<p>What We Need CORPAY is currently looking to hire an Operational Readiness Director within our Corpay Payables division. This position falls under our Corporate Payments line of business and is located in Brentwood, TN or Atlanta, GA. In this role, you will play a key role in ensuring new products, services, and operational initiatives are successfully implemented across Corpay Payables. This individual will oversee the readiness, adoption, and performance of operational transitions, ensuring that teams, systems, and processes are fully prepared to deliver exceptional customer outcomes from day one. The Operational Readiness Director is responsible for leading readiness planning and execution for major product, system, and operational launches within Corpay Payables. The position ensures all impacted teams-Operations, Implementation, Product, and Client Services-are aligned, trained, and equipped to execute new initiatives effectively. The ideal candidate has a strong background in operational program management, business process improvement, and change readiness. They will work cross-functionally to assess business impact, define success criteria, lead testing and training efforts, and oversee post-launch stabilization activities. You will report directly to SVP Operations and regularly collaborate with the team and other departments.</p> <p>How We Work As an Operational Readiness Director, you will be expected to work in a virtual environment. CORPAY will set you up for success by providing:</p> <p>Assigned workspace in home office set up Company-issued equipment Formal, hands-on training</p> <p>Role Responsibilities The responsibilities of the role will include:</p> <p>Developing and managing readiness plans for new initiatives, ensuring processes, resources, and technology are prepared for go-live. Partnering with Product Management, Technology, Finance, and Customer Operations to define readiness requirements, deliverables, and timelines. Conducting readiness assessments to identify gaps in people, process, and systems. Develop mitigation plans to ensure seamless execution. Collaborating with IT and Operations teams to coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and pilot programs before launch. Developing and delivering training materials, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and communication plans to affected stakeholders. Overseeing post-launch support, measuring success against readiness KPIs, and lead root-cause analysis to ensure long-term adoption. Capturing lessons learned from each deployment and feed them into continuous improvement efforts across the organization. Maintaining dashboards and documentation of readiness progress, risk mitigation, and performance tracking.</p> <p>Qualifications & Skills</p> <p>Bachelor's Degree required, Master's preferred. 5+ years of experience in operations, project management, or change readiness. Experience leading operational readiness or business transition initiatives in a complex, cross-functional environment. Strong working knowledge of project management and process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, PMP preferred). Proven success leading readiness for large-scale systems or product deployments. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to executive leadership. Data-driven mindset with the ability to define and track readiness metrics and KPIs. Exceptional organization, prioritization, and problem-solving abilities. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; Salesforce and workflow automation tools highly desired.</p> <p>Ideal Candidate:</p> <p>Strategic thinker with a bias toward action. Detail-oriented and execution-focused. Confident leader and collaborator. Adaptable and comfortable managing change. Strong communicator, both written and verbal. Passionate about driving operational excellence through readiness.</p> <p>Benefits & Perks</p> <p>Medical, Dental & Vision benefits available the 1st month after hire</p> <p>Automatic enrollment into our 401k plan (subject to eligibility requirements) Virtual fitness classes offered company-wide Robust PTO offerings including major holidays, vacation, sick, personal, & volunteer time Employee discounts with major providers (i.e. wireless, gym, car rental, etc.) Philanthropic support with both local and national organizations Fun culture with company-wide contests and prizes</p> <p>Our Company & Purpose CORPAY is a global leader in business payments, laser focused on developing smarter ways for businesses to pay their expenses. Since 2000, CORPAY has developed innovative digital solutions that help businesses better track, manage, and pay their expenses. Today, CORPAY is an S&P 500 company with hundreds of thousands of customers using our products in over 100 countries. Companies of all sizes, industries and geographies rely on our product portfolio to manage spending more quickly, efficiently and securely than ever before.</p> <p>We embrace a culture grounded in five key values: integrity, collaboration, innovation, execution and people. These values offer you the opportunity to 'thrive & grow' through career development, volunteer, community, and wellness initiatives. This allows you to create a balance between professional goals and personal achievement.</p> <p>CORPAY is also committed to building and nurturing a culture of diversity, inclusion, equality, and belonging by:</p> <p>Welcoming people of different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations. Empowering our people to share their experiences and ideas through open forums and individual conversations; and Valuing each person's unique perspectives and individual contributions.</p> <p>Embracing diversity enables our people to "make the difference" as CORPAY and its more than 8,000 employees continue to shape the future of global payments. Learn more by visiting www.CORPAY.com or following CORPAY on LinkedIn. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer</p> <p>CORPAY is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CORPAY provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, gender (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, language, ancestry, genetic information, veteran and/or military status or any other group status protected by federal or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process, please notify a representative of the Human Resources Department. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity and pay transparency, please click the following links: EEO and Pay Transparency.</p>