trading experience possible to our more than 1.8 million users. See why better futures start here.

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