Global Payments Strategy & Growth Associate

Global Payments; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments in London is seeking a Business and Strategy professional to join our International Strategy team, shaping the strategy and execution priorities of our business and helping define the future of global commerce.

You’ll own discreet projects across the full life cycle, initiate and execute strategic work, deliver periodic strategy refreshes for the International Platforms business, and monitor trends in payments, regulation and customer behaviour to inform leadership decisions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategy and project-based business change delivery work.
• Extreme curiosity to understand underlying business challenges and what needs to change.
• Strong commercial acumen to identify opportunities and turn them into discreet projects.
• Experience of quantitative market research and knowledge of ISV-led payments and B2B2C business models.
• Ability to navigate change with confidence in a global environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Driving and supporting discreet projects to support the strategy.
• Full range of the project life-cycle from scope, initiate and execute strategic projects derived from the analysis.
• Owning and delivering aspects of periodic strategy refreshes for the International Platforms business.
• Monitoring and analysing trends shaping the payments ecosystem, including changes in customer behaviour, technology, regulation, payment methods, distribution models, and industry economics.
• Assessing the strategic implications of market movements for the company’s products, customers, partnerships, and geographic footprint.
• Developing market expansion plans and requirements.
• Identifying emerging opportunities and risks, distinguishing structural changes from short-term market developments.
• Producing and presenting concise, decision-oriented reports and presentations for senior leadership.

Skills

Strategy

Project delivery

Market research

Payments knowledge

B2B2C models

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Global Payments in London is seeking a Business and Strategy professional to join our International Strategy team, shaping the strategy and execution priorities of our business and helping define the future of global commerce.

You’ll own discreet projects across the full life cycle, initiate and execute strategic work, deliver periodic strategy refreshes for the International Platforms business, and monitor trends in payments, regulation and customer behaviour to inform leadership decisions.