Head of Strategic Corporate Initiatives | CEO Office
Payoneer
About Payoneer
Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the world’s underserved businesses to a rising global economy. We’re a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 markets.
By taking the complexity out of the financial workflows–including everything from global payments and compliance, to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligence–we give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.
Location: NYC
Hybrid
Full-time
Role summary
As the Head of Strategic Corporate Initiatives | CEO Office, you will play a key role in turning strategy into action. You’ll partner closely with the CEO and executive leadership to ensure our corporate priorities are well-defined, aligned across teams, and executed effectively. You’ll work cross-functionally to connect the dots, streamline decision-making, and ensure we move with speed and clarity. This role is for someone who thrives in an environment where ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement are the norm. You’ll challenge the status quo, optimize how we operate, and help leaders navigate complex challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.
What you'll do:
Strategic Prioritization & Planning
- Own the corporate OKR process, ensuring strategic priorities translate into measurable outcomes.
- Partner with leaders across the business to embed OKRs into day-to-day execution, fostering clarity and alignment at all levels.
- Lead the annual planning process, collaborating with FP&A, Strategy, and business leaders to ensure resources are allocated to the highest-impact initiatives.
- Structure and maintain the corporate calendar, providing leadership with a clear roadmap of key initiatives, milestones, and decision points.
CEO Strategic Initiatives & Leadership Alignment
- Drive execution of the CEO’s top-priority initiatives, ensuring clear accountability and measurable impact.
- Lead and structure cross-functional SteerCo meetings, providing a forum for executive alignment and decision-making.
- Identify roadblocks and facilitate resolutions, helping leaders navigate complex challenges with speed and efficiency.
- Partner with Chiefs of Staff across the organization to ensure a connected, streamlined approach to strategic execution.
Executive Team Alignment & Leadership Development
- Organize and facilitate Corporate Forum (CF) meetings and offsites to drive cross-functional collaboration and decision-making.
- Support leadership development within the Payoneer Global Leadership (PGL) community, ensuring executives are aligned with the company’s strategy and have opportunities to grow as leaders.
Corporate Communications & CEO Enablement
- Support the CEO in crafting high-impact stakeholder communications, ensuring clarity and alignment with business priorities.
- Drive the development of board materials, executive presentations, and internal communications that translate strategy into clear, actionable narratives.
- Act as a trusted partner to the CEO, helping to distill key messages, structure meetings, and ensure the leadership team is well-prepared for critical discussions.
Who you are:
- Proven experience in strategic planning, corporate initiatives, or program management, with a track record of driving results in a fast-paced environment
- Strong ability to synthesize complex information into clear, compelling narratives
- Experience leading goal-setting frameworks such as OKRs, with a focus on execution and accountability
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence executives and stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills to track performance against strategic objectives and identify opportunities for improvement
- Experience working cross-functionally, bringing teams together to solve problems and drive alignment
- Bias for action—someone who takes initiative, anticipates challenges, and proactively finds solutions
- Experience working directly with the CEO and C-Suite of a co
- Experience in dynamic, high-growth corporate environments
- MBA or advanced degree in business, communications, or a related field preferred
- Background in the Fintech industry
What we offer:
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance (individual plan 100% covered) and FSA
- 401K with employer match
- Fitness reimbursement
- Generous PTO, paid holidays, and parental leave
- Learning and development opportunities
- Fun office culture with supportive leadership
- Community engagement opportunities
- Relaxed dress code
In accordance with New York City Law, below is the annual base salary range for this position. Actual annual base salary is based on, but not limited to, experience, education, professional licenses, location and business needs. The position is eligible for health insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, 401k plan, paid time off, and sick (and where applicable safe) leave. This position is also eligible for a discretionary year-end bonus.
The annual base salary range for this position is: $160,000-$220,000
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The Payoneer Ways of Working
Act as our customer’s partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.
Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.
Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.
Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.
If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, click now to apply.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.