SEPA & Banking Partnerships Lead

IT Talent Solutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Talent Solutions is seeking a Payments Partnerships Manager to own SEPA and bank processing activities across European banking relationships. You will work with Product, Treasury, Compliance, Risk and Legal teams to deliver payment initiatives and resolve operational challenges.

The role requires strong programme management, external-partner experience and the ability to drive strategic projects in a complex, cross-functional environment. Fluent English is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' SEPA / bank processing experience.
• Payments experience within a bank, payment network, processor or fintech.
• Strong programme and project management experience.
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills.
• Experience managing external banking or payments partners.
• Good understanding of payments processing and cash management.
• Strong commercial negotiation and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently within a complex, cross-functional environment.
• Master’s degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage key European banking and payment processing partnerships.
• Lead SEPA and bank processing projects, enhancements and operational initiatives.
• Act as the day-to-day contact for banks, processors, acquirers and other payment partners.
• Manage operational issues and processing failures through to resolution.
• Drive strategic projects in partnership with Product and other internal teams.
• Manage partner performance, reporting, contractual requirements and key KPIs.
• Identify opportunities to improve payment performance, cost, capabilities and customer experience.
• Monitor regulatory and industry developments and ensure new requirements are incorporated into delivery roadmaps.
• Support commercial negotiations and strengthen strategic partner relationships.

Skills

SEPA processing

Project management

Stakeholder management

Partner management

Payments processing

Commercial negotiation

Independent worker

Fluent English

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent

Job description

IT Talent Solutions is seeking a Payments Partnerships Manager to own SEPA and bank processing activities across European banking relationships. You will work with Product, Treasury, Compliance, Risk and Legal teams to deliver payment initiatives and resolve operational challenges.

The role requires strong programme management, external-partner experience and the ability to drive strategic projects in a complex, cross-functional environment. Fluent English is essential.