Lead, Strategy & Corporate Development

MoonPay Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Equity ownership for all employees

Hybrid/remote work options

Annual training budget

Job summary

MoonPay Inc. is seeking a Lead, Strategy & Corporate Development to partner with the SVP, Strategy and Investments Development. You will drive MoonPay’s high-priority strategic initiatives, translating priorities into actionable plans and ensuring alignment across teams.

The role requires strong strategic judgement and an operator mindset to move from ambiguity to execution, including strategic transactions, partnerships, and cross-functional initiatives.

Qualifications

• 4-5+ years in investment banking; IPO experience preferred.
• Exceptional operator who can structure ambiguous problems and drive to outcomes.
• Strong commercial/strategic judgment; connect initiatives to company objectives.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and coordinating complex work.
• Fintech or crypto exposure is a plus; banking/IPO pedigree prioritized.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic priorities into clear plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead high-priority strategic and cross-functional initiatives from definition through execution.
• Support corporate development priorities: strategic transactions, partnerships, investments.
• Drive alignment across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams; resolve blockers.
• Build and improve operating cadences: prioritisation, planning, decision processes, tracking.

Skills

Investment Banking

IPO Experience

Strategic Thinking

Cross-Functional Leadership

Fintech Knowledge

Job description

About MoonPay

MoonPay is for builders with something to prove.

This isn't a \"work on cool crypto stuff\" company. It's a high-standards, high-velocity, high-accountability company building the operating system for value movement. If the internet moves information, we move value: crypto, stablecoins, tokenized assets, and whatever comes next. Four offerings make that real: fund, tokenize, trade, and spend. 30M+ customers and 500+ ecosystem partners run on us. Licensed in the U.S. Regulated across the UK, EU, Canada, and Australia.

AI is the default operating mode here. It's woven into every role, and we expect you to use it daily. It handles the manual work so you can deliver on what actually matters.

You'll thrive here if outcomes excite you more than process, if impact motivates you more than titles, and if you want hard problems, real ownership, and teammates who love winning, building, and doing it together.

The bar is high. The pace is real. We're building for what's next, for humans and agents.

Recent recognition

Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers 2026.

2nd in Crypto Services on Fortune's inaugural Crypto 100.

The Sunday Times Best Places to Work two years running.

Research has shown that women are less likely than men to apply for this role if they do not have experience in 100% of these areas. Please know that this list is indicative, and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel that you are only a 75% match. Skills can be learned, diversity cannot.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Lead, Strategy & Corporate Development to work closely with our SVP, Strategy and Investments Development and help drive some of MoonPay’s highest-priority strategic initiatives.

This is a high-impact, highly cross-functional role at the intersection of strategy, business operations, and corporate development. You will act as a force multiplier for the SVP, helping translate strategic priorities into clear plans, driving complex initiatives forward, and ensuring alignment and accountability across teams.

You’ll work across a broad range of topics, from supporting strategic transactions and partnerships to improving operating cadence and tackling high-priority projects that don’t sit neatly within a single team. The ideal candidate combines strong strategic judgment with an operator mindset: someone who can move seamlessly from structuring an ambiguous problem to getting into the details required to deliver an outcome.

What you will do

• Partner closely with the SVP of Strategy & Investments to translate strategic priorities into clear plans, workstreams, milestones, and measurable outcomes.


• Lead high-priority strategic and cross-functional initiatives from definition through execution, bringing structure and momentum to complex or ambiguous problems.


• Support corporate development priorities, including strategic transactions, partnerships, investments, and other opportunities that accelerate MoonPay’s growth.


• Drive alignment across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams, identifying dependencies, resolving blockers, and ensuring critical decisions and actions move forward.


• Build and continuously improve operating cadences, including prioritisation, planning, decision-making processes, and tracking against key objectives.


• Develop high-quality strategic analysis and materials that synthesize complex information, surface key trade‑offs, and enable senior leadership to make informed decisions.

About You

• You spent 4-5+ years in investment banking, ideally in a TMT or FIG coverage group, and have hands‑on experience executing an IPO — you can speak to which specific transaction(s) you ran or supported.


• You are an exceptional operator who can take ambiguous, complex problems, create structure, establish priorities, and drive work through to measurable outcomes.


• You have strong commercial and strategic judgment, with the ability to analyze opportunities, understand trade-offs, and connect individual initiatives to broader company objectives.


• You have experience influencing senior stakeholders and coordinating complex work across multiple functions without relying on formal authority.


• You thrive in fast-moving, high-accountability environments and are equally comfortable developing a strategic recommendation, diving into the details, and ensuring execution happens.


• Prior exposure to fintech or crypto is a big plus, but not required — the banking/IPO pedigree is the priority.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary package


• Equity package: financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPay


• Pay-for-performance equity bonus: those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewards


• Moonshot award: we honor exceptional impact. 20 employees a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant


• Pension: employer contributions from day one


• Employee referral program: refer great people, earn 10K in USDC


• Flexible Time Off: choose when to work and when to switch off


• Recharge Period: end-of-year company-wide time off to rest and reset


• Birthday leave: take the day off to celebrate you


• Enhanced parental leave: more time with family, no second thought


• Hybrid working schedule: work fully remotely or from your nearest Moonbase


• Commuter benefits: public transport to and from the office


• Private healthcare benefits: to protect you and your loved ones


• Wellhub wellness membership: access to gyms, studios, classes, and wellness apps in one membership


• Enterprise access to the latest AI tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and whatever's next


• Lunch credit: meals covered on the days you're in the office


• Home office setup allowance: build the home office of your dreams


• Remote working allowance: those working fully remotely get a little extra for utilities


• Monthly product budget and zero-fee crypto transactions


• $1,000 Annual training budget: we support your learning journey


• High Potential Program: structured development, mentorship, and stretch opportunities


• Regular remote company offsites: high-impact in-person sessions and hackathons


• (Ireland) Cycle to Work scheme: tax‑efficient bike, gear, and safety kit


• (UK) EV Salary Sacrifice: lease an electric vehicle through pre‑tax salary

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.