Product Strategy Analyst

The candidate will support the Products Strategy, Planning lead across various initiatives within the Product & Solutions Organization by coordinating across varied stakeholders (product leads & functional verticals) on financial planning, go-to-market strategies, and business reporting. Primary responsibilities of this position include:

• Conducting market research, trend analysis, competitor benchmarking, and performance benchmarking for key products.
• Supporting efforts and go-to-market strategies to ensure clearly defined business and investment plans are in place to drive strategy execution.
• Assessing how innovative business models can be applied to key new product offerings to enhance value.
• Leading & developing strategies to compete with alternatives in regions and globally.
• Working with global and regional product teams to support use case selection, opportunity assessment, competitor analysis, marketing, etc.
• Supporting preparation of business case, financial model, value proposition, and execution plan for key strategic initiatives.
• Coordinating budgeting for CEMEA Products and ensuring optimal investment of resources to finalize the operating plan for CEMEA Products.
• Developing content for client events with product narratives, business updates, and client presentations.
• Supporting executive market visits on content briefing.
• Working with minimal direction, usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations to product leadership.

Work Conditions
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:

• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD.
• BA, BS in Business, Economics, Finance or Strategy.
• MBA in a business relevant discipline preferred.
• Minimum 6 to 8 years of experience, with significant exposure to Management Consulting & Strategy work.
• Experience in and/or significant exposure to the financial services/payments industry required.
• Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred.
• Superior analytical and financial analysis skills.
• Strong strategic thinking and organizational skills, ability to summarize findings from data, and curiosity to deep dive on root cause of trends.
• Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate, verbally and in writing, compelling messages to senior managers and other stakeholders.
• Self-confident and hands-on, with the ability to operate in a fast-paced and constantly changing work environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a strong focus on clients.
• Ability to rally corporate resources and functional experts to drive business objectives.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with various CEMEA functions and Country teams, in a matrix organization.
• Ability to quickly assess opportunities using industry experience and fact-based analyses.
• Passionate about transforming payments while working for the industry leader.
• Strong team player, self-motivated and the ability to work independently while coordinating cross-functional activities, obtaining buy-in, and elevating issues at critical junctures appropriately.
• Ability to learn quickly, deal with complexity, and lead change.
• Aptitude to source relevant information and make timely decisions with tolerance for ambiguity.
• Expert level proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills, with strong written and verbal proficiency in English.