Team & Position Summary: Newly established, The Clearing House (TCH) Strategy team is responsible for setting TCH’s business strategy, analyzing and executing M&A transactions, strategic partnerships/alliances as well as incubating and developing new ideas into commercially viable and available products. The team has an opportunity to drive alignment across the company and to stay on top of competitive developments in the rapidly evolving payments space.
TCH strategy team will partner with all relevant stakeholders to:
Conduct an objective and analytically driven strategic analysis of TCH’s payments products, assets and initiatives
Evaluate internal, external and adjacent opportunities, including potential partnerships and acquisitions to help advance TCH’s capabilities and competitive positioning
Serve as a central source of payments industry knowledge and expertise, helping to provide thought leadership, research and education
Leverage these findings to influence next generation payments products, services and infrastructure to meet client’s needs
Advance TCH’s agenda among key industry groups and consortia
Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Senior Vice President (SVP) in Strategy Group leads payments related strategic projects for TCH. These could include classic strategy projects as well as partnership and innovation related projects. She leads multiple distinct projects at a given time, frames the strategic work, oversees required analysis, aligns different parts of the organization and ultimately communicates her findings in verbal and written format
Be a strategic advisor to senior leaders across TCH
Frame payments related strategic questions and build approaches to solve them
Lead potential partnerships, M&A and innovation projects
Engage with all relevant internal and external stakeholders, as needed
Accountable for clearly communicating the strategic process, analysis, options and recommendations
Frame the required research and analysis including input from any previous work
Accountable for staying on top of all payments related developments in the market; be a leader in communicating and galvanizing the company, as needed
Be a leader on all payments topics and lead progressing the payments thinking at TCH
Build relationships across relevant areas at TCH
Challenge conventional thinking
Qualifications Required
Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g. engineering, math, economics, etc.)
Graduate degree in MBA or quantitative field
15+ years of experience in payments, strategy, partnerships or innovation
Deep in multiple areas of payments
Currently in consulting or doing similar work at a bank or payments company
Lead multiple strategic projects with multiple layers of the organization accountable to them
Good at operating across a company and communicating with C-suite
Analytically strong, creative, smart with good work ethic
Distinctive problem solving and analysis skills
Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
High level adaptability for demands of work challenges and when confronted with change
Take high degree of personal ownership and pride
History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
Success Factors/job Competencies
Lead managers and analysts in given projects
Lead and drive multiple projects at a given time
Develop and use strategic frameworks to evaluate payments-related topics
Develop insights and hypotheses about new developments in the payments space
Advance the payments thinking in TCH
Frame analysis & research that needs to be conducted (e.g. model building, market sizing, financial analysis)
Communicate results of analysis and findings (verbal and written)
Problem-solver, creative with good work ethic
Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships across and up/down the organization
Adaptability; responds well when confronted with change, ambiguity, adversity, and other pressures
Personal ownership and pride
Teamwork
Physical demands and work environment: The working environment is generally favorable. Lighting and temperature are adequate, and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc. Work is generally performed within an office environment, with standard office equipment available. The position will require two to three days onsite. Additional travel to client meetings, conferences and other events will be required.
The anticipated annual salary range for NY-based candidates for this position is $250,000-$330,000. Base salary and position level will be determined by the role, experience, skill set and location. For eligible positions, discretionary incentive compensation may be awarded contingent on personal and company performance. Our benefits program includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k plan with company contribution and company match, tuition reimbursement and more.
Seniority level
Executive
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Strategy/Planning and Information Technology
Industries
Financial Services
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