PMI Business Execution Specialist

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The PMI Business Execution Specialist plays a critical role in helping the Payments:
Merchant and Institutional organization translate strategic priorities into clear plans, decisions, and outcomes. This role sits at the center of complex, high-priority business initiatives, partnering across leaders and teams to develop actionable recommendations, and drive work forward with clarity and discipline.

The leader will operate as a strategic problem solver, execution partner, and executive communicator. They will be expected to manage complex work independently, build strong relationships across PMI and partner teams, and synthesize data, business context, and stakeholder input into concise, decision-ready recommendations.

This role requires strong judgment, analytical rigor, executive presence, and the ability to move work forward in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

Core Responsibilities

Execution Leadership & Project Management

• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with limited direction, ensuring work is structured, sequenced, and delivered against commitments.
• Build clear workplans, define roles and responsibilities, manage timelines, and drive accountability across stakeholders.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and roadblocks early, then recommend practical actions to keep work moving.
• Ensure project outputs are high quality, timely, and tied to measurable business outcomes.

Executive Communications & Strategic Narrative

• Develop clear, well-structured, and persuasive materials for senior PMI leaders and business partners.
• Translate complex analysis, performance trends, and stakeholder input into concise, executive-ready insights.
• Create compelling narratives that connect PMI priorities, business context, progress, risks, and recommended actions.

Team Contribution & Continuous Improvement

• Build trusted relationships with PMI leaders, partner teams, and cross-functional stakeholders across areas such as Finance, HR, Risk, Operations, Product, Digital, Data, Marketing, and Communications.
• Help develop repeatable tools, templates, processes, and operating practices that improve execution quality and consistency across PMI.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement by identifying ways to simplify work, improve decision-making, and reduce friction.

Key Outcomes

• PMI leaders have clearer, faster, and more actionable support on critical business priorities.
• Complex initiatives are structured and executed with stronger discipline, accountability, and follow-through.
• Cross-functional stakeholders are aligned around shared priorities, ownership, and next steps.
• PMI builds stronger repeatable capability for strategy development, execution planning, and leadership communication.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, consulting, financial services, payments, program leadership, or related roles.
• Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems, identify core issues, and develop practical recommendations.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to turn complex inputs into clear insights and actions.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects independently and deliver…