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Strategic Transformation Office Lead

Apply locations London, United Kingdom time type Full time posted on Posted 5 Days Ago job requisition id 2023-12359

About the Role

We are looking for a curious, innovative, self-starter, analytical and forward-thinking Strategic Transformation Lead, to join our Global Strategy team. Working with a team of strategy leaders, you will be able to define our strategy to enable the Swift financial community to expand its platform across customer segments, a unique opportunity to broaden your reach in terms of knowledge, network and building expertise around the payments industry.

Our Global Strategy team is responsible for developing scalable strategies for designing and distributing next generation solutions from inception to funding and then oversight as these go into general availability around the world.

Role description

The Steategic Transformation Lead is part of the Strategy team focuses on our corporate strategy as well as new business opportunities in growth areas payments, securities & FX.

At Swift, you’ll have the opportunity to work on challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology and be part of driving our mission of providing instant and frictionless payments through a multi-asset platform.

What to expect:

Be abreast on market trends shaping the present and future of the payments, securities, trade & FX landscape.
Act as a thought leader having a good understanding of market dynamics, trends and competitive landscape, as well as regional differences.
Act as a lead to interact with industry players including banks, fintechs & market infrastructures..
Lead the development of market and internal data analysis on market sizing, segmentation and positioning of the financial community in key customer segments.
Drive cross-functional and cross-regional alignment on product readiness and roadmap prioritization, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, vendors, regulatory bodies and industry associations.
Define, develop and validate new product concepts and business solutions based upon customer needs, creating clear and compelling product value narratives for internal alignment and external engagement.
Define detailed product definitions and associated business cases for new and renewed products, within the framework of the overall business strategy. Coordinate the approval for business cases, provide product and tech teams with product requirements and act as an interface between Product and Commercial divisions.
Initiate, drive and control product launches to ensure timely delivery of agreed specifications. Manage all aspects of the marketing plan (product/pricing offer, promotion, training of commercial teams and customers and the development of user documentation).
Align product commercialization strategies, roadmaps and milestones with product managers, go-to-market and commercial teams.

What will make you successful?

7+ years’ professional experience including relevant experience in a top Management Consulting firm.
Professional experience in Payments, FinTech, Financial Services, and/or Technology highly valued
Outstanding analytics skills, passion for deep diving into data and driving data-driven decision making.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write compelling and concise PowerPoint presentations.
Passionate for developing customer-centric strategies and products, be an outside-in thinker.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders, both internally and externally.
Bachelor’s degree required, MBA in top business school highly valued.
Fluency in English, written and spoken.

What we offer

We put you in control of career

We give you a competitive package

We help you perform at your best

We help you make a difference

We give you the freedom to be yourself

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. An environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential regardless of age, background, culture, colour, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion , sexual orientation, or veteran/military status.

About Us

Swift doesn’t stand still. We are constantly evolving and tirelessly innovating. Working at the intersection of finance and technology is a very exciting place to be right now.

Swift is transforming cross-border payments, making them faster and more transparent than ever before. We are the way the world moves value — every instant of every day, in almost every country.

We are proud that what we do has a critical impact on the global financial community and touches almost every aspect of the financial world. So, what you do at Swift has real impact too — an impact that matters every day. Which is why you matter to us.

Joining Swift gives you unparalleled exposure to knowledge, expertise and technologies. If you have what it takes, you’ll be able to take on different career paths and have the opportunity to work in teams, departments and disciplines in countries around the world.

Swift is unique. There is no other organisation like ours in the world driving the long-term future of the financial ecosystem. You’ll be surrounded by bright, customer-focused and intellectually curious people in a collaborative, friendly, open and inclusive environment.

At Swift we are trusted every instant. Everything we do has an impact that matters. And as a member of our team, you are trusted to make your impact every day.

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