OVERVIEW:
The D. E. Shaw group seeks a proactive, analytical, and resourceful individual to join its strategy and business development (SBD) arm, working with our Investor Relations and External Communications groups. This role offers an opportunity to analyze and translate complex data into high-quality commercial insights that drive business strategy and improve client engagement while working within a collegial and dynamic environment.
WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:
- Collaborate on the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data that impacts marketing efforts, client engagement and retention strategies, product development, and communication and branding initiatives, and use insights to present strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
- Work with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to understand their business intelligence requirements, deliver analyses, and serve as a partner when implementing recommendations from analyses.
- Collaborate with international data and software development teams to improve available data for analysis and refine the systems used for relationship management, external communications, transaction processing, and client experience.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
- A bachelor’s degree and one to two years of relevant experience working in a commercial insights or strategic analysis role are required; an advanced degree in business, economics, data science, or a related field is a plus but not required.
- Impressive project management, commercial judgment, and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret and visualize complex data and provide strategic insights.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, along with keen attention to detail.
- Advanced working knowledge of Excel and proficiency with business intelligence programs (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
- Experience with prompt engineering for coding is required, as is familiarity with applied statistics and Python for data retrieval, transformation, and visualization; proficiency is preferred.
- Experience with engagement and/or customer relationship management (CRM) data is a plus.
- The expected annual base salary for this position is $135,000 to $150,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.
Please note that this post is not an application. Please navigate to our website to apply: https://www.deshaw.com/recruit/jobs/Ads/BuiltIn/DATAAssocFeb2026
The D. E. Shaw group is an equal opportunity employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-2 years relevant experience in commercial insights or strategic analysis
- Advanced working knowledge of Excel
- Proficiency with business intelligence programs (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
- Experience with prompt engineering for coding
- Familiarity with applied statistics
- Proficiency with Python for data retrieval, transformation, and visualization
- Impressive project management, commercial judgment, and analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication and strong attention to detail
- Advanced degree in business, economics, data science, or related field
- Experience with engagement and/or CRM data
The D. E. Shaw Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The D. E. Shaw Group and has not been reviewed or approved by The D. E. Shaw Group.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is consistently characterized as very competitive and often above industry benchmarks, with strong packages cited for both interns and early-career roles. Compensation is also framed as favorable versus several large tech firms for certain levels and geographies.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives are described as a structured mix of base salary, variable performance bonus tied to individual and firm outcomes, and a guaranteed long-term incentive paid out over multiple years. Cash-heavy compensation is presented as attractive for immediacy and certainty relative to equity-heavy alternatives.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are described as robust, including pregnancy and postpartum support, fertility/adoption/surrogacy assistance, paid parental leave, and childcare benefits. These offerings are repeatedly positioned as a standout part of the overall rewards package.
The D. E. Shaw Group Insights
What We Do
The D. E. Shaw group is trusted by investors across the world to manage their assets by seeking the optimal balance of risk and reward. While we’re known as a pioneer in quantitative investing, we also have considerable expertise in areas that involve fundamental analysis or portfolio manager discretion. We use a combination of quantitative and qualitative tools to uncover independent, hard-to-find sources of return across global public and private markets. Founded in 1988 over a small bookstore in downtown New York City, the D. E. Shaw group began with six employees and $28 million in capital and quickly became a pioneer in computational finance. In the early days of exposed pipes and extension cords, tripping on a cable could take out our whole trading system. Today, the firm has more than 2,500 people around the globe and an institutional-grade (and trip-proof) infrastructure, but we still value creativity, entrepreneurship, and the spirit of discovery. If you’re an intellectually adventurous person who loves to collaborate on challenging and rewarding projects, we encourage you to apply. Visit our Careers page at https://www.deshaw.com/careers to learn more.
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