Associate Director Strategy

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. **About the team** Lead the strategic planning for the Travel sector reporting to the Airlines, Travel & Hospitality Vertical Growth Leader 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 plan and develop long-term goals and strategic objectives to continue to position Worldpay as a thought leader in Travel industries and grow the sub-verticals globally. **What you will be doing** * Own and maintain a Plan to Win for the Travel verticals, which includes for Travel: Travel Agencies, Travel Marketplaces, Cruise, Mobility & Ground Transportation and others. Own the propositions 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 Travel industries 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 Travel/ Hospitality industries and Worldpay's value proposition. * Define our Travel 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 Travel sub-verticals. * 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 Travel industries. * Provide input into the product roadmap acting as the voice of the customer for Travel industries. * Lead a team of strategy and marketing professionals to support you in driving the objectives of the Travel vertical Plans 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:** * 5+ years’ experience from a management consultancy firm or another large enterprise business in a strategy function, or * 5+ years’ expertise within or advising Travel or Hospitality businesses in a leadership position * You have been central to strategic decision-making processes and are comfortable making choices and assessing trade-offs * Payments or other financial services experience highly desirable * Bachelor's degree required, MBA desirable **Additionally, you will have:** * Experience working within a payments function (desirable) * 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. * Excellent 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. * Strong track record as a high EQ leader, driving both team engagement and development. * Experience working within a payments function (desirable) **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