DescriptionIgnite your passion for product innovation by leading customercentric development inspiring solutions and shaping the future with your strategic vision and influence.
As a Strategic Initiatives Delivery Director within the Acquiring Platform and Rails (APR) team you will be responsible for overseeing the development and enhancement of Data & Reporting solutions to cater to the needs of our current and prospective clients. You will keep up with market trends and manage both short and longterm investments to boost competitiveness and profitability. As a part of the APR Leadership Team you will use your advanced skills to challenge traditional methods remove barriers to success and foster a culture of continuous innovation. You will balance the needs of different regions segments and lines of business against limited resources while promoting an operating model focused on endtoend client value. This approach will motivate crossfunctional teams to develop scalable solutions that increase operating leverage and effectively meet customer needs..
Job responsibilities
- Leads a Strategic Initiative into delivery including development risk management in coordination of business growth targets clients and regional segments.
- Coordinates with global stakeholders inside and outside of the product organization to: 1 complete detailed designs and arrive into an implementation sized; 2 sequence deliveries against overall solution; 3 deliver a solution that can be tested and scaled globally; 4 successfully transfer solution to platform leaders to operate and scale.
- Leads the relevant PDLC process sections in the creation of solutions with a focus on disciplined planning and delivery.
- Owns solution performance as aggregated against the activities of the client and regional segments and is responsible for investing in enhancements to achieve business objectives
- Establishes and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the success of global initiatives.
- Provide regular updates and strategic insights to senior management and stakeholders on global progress and challenges.
- Facilitate global meetings and presentations to drive consensus and alignment on strategies and solutions including last mile differences by region.
Required qualifications capabilities and skills
- 8 years of experience within merchant acquiring/merchant services
- Expertise on the extensive usage and application of data data management and reporting
- Expertise on UX and UI design
- Extensive knowledge of the product development life cycle technical design and data analytics
- Proven ability to influence the adoption of key product life cycle activities including discovery ideation strategic development requirements definition and value management
- Experience driving change within organizations and managing stakeholders across functions
- Product management experience including strategy market analysis synthesis of client feedback communication reporting performance monitoring/metrics risk/compliance management.
- Ability to work in a matrixed environment creating positive relationships across varied peer groups to align on solution outcomes
- Executive presence and impeccable communication skills written and oral
Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills
- Recognized thought leader within merchant acquiring and related fields
- Preferred experience in product roles in a global matrixed organization
Required Experience:
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