Director, Global Strategy

About the role

The Director, Corporate Strategy will help shape and execute Corpay's global growth agenda. Reporting to the CEO, this role will sit at the intersection of corporate strategy, business line strategy, CEO-sponsored initiatives, partnerships, and corporate development support.

Responsibilities

• Owning strategic initiatives and special projects tied to Corpay's short-, medium-, and long-term growth priorities, including projects sponsored by the CEO and senior leadership team.
• Building fact bases and executive-ready recommendations around market opportunities, customer needs, demand drivers, competitive dynamics, product gaps, and growth vectors.
• Supporting mid-term growth strategy planning, including CEO and senior leadership offsites, business line strategy sessions, and follow-up execution rhythms.
• Translating ambiguous strategic questions into structured workplans, clear analyses, and practical recommendations.
• Serving as an internal consulting partner to the CEO, senior leadership team, and Corpay business lines on high-priority growth, product, market, partnership, and operating questions.
• Evaluating build, buy, and partner paths for new growth initiatives, product adjacencies, market entries, and distribution opportunities.
• Conducting partnership studies, identify potential partners, assess strategic fit, and help shape partnership concepts.
• Partnering with business line, product, technology, finance, legal, and external stakeholders to move selected opportunities from idea to launch plan.
• Supporting M&A strategy by identifying priority markets, strategic themes, potential targets, and acquisition rationales.
• Helping connect acquisition, partnership, and organic growth opportunities into a coherent view of Corpay's growth strategy.
• Scoping, sourcing, and managing external consultants or advisors for selected strategic projects.

Qualifications & Skills

• 5-10+ years of experience in strategy consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, corporate development, business operations, product strategy, private equity, business analytics, or a related field.
• Strong analytical toolkit, including market sizing, business case development, competitive analysis, financial modeling, and executive-level synthesis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn complex analysis into crisp executive narratives.
• Demonstrated ability to own multiple ambiguous projects and drive workstreams from problem definition through recommendation and execution planning, including CEO- or senior executive-sponsored initiatives.
• Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work effectively with senior leaders, business operators, product teams, finance, technology, legal, and external partners.
• High ownership, intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, discretion, and willingness to do hands-on work.

Preferred Experience

• Background in top-tier strategy consulting, banking, private equity, corporate strategy, or corporate development.
• Experience with M&A strategy, transaction diligence, partnership evaluation, or post-merger integration.
• Comfort using modern analytical, research, and AI-enabled tools to improve research, analysis, etc.
• MBA or other advanced degree.

Personal Qualifications

• The successful candidate will likely come from consulting, banking, corporate strategy, corporate development, or a similarly analytical business environment.
• They will be comfortable moving between strategy and execution, able to work directly with senior executives, and energized by owning high-priority initiatives in a fast-moving global payments business.