Payjoy

Strategy & Performance Manager

Lima March 21, 2026 Full Time Lever

The Strategy & Performance Manager is responsible for executing key local and global initiatives, ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into concrete actions through cross-functional coordination and performance tracking. This role generates valuable insights to support decision-making, enabling leadership to align the business based on data. It plays a key role in scaling operations effectively while staying focused on impact and results.

The Strategy & Performance Manager is responsible for executing key local and global initiatives, ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into concrete actions through cross-functional coordination and performance tracking. This role generates valuable insights to support decision-making, enabling leadership to align the business based on data. It plays a key role in scaling operations effectively while staying focused on impact and results.

Key Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the design and execution of strategic initiatives, ensuring clear alignment with business goals and measurable progress over time.
  • Conduct business analysis to support business case development and country-level prioritization.
  • Conduct strategic research and competitive benchmarking to inform decision-making and uncover growth opportunities.
  • Monitor and report on key KPIs, highlighting performance trends, execution gaps, and actionable insights to guide leadership decisions.
  • Design and maintain dashboards and reports to support deeper analysis, standardize reporting processes, and ensure data accuracy.
  • Track strategic goals and project milestones, proactively flagging misalignments, delays, or execution risks.
  • Collaborate across Sales, Growth, Operations, and other teams to align execution, timelines and follow through on strategic priorities.
  • Translate data and strategic objectives into actionable operational plans, while documenting recurring processes that enable consistent performance tracking.
  • Assist in the preparation of materials for internal business reviews, planning cycles, and leadership updates.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance operational efficiency and scalability.

    • Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Quantitative Sciences, Economy, Engineering, Business or similar.
  • 3+ years of experience in strategy and operations, management consulting from top-tiers firms preferred.
  • Strong analytical and data driven; proficiency in Excel, SQL and PowerPoint is required. Familiarity with BI tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI) is a plus.
  • Communication skills for effective collaboration.
  • Self-driven and results-driven, willing to work in a dynamic, high-change environment.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing complex projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and drive alignment across teams.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and energized by building from scratch.

    • Benefits

  • 100% Company-funded health insurance for employee and immediate family

  • Company-funded employee life and disability insurance

  • Paid vacation days, unlimited sick leave

  • $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk

  • $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk

  • Phone finance, headphone benefit, home office equipment allowance and wellness perks

  • Catered lunches

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