Job Description

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that's more than some cliche people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves expertly. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You're constantly evolving, so shouldn't your opportunities be, too?

The Work Itself

This role will support the growth and evolution of Ally's consumer and lending businesses and consumer-level strategic initiatives by developing thoughtful and detailed research plans in collaboration with our product and channel teams. This position will serve as a constant thread tying the business and research teams together. The Consumer Research Strategy Director will work with senior leaders across Ally consumer businesses and channels to drive proactive research strategies that support key critical initiatives.

* Understand business and channel capabilities and plans at a depth to be able to navigate complexities and problem-solve to achieve combined success.
* Compare strategies and initiative plans across the team for opportunities to improve impact; build from product-centric towards a consumer-level approach
* Build and champion research practices and model a culture of broad thinking and collaboration across all key stakeholders
* Partner with Research Execution team to ensure insights and action deliver on the research plan to further propel Ally's consumer businesses forward
* Work with 3rd party CX firms to understand benchmarks, Ally specific information and drive action plans and reviews with internal stakeholders

The Skills You Bring

* Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, social sciences, or related field
* 5+ years of market research experience in a business to consumer setting, financial services experience is a plus
* Excellent critical thinking, project management, analytical, communication, and presentation skills
* Experience across different research methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative
* Excellent critical thinking, project management, analytical, communication, and presentation skills
* Able to establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect throughout the organization, be viewed as a standout colleague and work effectively under pressure and with tight deadlines
* Not afraid to work with granular details while managing and seeing the bigger, strategic view
* High level of intellectual curiosity combined with a 'results-driven' mindset and high EQ
* Ability to work effectively with senior executives
* Highly self-motivated with ability to handle and prioritize multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously

How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. But Ally's total compensation -- or total rewards -- extends beyond your paycheck and is crafted to support and enrich your personal and professional life, including:

* Time Away: driven holiday and flexible paid-time-off, including time off for volunteering and voting.
* Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan and 529 educational assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, and other financial well-being programs.
* Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including dental and vision, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally and financially.
* Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy, and fertility support as well as parental and caregiver leave, back-up child and adult/elder day care program and child care discounts.
* Work-Life Integration: other benefits including LifeMatters Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers program and other employee discount programs.

Who We Are

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with hardworking customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly passionate about "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at work@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.