Product Strategy Manager

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital payment solutions seeks a Product Strategy Manager to drive growth in the UK market. This role involves leading strategic initiatives, enhancing product offerings, and collaborating with various teams to deliver optimal customer solutions. Candidates should possess strong commercial acumen, analytical skills, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Exceptional commercial acumen; ability to sense, define and exploit commercial opportunities.
• Strong analytical skills to convert data into business insights.
• Strong background in operational excellence and process improvement.
• Experience supporting business customers in the UK market from a payments perspective.

Responsibilities

• Define, lead and oversee strategic initiatives to drive growth in the UK business.
• Drive revenue growth and launch new products.
• Collaborate with teams to implement process improvements.
• Perform analysis to drive effectiveness across the UK business.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Analytical skills

Operational excellence

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

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Product Strategy Manager, London (City of London)

Client: Ant International

Location: London (City of London), United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views:

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Posted:

26.06.2025

Expiry Date:

10.08.2025

Job Description:

Introduction:

Ant International powers the future of global commerce with digital innovation for everyone and every business to thrive. In close collaboration with partners, we support merchants of all sizes worldwide to realize their growth aspirations through a comprehensive range of tech-driven digital payment and financial services solutions.

Ant International strives to become the most trusted digital services connector to achieve sustainable growth of global commerce.

This role will be focused on our WorldFirst business line, an international payments business helping move money around the world. We became part of Ant International in 2019, accelerating our mission to create the world’s best platform for international trade by combining WorldFirst’s products with Ant’s solutions aimed at enabling the digitalization of the modern services industry globally.

What you will be doing:

• Define, lead and oversee strategic initiatives to drive growth in the UK business, whilst retaining alignment with the company's global vision and objectives
• Drive revenue growth in the UK market, drive adoption and refinement of existing products whilst defining, launching and scaling new products
• Support customer growth - formulating and implementing growth strategies based on deep customer and market insights
• Collaborate with local/international Product & wider business teams (e.g., Legal, Compliance, Customer Service, Onboarding) to define, refine and implement process improvements that deliver for customers and achieve local business goals
• Leverage deep customer insight and understanding to define and implement cross-functional projects. Execute recommendations by gathering business requirements for tech builds, owning business requirements, process mapping, customer insight, and project management.
• Perform analysis and operational duties to drive effectiveness across the UK business. Support in insight & analysis, preparation of materials for senior management, facilitation of key management meetings, and project management
• Act as a key point of contact for a wide set of stakeholders, quickly building strong relationships and ensuring clear communication

What we are looking for:

• Exceptional commercial acumen; ability to sense, define and exploit commercial opportunities.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to convert data into business insights and actions.
• Strong background in operational excellence, with expertise in process improvement and organizational redesign.
• A strategic thinker with the foresight to anticipate challenges and develop proactive solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging stakeholders at all levels and a relentless commitment to quality and rigor.
• Experience supporting business customers in the UK market from a payments/financial services perspective
• Domain knowledge and experience across Marketplaces, Ecommerce, FX, Lending, and Pricing desirable
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries, dealing with ambiguity and setting up internal networks to break down barriers and improve cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to handle and manage a fast-paced schedule, high volume of work, produce associated deliverables within short deadlines, and work within a complex governance structure.
• Ability to independently drive market & client research and develop business requirement documents from end to end.