Strategy Director

Dream Big.  Go Beyond. Be Unstoppable.
 

Kyriba is a global fintech leader empowering CFOs and finance teams with cloud-based treasury, payments, and risk management solutions. We serve 3,000+ customers worldwide, managing $15 trillion in payments annually and helping businesses optimize liquidity performance across the enterprise.

We're on a mission to become the most sought-after cloud technology company globally.  We think big, innovate relentlessly, and challenge the status quo every day. If you are a problem-solver who’s ready to push boundaries and achieve more than you thought possible-you'll find an exceptional career within an extraordinary business.

About the role 

A Strategy Director at Kyriba is a high-impact operator responsible for shaping, pressure-testing, and operationalizing Kyriba’s growth strategy

Partnering directly with the CSTO, ELT, and cross-functional leaders (Product, GTM, Finance, Customer, Partnerships, and Technology), you will lead strategic initiatives in our value creation plan from hypothesis to execution. Examples include market expansion, product and platform strategy, strategic partnerships/M&A, pricing/packaging evolution, and AI roadmap

You’ll join a small and dynamic strategy team and have influence in prioritising the topics you work on. 

The ideal candidate will combine structured thinking with pragmatic execution and will be comfortable in details and data, as well as synthesis and executive communication. 

What you’ll do 

1. Strategic Initiatives (~50-60%)

• Drive the planning and execution of 1-2 of the company’s highest-priority strategic initiatives, focusing on those that require cross-functional collaboration

• Work with functional leaders on their own strategic initiatives, providing problem solving support, external perspective / market research, identifying dependencies, and helping to de-bottleneck

• Work with the business on an annual VCP / Strategic Plan refresh, ensuring alignment across different business functions - and light touch PMO (milestone tracking)

• Collaborate with the Finance team to ensure that strategy and key initiatives align with financial objectives, including input into the annual budgeting and financial planning processes

2. Governance & Board Engagement (20%)

• Prepare crisp narratives for XCO and Board: strategy updates, scenario plans, operating reviews, and investment cases.

• Create executive-ready materials—dashboards, models, and storytelling that drive decisions and alignment.

3. Corporate Development and M&A (~20-30% to start, significantly more when a deal comes into play)

• Support the CSTO in the overall strategic agenda, and feed into the M&A framework (which will be maintained by a Corp Dev analyst) 

• Support the company on highest priority strategic partnerships and/or M&A processes as they arise

What you bring

• Experience including:

  • Top-tier strategy/management consulting, corporate strategy, product strategy, or BizOps in SaaS/fintech/enterprise software.

  • Proven track record leading multi-quarter, cross-functional strategic programs to measurable outcomes.

• Deep familiarity with SaaS / Fintech business models

• Excellence in structured problem solving, financial modeling, market sizing, and executive storytelling.

• Strong operator: can turn strategy into plans, plans into roadmaps, and roadmaps into results.

• Influential leader and trusted partner to executives; low-ego, high-ownership, collaborative style.

• Bachelor’s degree required

Nice to Have

• One or more of: treasury, cash management, bank connectivity, payments, risk & compliance, working capital, ERP ecosystems.

• Experience with pricing/packaging overhauls for enterprise SaaS.

• Exposure to AI/ML applications in finance operations.

• M&A pipeline screening, commercial/tech diligence, or integration planning.

• Global experience across North America, EMEA, and/or APAC.

Our Values Guide Everything We Do

• Think Big & Constantly Innovate: We have the confidence to think big, embrace change, challenge the status quo, and continuously evolve - incorporating new technologies and driving industry progress.

• Put our Customers’ Needs First: We are passionate about delivering the highest value for our customers and supporting them with end-to-end care throughout their journey with us.

• Act with Integrity: Integrity is at the heart of everything we do. We take personal responsibility for our actions, own our decisions, and honour each other’s contributions. We empower each other through honesty, respect, trust and transparency.

• Work as One Team: We are driven by our common goals and share in each other’s successes and failures, learning and working together as a team where everyone can bring their best selves.

• Strive for Excellence while Having Fun: We enjoy tackling new challenges together, and revel in continuous improvement as we deliver, with ultimate professionalism, the very best for our customers, while exceeding our own expectations.

Kyriba offers a comprehensive compensation package, including a range of health, welfare and wellbeing benefits designed to support both your professional and personal life.

Kyriba believes that everyone has the ability to make an impact, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, creed, color, gender, religion, marital status, domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, pregnancy, military or veteran status, citizenship, and genetic information.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or interview process, or to perform essential job functions, please contact us at [email protected]. Requests will be handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable local laws.