Payment Strategy Lead -- Vice President
This position will act as a liaison with payments business partners, operations and technology and is responsible for ensuring that all enterprise payments opportunities align to the Enterprise Payments Strategy and are properly prioritized, managed and executed.
Responsibilities
Strategic Planning
•Proactively identify opportunities and provide strategic planning services to internal business units.
•Support and/or facilitate strategic sessions involving the development of business objectives, product/business roadmap discussions, aligning business vision with division or enterprise strategies, aligning cross division business needs with enterprise solutions (e.g. synthesize payments product roadmaps with payment operations roadmaps).
•Work with business managers and senior managers to ensure alignment with client requirements and industry trends during roadmap development.
•Lead Payment Advisory Group initiatives for the Enterprise Payments Council.
Industry Engagement
•Utilize payments industry media outlets, key suppliers and select subscriptions to ensure awareness and engagement in key payments industry related topics.
•Identify and communicate emerging trends in payments and assess the potential impact of this information to Comerica
•Coordinate, consolidate and communicate key payments industry topics with internal payments stakeholders (e.g. Federal Reserve requests for comment on strategic initiatives).
•Manage the Enterprise Payments Library/Payments Dashboard and ensure appropriate distribution of relevant payments related information across the organization.
Business Enablement
•Provide direct project management of project/program management to ensure key strategic initiatives are executed in a timely and effective manner.
•Identify and recommend key strategic initiatives/investments that will grow Comerica's payments business.
•Support the collection and dissemination of transaction to portfolio review process for the Payments Services Due Diligence Committee.
•Analyze and enhance the Payment Systems Financial Model as an enterprise-wide tool for assessing current payment product performance and modeling future scenarios.
Job Specific Qualifications
•Knowledge of payments industry trends and business needs
•Knowledge of payments applications
•Knowledge of Service Company services
•Strong and effective analytical and problem-solving skill
•Strong technical aptitude and proficiency
•Strong command skills and the ability to lead project teams
•Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
•Ability to effectively communicate with employees and management at all levels in both verbal and written communication formats.
About Comerica
We know that our employees are critical to our overall success. We are dedicated to investing in their future to maintain long-term relationships for lasting commitments. One of the ways we do this is to offer a comprehensive package of compensation and benefits programs which are regularly reviewed to maintain them at competitive levels. Your salary will be commensurate with your work experience.
Upon offer, Comerica conducts a comprehensive background check, fingerprint check and a drug test.
NMLS certification requirement: where applicable, a favorable background check screening, credit check, fingerprint check, and NMLS certification is required in accordance with the SAFE Act.
Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned by the Business Bank, the Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica's more than 9,000 colleagues focus on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico.
Comerica is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer - veterans/individuals with disabilities, committed to workplace diversity.
