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Frtservices

Head of Strategy and Innovation

Frtservices, Medford, Massachusetts, us, 02153

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Are you ready to shape the future of financial technology? At Financial Recovery Technologies (FRT), we partner with thousands of the largest and most powerful financial institutions globally. They love what we do for them and with their data, and we know we can do more. We’re seeking a visionary

Head of Strategy and Innovation

to unlock new markets, create transformative products, and drive growth.

As our

Head of Strategy and Innovation , you won’t just identify new opportunities to serve our sophisticated client base – you’ll turn bold ideas into market-leading solutions and be a catalyst for innovation, leading cross-functional teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving FRT’s continued positioning as a market leader. Specifically, you will:

Partner with senior leadership to identify, explore, analyze and cultivate market opportunities that leverage our strengths and drive strategic growth, both organically and inorganically

Develop a deep understanding of FRT’s business, unique capabilities, market strengths, and current ecosystem to identify opportunities to extend our current products in our market and/or bring new products into adjacent markets

Shape and refine our understanding of adjacent markets, the competitive landscape, and the target clients and segments, and identify potential synergies with our current business

Develop a pipeline of market opportunities (including partnerships, acquisition targets and product development, ) that closely aligns with FRT’s growth objectives

Execute against identified opportunities in the pipeline

Identify most promising opportunities and participants in adjacent markets

Drive strategy, idea generation, opportunity sourcing, business case development, and build/buy/partner decision-making with respect to those opportunities

Develop prototypes and proofs of concept that become new products to solve our clients’ most challenging middle office problems

Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships

Identify and collaborate with key players in our ecosystem across a range of industry verticals

Develop strategic relationships with executives to build support and lead our team to substantive and conclusive assessments of business development opportunities

Has a proven track record in strategy and innovation, ideally blending consulting expertise with hands‑on experience in financial services or technology;

Is engaging and highly credible, known for developing relationships, building presence, and earning/commanding respect of senior executives and boards of directors;

Is a strategic thinker with business savvy and acumen and impeccable, data‑driven judgment;

Is resilient and determined in the face of obstacles and challenges;

Is results‑driven, zealously striving to meet targets and learning from any misses;

Is intellectually curious, with a demonstrated commitment to continuous growth; and

Is entrepreneurial in nature – they think like an innovator and are a source of new ideas.

What FRT offers

Competitive compensation

401k (with company match)

Income protection plans (life, accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability) and access to a suite of voluntary benefits

Fun, smart, diverse colleagues

For those working from our Medford headquarters, we also offer:

Proximity to public transit (walking distance to Wellington T on Orange Line)

Free drinks and snacks

Free parking onsite

Free access to onsite gym

Candidates within commuting distance to our Medford, MA, headquarters are strongly preferred; however, we are open to remote candidates located within ET time zone.

Compensation: base salary is experience dependent and can range from $150,000 – $200,000 a year (based in MA). FRT also offers a competitive annual bonus.

We are not working with agencies for this requisition.

FRT provides equal employment opportunities by recruiting, hiring, training and promoting applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sex, age, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics, pregnancy, marital or partnership status, gender identity/expression, disability, handicap, status as a victim of domestic violence or other similar offenses, consumer credit history, unemployment, military obligations, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

FRT is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application or employment process, please let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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