About the Head of Transformation for the Americas:
This role will report into the Americas Chief Transformation Officer, with a dotted line to the Global Head of Transformation. This Head of Transformation will manage large-scale transformation programs for the Americas business unit, a $400m revenue division (part of the $1bn+ revenue global business), manage top level strategic stakeholders, support ad hoc strategic analysis, other tasks as required, and support transformation initiatives across a number of potential areas.
The role will also work very closely with the PE sponsor's deal team, and in particular the Portfolio Support Group members.
About the Company:
A global leader in the payments space and at the forefront of the payments industry for decades. The company services businesses of all sizes, enabling them to simplify and enhance the payment experience for their customers.
Requirements:
10+ years of experience in consulting, operations, and/or corporate strategy
3+ years of experience working directly with Private Equity clients either in pre/post deal situations
Managerial experience from a top tier consulting firm
Seeking a general athlete – ideally post consulting with spikes in commercial excellence preferred
Experience managing large-scale transformations and a complex set of stakeholders
Payments industry experience is preferred but not required
Track record of significant outperformance relative to peers and the market and demonstrated ability to drive change, facilitate growth, and affect business improvement
Coachable with questioning attitude, process-oriented, an ability to flourish in fast-paced environment, have good judgement and be able to conduct analytics
Deep financial knowledge – P&L, cash, balance sheet
Personality: High integrity, hands-on, collaborative, strong work ethic, non-reactionary, down to earth, humble
MBA preferred
Willingness to travel (primarily within North America and Europe) occasionally
Why Join:
Work for a rapidly expanding business with room to grow, backed by a large PE player.
Excellent leadership, mentorship and exposure to the senior leadership both in the Americas and globally.
Exposure to PE sponsor's Portfolio Support Group – a team working directly with Portfolio Company management teams to accelerate value creation
Opportunity to work in a fast paced and high performing business
Gain blue chip Private Equity experience and build expertise in the sector.