Alex Jacob

About Alex Jacob

With over five years of experience in strategy execution, portfolio management, and acquisition integration, I currently serve as a Strategy Manager at Worldpay. My mission is to enable impactful strategic initiatives that align with our organizational goals by fostering cross-functional collaboration and operational enablement. Leveraging certifications such as SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager and Pragmatic Product Manager, I empower teams to deliver value while ensuring synergy across business functions, including legal, finance, and product teams. I am motivated by creating scalable systems that drive efficiency and a seamless customer experience across complex organizational landscapes. At Worldpay, I lead the enablement of corporate development tools and commercial integration activities to achieve synergy in recent acquisitions. This involves coordinating cross-functional teams, aligning priorities, and ensuring the successful execution of strategic initiatives. Previously, as Portfolio Manager, I established programs to simplify customer-facing platforms, developed executive engagement forums, and maintained comprehensive reporting processes. My expertise in acquisition integration and M&A analysis continues to drive impactful outcomes for the organization.

Experience

1. Strategy Manager

   Worldpay

   Sep 2024 — Present

   Developing new strategy execution function focused on enablement of strategic initiatives across the company - First initiative is to improve our revenue reporting across the company leveraging data from Salesforce, Snowflake, and our billing systems to provide a holistic picture for product and sales executives- Coordinate with product leaders to ensure KPIs and value drops are measured and recorded for easy review.•Oversee incorporation of new corporate development tool for efficient evaluation of acquisition targets via due diligence•Leading commercial integration activities and overseeing synergy attainment for recent acquisition, involving cross-functional coordination - Driving conversations around pricing changes, sales opportunities and coordinating our integration efforts to enable accelerated revenue realization outperforming in-year targets

Education

• University of Michigan

  Economics

  2012 — 2016

• Saint Xavier High School

  Diploma, College Prep

  2008 — 2012

• Fudan University

  International Summer Study Program

  2013 — 2013

• University of Cincinnati

  Bachelor's degree, Organizational Leadership

  2016 — 2017

Skills

• Time Management
• Microsoft Office
• Data Analysis
• Leadership
• Microsoft Excel
• Teamwork