Acceptance Market Manager - France

European Payments Initiative; À distance; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A payment services organization is seeking a professional for a merchant acceptance role to drive the adoption of Wero across France. This position involves engaging with merchants, supporting onboarding processes, and representing the organization in industry events. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in the payment ecosystem and is comfortable in a remote-first, multicultural environment, with opportunities for travel within Europe.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the payment ecosystem in France.
• Ability to travel across the Paris region and European cities.
• Experience in onboarding and activation processes.

Responsabilités

• Drive merchant acceptance and adoption of Wero among merchants.
• Support acquirers throughout onboarding and activation.
• Represent Wero across the European ecosystem in France.

Connaissances

Knowledge of French payment ecosystem

Business development experience

Project management skills

Ability to engage with merchants

Comfortable in a multicultural environment

Outils

HubSpot

Jira

Confluence

Description du poste

🚀Be part of a movement to change the way Europe pays

In today’s digital world, payments often still feel outdated: random delays and confusing rules make it harder than it should be to pay and get paid. The European Payments Initiative (EPI) is here to change all that, forever.

With Wero, our digital wallet, we make sending and receiving money simple, seamless and secure across France, Belgium and Germany, with more countries and omnichannel solutions coming soon. Supported by 14 major banks and the two largest European acquirers, EPI is building a new, proudly European payment system: easy, instant and transparent, all for the greater good.

🔎 What's in it for you

Join a project shaping European payment sovereignty, contributing directly to the launch of a new European acceptance network.

Embrace a role where human connection and ecosystem presence are central, with frequent events, meetings and interactions across the French payment landscape.

At EPI, we embrace a remote‑first culture, enabling our teams to work remotely from the country they are based in, with in‑person meetings at least once a quarter to foster collaboration and connection.

💥 Your impact

You will be the face of Wero’s merchant acceptance in France, working within a small European team and reporting to Laetitia, Director of Acceptance France.

Your mission: Drive merchant acceptance and adoption of Wero among merchants, in collaboration with acquirers and strategic partners.

1. Develop and drive merchant acceptance in France

• Identify and engage priority French merchants and acceptance verticals (public acceptance, retail, services, mobility…).
• Promote Wero’s acceptance proposition in the market and ensure strategic alignment with merchants.

2. Support acquirers throughout onboarding and activation

• Ensure merchants follow the required onboarding steps and meet activation prerequisites.
• Act as the operational liaison between merchants, acquirers and internal teams to keep activations on track.
• Guide merchants through implementation of Wero, leveraging product knowledge to answer technical and functional questions.

3. Represent Wero across the European ecosystem with a focus on France

• Participate in industry events, associations and forums to increase awareness and adoption.
• Monitor competitive offerings and market dynamics to feed into EPI’s acceptance strategy.

4. Bridge merchant needs and interest with internal teams

• Translate merchant feedback into actionable insights for Product, Scheme, Pricing and Membership.
• Ensure acceptance requirements are clearly communicated and prioritised internally.
• Be aware of product details and inform and guide the merchant.

5. Provide visibility through structured reporting

• Maintain up‑to‑date pipelines and activity tracking.
• Synthesize market progress and merchant feedback to support strategic decisions.

💻 Technology stack

We use HubSpot as our CRM and the Atlassian suite (Confluence, Jira…) for collaboration and documentation.

🕵🏻♀️ To succeed, you should meet at least 70% of these requirements

Must-haves

• 5+ years of experience and strong knowledge of the payment ecosystem in France.
• Being able to attend multiple events across the Paris region but also travel to other European cities.
• Experience in business development or payment strategy, project and/or product management.
• Ability to drive merchants or partners through onboarding / activation processes.
• Comfortable thriving in a remote‑first, multicultural environment.
• Shares our values: curiosity, resilience, optimism, autonomy, initiative.

Nice to have

• Experience working with acquirers, large merchants or public acceptance players.
• Experience in French payment especially public acceptance (transport, utilities, mobility, public services…).
• Exposure to product lifecycle or merchant integration projects.

🪜 If this looks like you, the recruitment steps are:

1. Firstcall with one of our recruiters
2. Meeting with Laetitia, Director of Acceptance France
3. Meeting with a team member
4. Meeting with Chief Acceptance Market Strategy

And hopefully, an offer you can’t refuse.

🫶 Our commitment to equal employment opportunities

EPI offers the same job opportunities to all, without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. EPI promotes the development of an inclusive work environment that mirrors the diversity of the clients our product is serving.