Payments Strategy Lead: Wallets, Cards & Growth

ADNOC Distribution; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Distribution is seeking a Payments Manager to lead the payments agenda across all customer touchpoints, defining the roadmap and governing delivery with internal stakeholders and strategic partners. The role owns end-to-end design, launch, and P&L for financial products such as co-brand cards and wallets, driving improvements through technology and process re-engineering.

Responsibilities include negotiating with schemes and banks, optimizing authorization rates, and ensuring secure,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in payments or fintech environments preferred.
• Experience partnering with schemes, banks, and PSPs.
• Strong product management and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the payments roadmap across in-store, app, web, and B2B touchpoints.
• Sponsor business cases with Digital/IT and Finance for new payment capabilities.
• Lead governance with schemes, issuing/acquiring partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Drive secure implementation with acquirers/PSPs and IT teams; ensure compliance and testing.
• Monitor market trends and regulatory changes; translate into actionable improvements.
• Develop and execute co-brand card strategy, pricing, rewards, and lifecycle management.

Skills

10 years in payments space

Product management

Stakeholder management

Fluent English

Arabic preferred

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

ADNOC Distribution is seeking a Payments Manager to lead the payments agenda across all customer touchpoints, defining the roadmap and governing delivery with internal stakeholders and strategic partners. The role owns end-to-end design, launch, and P&L for financial products such as co-brand cards and wallets, driving improvements through technology and process re-engineering.

Responsibilities include negotiating with schemes and banks, optimizing authorization rates, and ensuring secure,