Senior Strategy Analyst, Vertical Growth - Digital

Job Description

Are you ready to unleash your full potential? We're looking for people who are passionate about payments to chart Worldpay's path to being the largest and most-loved payments company in the world.

What makes a Worldpayer? It's simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We're dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we're determined, always staying open - winning and failing as one.

About the team

Be part of a strategic planning team focused on the Digital sector reporting to the Vertical Growth Lead for the Digital vertical as part of the Global Enterprise Go-to-Market function. You will work closely with a wide array of global and regional teams including Business Development, Relationship Management, Marketing, Partnerships, Product, Legal, Risk and Compliance. Together with your team, you will help plan and develop long-term goals and strategic objectives to continue to position Worldpay as a thought leader in Digital industries and grow the vertical globally.

What you will be doing:

• Author and maintain a Plan to Win for the Digital vertical, which includes many software-led customers including Technology (productivity, security, advertising, education), Media (streaming, publishing, social), Video Games, Digital Healthcare or others, across priority markets in our four regions: NORAM, EMEA, APAC and LATAM.

• Develop the Worldpay value proposition to win in each sub-vertical of focus from the perspective of the customer, and work with internal stakeholders to define our right to win.

• Generate thought leadership to continue to position Worldpay as an influencer within the vertical for use to support sales discussions, in customer business review meetings, and through marketing channels.

• Attend and present at industry conferences, as well as at internal events, on trends impacting the vertical and Worldpay's value proposition therein.

• Define our vertical go-to-market plan to ensure we effectively target our marketing and partner cultivation efforts.

• Coordinate and drive execution of strategic commercial initiatives to grow the vertical.

• Support regional Business Development and Relationship Management teams on various ad-hoc tactical requests including participation in customer meetings, RFPs, developing target lists, informing on vertical thought leadership and trends, to educate them on how to win in target industries.

• Provide input into the product roadmap acting as the voice of the customer for target industries.

• Support a team of strategy and marketing professionals to assist you in driving the objectives of the Digital vertical Plan to Win.

• Develop a strong internal network amongst key stakeholders including Business Development, Relationship Management, Marketing, Partnerships, Product, Legal, Risk and Compliance.

What you bring:

• 3+ years' experience from a Tier 1 management consultancy firm or another larger enterprise business in a strategy function, or

• 3+ years' expertise within a digital-first or software-led B2C business including but not limited to Technology (productivity, security, advertising, education), Media (streaming, publishing, social), Video Games, Digital Healthcare or others.

• You have actively contributed to strategic decision-making processes and are comfortable making choices and assessing trade-offs

• Payments or other financial services experience desirable

• Bachelor's degree preferrable.

Added bonus if you have:

• Experience working in Digital vertical businesses preferably within a payments or customer experience function.

• Self-motivated and able to work to define priorities across a complex, global organization, as well as close knowledge gaps quickly.

• Ability to build consensus behind a vision and achieve buy-in to deliver on goals.

• Intermediate communication skills including speaking in panels, webinars and on stage at events, and a natural networker.

• Good analytical experience, strong project management skills.

• Comfortable with global travel to attend internal and external events and customer meetings.

• Track record as a high EQ colleague, helping both team engagement and collaboration.

What we offer you

• A competitive salary and benefits

• A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities

• The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in the payment industry

• Time to support charities and give back in your community

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