Payments Partnerships Manager

United States Digital Space LLC; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Amsterdam or London is seeking a Payment Partnerships Manager to advance our strategy with payment methods across EMEA. You will build relationships with card networks, banks, and alternative providers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

The role requires 5+ years in payments partnerships, strong negotiation, and English proficiency. This is an office-based, full-time position in a fast-growing fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in payments partnerships.
• Deep knowledge of the payments landscape.
• Proven negotiation of multi-year agreements.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic partnerships with leading payment methods across local and continental levels.
• Negotiate complex multi-year agreements with senior partners and internal stakeholders.
• Deliver high-impact projects to improve financial and operational performance at scale.
• Collaborate with product, commercial and finance to define go-to-market strategies.

Skills

Payments partnerships

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional

Job description

This is the company

the company provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At the company, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Payment Partnerships Manager

the company is looking for a Payment Partnerships Manager who will advance the company’s strategy and agenda with key payment methods in EMEA including card networks, local and alternative payment methods, and financial institutions.

In this role you will drive high-impact partnerships for the company and use your influence and tenacity to build strong commercial collaborations across the region. You'll work closely with a broad range of cross-functional stakeholders building strategic and successful relationships.

This is a full-time position based in our Amsterdam or London office reporting into our Head of Payment Partnerships for EMEA.

What you’ll do

• Manage strategic partnerships: Build and nurture relationships with leading payment methods at local and continental levels. Define and execute a proactive, multi-year strategy across a multitude of payment methods (card-based, bank-based, alternative)
• Negotiate complex agreements and drive alignment with partners’ senior counterparts and internal stakeholders to ensure the company remains at the forefront of payments innovation
• Deliver high-impact projects: Coordinate high-caliber, complex projects to improve financial and operational performance. Think strategically and implement effectively key initiatives at scale, solving key trade-offs and navigating between commercial opportunities and product challenges
• Cross-Functional collaboration: Partner with product, commercial and finance teams to define and execute go-to-market strategies. Provide market insights to accelerate our product roadmap and commercialization efforts.

Who you are

• 5+ years relevant experience in payments strategic partnerships
• Deep knowledge of the payments landscape, with critical thinking skills to understand and interpret emerging trends
• Proven success in negotiating multi-year agreements and partnerships
• A strategic mindset paired with the ability to make data-driven decisions and execute operationally
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders across different functions and organizational levels
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Full professional proficiency (written and verbal) in English.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you're from, we welcome you to be your true self at the company.

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you?

This role is based out of our Amsterdam or London office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.