Director, Vertical Growth

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Jobs for Humanity Full time
Job Description

Position Type :

Full time

Type Of Hire :

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired :

Bachelor of Commerce/Business

Travel Percentage :

10 - 15%

Are you ready to unleash your full potential?  We’re looking for people who are passionate about payments to chart Worldpay’s path to being the largest and most-loved payments company in the world.

About the team

Lead a strategic planning team focused on the Digital Content sector reporting to the Head of Vertical Growth as part of the Global Enterprise Go-to-Market function. You will work closely with a wide array of global and regional teams including Business Development, Relationship Management, Marketing, Partnerships, Product, Legal, Risk and Compliance. Together with your team, you will plan and develop long-term goals and strategic objectives to continue to position Worldpay as a thought leader in Digital Content industries and grow the vertical globally.

What you will be doing

  • Own and maintain a Plan to Win for the Digital Content vertical, which includes many software-led customers including Technology (productivity, security, advertising, education), Media (streaming, publishing, social), Video Games, or others, across priority markets in our four regions: NORAM, EMEA, APAC and LATAM.
  • Develop the Worldpay value proposition to win in each sub-vertical of focus from the perspective of the customer, and work with internal stakeholders to define our right to win.
  • Generate thought leadership to continue to position Worldpay as an influencer within Digital Content industries for use to support sales discussions, in customer business review meetings, and through marketing channels.
  • Attend and present at industry conferences, as well as at internal events, on trends impacting Digital Content industries and Worldpay's value proposition.
  • Define our Digital Content go-to-market plan to ensure we effectively target our marketing and partner cultivation efforts.
  • Coordinate and drive execution of strategic commercial initiatives to grow the Digital Content vertical.
  • Support regional Business Development and Relationship Management teams on various ad-hoc tactical requests including participation in customer meetings, RFPs, developing target lists, informing on vertical thought leadership and trends, to educate them on how to win in Digital Content industries.
  • Provide input into the product roadmap acting as the voice of the customer for Digital Content industries.
  • Lead a team of strategy and marketing professionals to support you in driving the objectives of the Digital Content vertical Plan to Win.
  • Develop a strong internal network amongst key stakeholders including Business Development, Relationship Management, Marketing, Partnerships, Product, Legal, Risk and Compliance.

What you bring:

  • 3+ years’ experience from a Tier 1 management consultancy firm or another larger enterprise business in a strategy function, or
  • 5+ years’ expertise within or advising a digital-first or software-led B2C business including but not limited to Technology (productivity, security, advertising, education), Media (streaming, publishing, social), Video Games, or others.
  • You have been central to strategic decision-making processes and are comfortable making choices and assessing trade-offs
  • Payments or other financial services experience desirable
  • Bachelor's degree required, MBA desirable

Added bonus if you have:

  • Experience working in Digital Content businesses preferably within a payments or customer experience function.
  • Self-motivated and able to work to define priorities across a complex, global organization, as well as close knowledge gaps quickly.
  • Ability to build consensus behind a vision and achieve buy-in to deliver on goals.
  • Excellent communication skills including speaking in panels, webinars and on stage at events, and a natural networker.
  • Good analytical experience, strong project management skills.
  • Comfortable with global travel to attend internal and external events and customer meetings.
  • Strong track record as a high EQ leader, driving both team engagement and development.

What we offer you

  • A competitive salary and benefits
  • A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities
  • The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in the payment industry
  • Time to support charities and give back in your community

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