The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc

Business Analytics Lead - Data, Modeling & Analytics

Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of industry-relevant experience in analytics and data engineering
  • Expertise in Python, Spark, SQL, Tableau, and Power BI
  • Experience in cloud-based analytics solutions and data governance
  • Strong leadership skills and experience with Agile methodologies
  • Ability to manage API lifecycle and conduct complex data solution implementation

Responsibilities

  • Lead analytics processes across multiple business functions
  • Consult with clients on implementing analytical tools and strategies
  • Determine optimal analytic approaches for business needs
  • Mentor junior consultants in statistical scoring and business intelligence
  • Conceptualize and optimize data-driven analytical solutions
  • Analyze data and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical/prescription drug coverage with HSA options
  • 401(k) plan with company match and pension options
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Educational assistance programs fully paid in select cases
  • Robust wellness program with financial incentives
  • Generous paid time off including vacation, holidays, and parental leave
Full Job Description
Position Overview

As a Business Analytics Lead within PNC's Data, Modeling & Analytics Decision Infrastructure Design organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA, Charlotte, NC or Cleveland, OH.

Preferred skills and experience:

Advanced expertise in Python, Spark (PySpark), and large-scale data engineering within Hadoop and cloud environments.

Expert-level SQL skills, including optimization, complex windowing, and multi-source data validation.

Proven experience designing and delivering executive-ready dashboards and analytical narratives using Tableau, Power BI, or Elastic Stack.

Strong experience architecting, deploying, and supporting cloud-based analytics platforms.

Deep hands-on experience implementing and governing business rules engines such as FICO Decision Modeler and Experian PowerCurve in regulated environments.

Proven ability to design, govern, and maintain enterprise-scale system integrations across APIs, messaging, and batch pipelines.

Ownership of API lifecycle management, including design standards, testing, versioning, and maintenance.

Strong leadership within Agile frameworks, influencing delivery practices and technical standards.

Additional Preferred skills and experience:

Experience establishing data governance, validation frameworks, logging, and documentation standards.

Strong background in CI/CD automation for data and analytics workflows.

Proven experience validating production changes through real-time and batch monitoring tools.

Ability to rapidly understand and influence complex ecosystems, including codebases, data flows, and portfolio-level business logic.

Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex technical trade-offs into actionable business outcomes.

Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and raise technical standards across teams.
Strong awareness of risk, compliance, data ethics, and bias in financial or regulated domains.

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description
  • Leads the analytics processes across multiple functions or business units leveraging an array of complex analytical tools to create data driven solutions. Serves as mentor to more junior employees.
  • Consults with clients and mentors consultants on tool and strategy implementation and monitoring, statistical scoring, business intelligence, data quality, and analytical product / solution development.
  • Determining the optimal analytic approach and supporting development, implementation and enhancements.
  • Assists peers with guidance on analytic approaches related to more complex solutions.
  • Conceptualizing, developing and continuously optimizing analytical solutions for business leadership to enable data driven decision making.
  • Analyze results and make recommendations for key business partners and senior management or communicate conclusions from complex analytical solutions to a wide range of audiences.


Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills
Analytical Thinking, Business Intelligence (BI), Concept Development, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Integration, Market Research, Performance Metrics, Qualitative Research, Strategic Planning

Competencies
Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Business Analytics, Consulting, Decision Making and Critical Thinking, Effective Communications, Emerging Technologies

Work Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education
Bachelors

Certifications
No Required Certification(s)

Licenses
No Required License(s)

Pay Transparency

Base Salary: $91,000.00 - $169,000.00

Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 06/02/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.

About The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc

PNC is a financial service company providing bank deposit products and services to its community. The company assets (as of December 31, 2011) of approximately $271.2 billion. PNC operations include a regional banking franchise operating primarily in nineteen states and the District of Columbia with more than 2,700 branches, online and mobile services together with 7,400 ATM machines, specialized financial businesses serving companies and government entities, and asset management and processing businesses.

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$7.5 billion
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