Sr. Manager, Relationship Management - Discover Payment Network

Capital One; Toronto; On-site; CAD 184,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Work From Home allowance

Mental health coverage

Tuition subsidies

Job summary

Capital One Canada is seeking a Sr. Manager, Relationship Management to build and expand a robust pipeline with fintech partners and industry leaders.

You will lead as the Discover payment network liaison, driving opportunities to grow network transaction volume and revenue across prepaid, credit, and debit programs. You will cultivate external relationships with strategic partners, manage risk and compliance, and negotiate contracts while traveling up to 50% of the time.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience across business development, sales, strategy, payments, relationship management or marketing.
• 8+ years of technical expertise in mobile payments, SRC, payment chip technology, and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Strategically identifies leads, develops proposals, responds to RFPs and negotiates agreements to maximize network growth.
• Identifies and creates business cases to establish new development activities with internal (Risk, AML, etc.) and external industry partners.
• Serve as the strategic liaison between Discover external accounts, maintaining relationships with decision-makers across company divisions.
• Manages risk and customer-impacting issues or complaints within the day-to-day role to management.
• Explores new partnership opportunities and manages a portfolio of clients to retain and grow business.

Skills

Relationship Management

Business Development

Sales

Strategy

Payments

Marketing

Fintech

Mobile Payments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance or Marketing

Job description

161 Bay Street (93021), Canada, Toronto,Toronto, Ontario, Sr. Manager, Relationship Management - Discover Payment Network About Capital One Canada.

For 30 years, we’ve been on a mission to change banking for good and build relationships by making credit accessible, simple, intuitive and rewarding. We want to help Canadians succeed with credit, because we believe in people — in our customers, in our associates, and in talent like you!

About the Role

This role is responsible for building and maintaining a robust pipeline of new sales opportunities through effective networking and relationship development with appropriate industry and FinTech companies. They're accountable to cultivating and expanding multiple strategic and complex external relationships by serving as lead representative for the Discover payment network to identify and drive opportunities to expand business targets within portfolio. This role serves a strategic role in increasing network transaction volume and revenue generation by selling new programs (e.g. Prepaid, Credit, Debit, etc...).

Your Responsibilities

Strategically identifies leads, develops proposals, responds to RFP's and negotiates agreements to maximize network growth. Identifies and creates business case to establish new development activities with internal (Risk, AML, etc...) and external industry partners. Serve as the strategic liaison between Discover external accounts, by maintaining relationships with decision-makers across company divisions of each participant. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues or complaints within the day-to-day role to management. Explores new partnership opportunities and manages a portfolio of clients to retain, grow and drive existing and new business by exploring acceptance and volume growth. Manage and build relationships with existing strategic network participants. Maintain knowledge of partners, industry trends and competitive environment by performing market analysis and maintaining opportunity pipeline to recommend actions in improving Discover's position. Drives internal processes including; development of communications, account management, approval requests and contract negotiations, compliance and risk management. Performs market analyses and business development activities to increase network transaction volume and revenue generation. Partner internally and externally to identify new or additional business opportunities within accounts; maintain and grow relationships to attain new business value and improve client experience. Advise network participant of new product, marketing or operational initiatives and act as primarily liason into Discover to ensure improved market position for DFS. Address client inquiries and problem solve to resolve opportunities or issues. Negotiate contracts, pricing agreements or incentives while ensuring compliance with new processes and business practices. Travel up to 50% of the time.

Basic Qualifications

8+ years of experience in Business Development, Sales, Strategy, Payments, Relationship Management or Marketing 8+ years of technical expertise (i.e.; mobile payments, vehicle commerce, SRC, payment chip technology, IOT emerging technologies) to support digital partners

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management, Finance, or Marketing 8+ years of experience in Business Development in Fintech, Credit, Debit, Prepaid, and/or Commercial Payments Working at Capital One

Benefits

You’ll be empowered to take end-to-end ownership of your work and your career, backed by a high-performance, hybrid culture and holistic suite of benefits designed to support your whole self. Take ownership of your own potential: Whether you’re looking to upskill, pivot into new business areas, or master your craft, you’ll have access to tools and mentorship to reach your potential and define your career trajectory. Find your rhythm: We believe trust fosters the flexibility and autonomy required to balance personal needs with a focus on high performance. We support a hybrid model – with 3 days in the office per week – that gives room for both collaboration and personal commitments.

Benefits built for your life: We take a holistic approach to well-being, providing support for you and those who are most important to you. This includes: full coverage for spouses, domestic partners and dependents, a one-time Work From Home allowance to build your comfortable workspace, up to $3,000 in mental health coverage and up to $5,000 in annual tuition subsidies. You’ll find that Capital One is committed to helping you thrive and evolve every step of the way.

Salary and Incentives

This posting is for an existing vacancy. The expected annual salary range for this position is $184,000 to $210,000. This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es). Incentives could be discretionary or non-discretionary depending on the plan.

Artificial Intelligence Statement

Weembrace the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the candidate experience and streamline our recruitment processes. However, no hiring decisions are made using AI as every hiring decision is made by our hiring managers, business interviewers, and recruitment professionals. Our teams are equipped with training that empowers them to use AI responsibly.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Capital One Canada is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants and will meet the needs of those requiring reasonable accommodations.

Accommodations and Support

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