Consultant Corporate Strategy & Planning - Technology

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

This role sets, drives, and supports execution of enterprise strategy across business, technology, and operations, working closely with executive leadership to define and deliver 1– 3 year technology strategic plans that create durable competitive advantage for Early Warning and its network.

The role spans enterprise strategic planning, growth strategy, technology and operational strategy, and inorganic initiatives, partnering with Business, Product, Technology, Operations, and M&A teams to shape roadmaps, evaluate build/buy/partner decisions, and execute a portfolio of strategic bets.

Given Early Warning’s unique position in the financial services value chain, this work directly influences not only internal performance, scalability, and resilience, but also the broader banking and fintech ecosystem.

The role reports into senior leadership (Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning / COO of Technology) and maintains high visibility across the organization, with frequent interaction with the C‑suite, senior executives, and external partners across banking, fintech, and technology.

• Lead and manage enterprise strategic planning processes across 5, 3, and 1 year horizons, driving clarity, focus, and prioritization.

• Align business, product, technology, and operations leaders on strategic objectives, investment decisions, and resource allocation.

• Develop compelling strategy recommendations that strengthen competitive advantage by integrating market trends, competitive dynamics, internal capabilities, and platform assets.

• Shape future‑state enterprise, technology, and operating models that improve scalability, resilience, execution velocity, and cost efficiency.

• Influence technology and platform roadmaps to enhance reliability, security, performance, and total cost of ownership.

• Evaluate tradeoffs across resiliency, time‑to‑market, performance, and operational risk.

• Partner closely with Technology and Operations leadership to guide platform enablement and execution priorities.

• Develop qualitative and quantitative business cases to support enterprise and functional prioritization, budgeting, and monetization of new initiatives.

• Perform build / buy / partner analyses and evaluate strategic investments across business and technology domains.

• Identify and evaluate inorganic growth opportunities including acquisitions, partnerships, and strategic platform capabilities.

• Support end‑to‑end M&A execution, including diligence, synergy assessment, integration planning, and operational risk evaluation.

• Lead strategy initiatives or transaction work streams end‑to‑end—from problem definition and analysis through executive recommendation, execution, and integration.

• Coordinate across Business, Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, and external stakeholders.

• Build, facilitate, and manage strategic committees, forums, and advisory boards to drive cross‑functional alignment.

• Synthesize insights, frame decisions, and support executive‑level governance and trade‑off discussions.

• Structure complex enterprise, technology, and operational challenges.

• Develop hypotheses, conduct rigorous analysis,…