Position: Project Management Director/CTDO Planning Director
Location: Jacksonville, FL or Remote
Website: www.fisglobal.com
COMPANY BACKGROUND/CULTURE
FIS is a leading global provider of technology solutions for merchants, banks and capital markets firms. The company has over 55,000 people around the world who are dedicated to advancing the way world pays, banks and invests by applying their scale, deep expertise and data-driven insights. FIS helps their clients use technology in innovative ways to solve business-critical challenges and deliver superior experiences for their customers.\u00A0
\u00A0In 2019, FIS further strengthened their position by acquiring Worldpay, a global leader in the eCommerce and payment technology spaces.\u00A0 Integration is well ahead of schedule, with revenue integration consistently beating estimates and increasing targets for both 2020 and 2022
\u00A0FIS (NASDAQ: FIS) is a $10B public company and technology provider for merchants, banks and capital markets.\u00A0 It has three operating segments:\u00A0
\u25AA Banking Solutions: The banking solutions segment serves community, regional, and global banks, credit unions and commercial lenders, government institutions, corporations, and more. Solutions allow our clients to borrow, save, pay and invest, and they range across core processing, digital channels, card and loyalty, fraud and risk management, small business and corporate treasury, wealth and retirement, back office, and more.\u00A0 Over 49% of total revenues currently are driven from this segment.
\u25AA Merchant Solutions: The Merchant solutions segment is the fastest growing segment within FIS and serves large and fast-growing targeting internet-led multinationals with complex payment needs supported by vertical expertise in their eCommerce business. Their solutions provide local in-store, online and mobile payment acceptance solutions for merchants, from large corporates to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs/SMBs) and micro merchants with a focus on integrated payments for SMEs/SMBs. Approximately 32% of total revenues currently are driven from this segment.
\u25AA Capital Market Solutions:\u00A0 The Capital Market segment serves investment banks, investment managers, securities and trading firms, corporations and insurance companies, and more.\u00A0\u00A0 Their solutions provide for the full transaction processing lifecycle, risk management and compliance across multiple asset classes and lending structures.
Spanning both the Sell and Buy side of the financial services industry, we enable our solutions through our managed and professional services offerings.\u00A0 Approximately 19% of total revenues currently are driven from this segment.
THE POSITION
Within, GTDO the Chief of Staff / Head of Planning run the department leading all strategic and operational initiatives, business, planning and analytical, financials, communications and day-to-day team management operations for the GTDO group. We are looking for a dynamic contributor and collaborator, who will primarily be responsible for supporting an Executive Vice President (EVP) and their team.\u00A0 This role will be a member of the GTDO leadership team.
The Director is responsible for a broad range of activities to ensure the business objectives of the team are attained.\u00A0 He / She is crucial member of a dynamic, fast-paced team that thrives in a busy and challenging environment - they will work closely with leaders across the organization as well as Business partners.\u00A0 This individual will have a proven record of excellence operating independently and within a high performing team environment, delivering strong thought leadership and strategic thinking. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who is not only passionate about FIS, but seeks to gain deep knowledge of the broader technology organization, communications and new types of engagement techniques, as well as gain exposure to and insight from senior leadership.
The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, tenacious, and not afraid of the detail \u2013 they must have a demonstrated ability in influencing, great collaborative mindset, and strong leadership above level.\u00A0 We are looking for a strong relationship builder that has great commitment and energy to support broader team dynamics, engagement and unity.\u00A0
Job Responsibilities
\u2022\u00A0Support EVP with overall planning, management and strategy development for the department including enhancing organizational performance and employee engagement
\u2022\u00A0Balance the management of day-to-day business priorities along with long-term strategic deliverables.
\u2022\u00A0Provide thought leadership on organizational effectiveness, goals and strategies.
\u2022\u00A0Manage team meetings, including designing and coordinating content and agendas for leadership meetings and larger team meetings for the organization.
\u2022\u00A0Create executive level presentations for both internal and external audiences, as well as help coordinate updates to senior leaders
\u2022\u00A0Assist in business planning, organizational planning and day to day operational processes, including scorecards, measurement, employee on/off-boarding, schedules, templates, meetings, market visits and offsites
\u2022\u00A0Owning key programs and processes (e.g. budget oversight and tracking)
\u2022\u00A0Partner and maintain strong, positive relationships within FIS across markets and at all levels in the organization.
\u2022\u00A0Coordinate with other organizations and external entities as required to address deliverables.
\u2022\u00A0This individual must be comfortable with having a very \u201Chands on\u201D role managing a significant amount of tactical work
\u2022\u00A0This individual must take responsibility for providing proactive support to the EVP and his Leadership Team on ad hoc projects
What you Bring
* Excellent communication skills and exceptional strategic story-telling skills through written presentations.
* Ability to work well with senior leaders and influence at all levels of the organization.
* Strong detail orientation with ability to think \u201Cend-to-end\u201D
* Strong interpersonal skills and superb relationship skills with a track record of driving change without having direct authority.
* Proven ability to lead through change and effectively function and prioritize in a dynamic environment in order to address urgent, ad hoc projects that arise while balancing other priorities.
* Highly motivated self-starter able to operate on multiple fronts simultaneously, with excellent organization skills and attention to detail.
* Team player, comfortable working in \u201Cwhite space\u201D and willing to take on incremental responsibilities
* Sound business judgment and a global perspective.
* Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills (with ability to understanding drivers and impacts), as well as written and oral communication skills.
* Strong sense of integrity with ability to handle sensitive issues and maintain complete confidentiality.
* Experience working in a large/matrixed environment
* Executive level deck development / strong PPT experience
* 7 years of Experience in some of the relevant areas of: Technology, Transformation, Digital, Innovation
* Bachelor\u2019s Degree; Master\u2019s or MBA preferred
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Jacksonville, FL
FIS is a leader in technology and services that helps businesses and communities thrive by advancing commerce and the financial world.
For over 50 years, FIS has continued to drive growth for clients around the world by creating tomorrow’s technology, solutions and services to modernize today’s businesses and customer experiences. By connecting merchants, banks and capital markets, we use our scale, apply our deep expertise and data-driven insights, innovate with purpose to solve for our clients’ future, and deliver experiences that are more simple, seamless and secure to advance the way the world pays, banks and invests.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS employs more than 55,000 people across 50+ countries, dedicated to helping our clients be ahead of what’s next. FIS offers more than 450 solutions and processes over $75b of transactions around the planet. FIS is a Fortune 500® company and is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500® Index.
For a better understanding of how FIS evolved into a world-renowned financial services technology leader, one needs to look back at the company's history.
The company was founded in 1968 as Systematics™, which was later acquired by ALLTEL Information Services, and then bought by title insurance giant Fidelity National Financial® in 2003, who renamed it Fidelity Information Services (FIS). Over the course of the next few years, FIS acquired several other financial technology firms, including Certegy® in 2006, eFunds® in 2007 and Metavante® in 2009.
These acquisitions broadened its reach across the globe, earned FIS a place on the Fortune 500 listing, and positioned the company as the largest technology provider to the global financial industry.
In 2015, FIS acquired SunGard, whose complementary offerings brought FIS into new markets for financial technology services, including asset managers, traders, custodians, treasurers, third-party administrators and clearing agents.
In Q3 2019, FIS acquired Worldpay, a global leader in e-commerce and payments, greatly expanding FIS’ capabilities by enhancing its acquiring and payment offerings and significantly increasing Worldpay’s distribution footprint.
This combination of organic and external growth has positioned FIS among the world's leading technology providers to the capital markets, retail banking and merchant industries. We connect the value chain and use our scale to develop solutions that enable our clients to grow confidently. We help our clients seamlessly adapt to innovations. We share insights and data with one another. We shape better experiences for clients and their customers alike. And we do all of this because at FIS we’re out to lift economies and communities across the world by relentlessly advancing the interests of commerce and the financial world.