Product Strategy Manager

World First Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital payments is seeking a strategic leader to drive growth in the UK market. This role involves defining and implementing initiatives aligned with global objectives while fostering collaboration across teams. Ideal candidates will have strong commercial acumen, analytical skills, and operational excellence expertise.

Qualifications

• Exceptional commercial acumen and analytical skills required.
• Experience in operational excellence, process improvement.
• Ability to work across teams and manage a fast-paced schedule.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee strategic initiatives to drive growth.
• Collaborate with teams to implement process improvements.
• Drive revenue growth and promote product adoption.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Analytical skills

Operational excellence

Interpersonal skills

Strategic thinking

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.

With a focus on Travel, Trade, Technology, and Talent, Ant International is committed to enhancing the digital mindset and capacities of businesses worldwide. Through fostering collaborative efforts with partners, we are driving responsible innovation and increasing market accessibility for global SMEs.

We do so across our 4 key businesses: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst, and ANEXT Bank.

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, promote adoption and refinement of existing products, whilst defining, launching, and scaling new products.
• Support customer growth by formulating and implementing growth strategies based on deep customer and market insights.
• Collaborate with local and 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 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 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 the expertise to develop proactive solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging stakeholders at all levels, with a relentless commitment to quality and rigor.
• Experience supporting businesses' customers in the UK market from a payments/financial services perspective.
• Domain knowledge and experience across Marketplaces, E-commerce, FX, Lending, and Pricing are 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 drive the end-to-end development of business requirement documents.