External Job Title VP Strategy

Overview

CPI Card Group® is a payment technology company and leading provider of credit, debit and prepaid solutions delivered physically, digitally and on-demand. CPI helps our customers foster connections and build their brands through innovative and reliable solutions, including financial payment cards, personalization and fulfillment, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) instant issuance. Learn more at

The Vice President, Strategy is responsible for leading the development and execution of the company's enterprise strategy, identifying and evaluating growth and diversification opportunities, and driving strategic initiatives that accelerate business performance and shareholder value. This role serves as a trusted advisor to the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors on matters related to corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, market expansion, competitive positioning, and long-term value creation.

The role identifies the strengths, weaknesses, and business opportunities of the organization. The successful incumbent specializes in change management strategy, with the aim to align people, process, and technology initiatives of the company more closely with the business strategy and vision. The VP Strategy combines strategic vision with analytical rigor and execution excellence, leveraging experience in management consulting, banking, corporate strategy, strategic finance, business development, and/or M&A to evaluate complex business opportunities and drive transformational outcomes.

Corporate Strategy

• Lead the development, refinement, and execution of the company's short- and long-term strategic plans.
• Partner with executive leadership to identify growth opportunities, emerging risks, and strategic priorities.
• Facilitate annual and multi-year strategic planning processes across business functions.
• Develop recommendations and business cases that support enterprise growth and profitability objectives.

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead high-impact enterprise initiatives that require cross-functional alignment and executive sponsorship.
• Establish governance and performance measures for key strategic programs.
• Ensure strategic priorities and initiatives decisions are driven by strong evaluation of strategic fit, value proposition, and opportunity size
• Ensure strategic priorities are translated into measurable execution plans and outcomes.

Strategic Finance

• Working with business and finance leaders to develop, maintain, and monitor performance against a long range financial model based on strategic planning
• Develop models to support strategic initiatives to inform decision making
• Works with FP&A to align strategic and operating plan targets and to help prioritize investments to highest value strategic initiatives

Executive and Board Advisory

• Serve as a key strategic advisor to the CEO, CFO, and Executive Leadership Team.
• Develop executive-level presentations, recommendations, and strategic analyses for leadership and Board discussions.
• Translate complex business issues into actionable strategic recommendations.
• Support Board strategy sessions, acquisition reviews, and long-range planning activities.

Market Intelligence and Competitive Analysis

• Develop a robust market intelligence capability to assess industry trends, customer needs, and competitor activities.
• Evaluate new markets, products, technologies, and business models.
• Monitor macroeconomic, regulatory, and industry developments that could impact company performance.
• Measure success of CPI strategies through market size assessments and market share estimates for CPI businesses

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Works with corporate development to ensure strategic fit.
• Lead financial evaluations of potential targets including valuation, financial modeling, synergy assessment, and risk analysis.
• Lead financial due diligence, integration planning, and post-transaction value realization.
• Monitor acquisition performance and ensure expected strategic, financial and operational outcomes are achieved.

Leadership and Team Development

• Build and lead a high-performing strategy function.
• Foster analytical, data-driven decision making throughout the organization.
• Develop strong partnerships across business, corporate development, finance, operations, technology, legal, and human resources functions.

Decision Making Level/Position Latitude

• This position operates with substantial independence in identifying strategic opportunities, conducting analyses, developing recommendations, and managing approved strategic initiatives.
• The VP Strategy exercises significant judgment in evaluating business risks, assessing investment opportunities, and prioritizing strategic activities.
• The role is authorized to lead strategic planning efforts, direct due diligence activities, engage external advisors, and recommend courses of action to executive leadership.
• Final approval authority for acquisitions, major capital commitments, strategic investments, and significant organizational changes rests with the CEO,…