Card Partnerships & Alliances

PayTech Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

PayTech Group is seeking a seasoned Partnerships & Alliances lead to drive strategic relationships across merchants, lifestyle, travel, retail, hospitality, e-commerce and loyalty ecosystems. The role focuses on accelerating customer acquisition, activation and retention through compelling benefits and campaigns.

The candidate will negotiate terms, manage campaigns end-to-end, and work with Product Marketing, Digital, Legal, Compliance, Procurement and Operations to optimise ROI and partner

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's preferred).
• Experience in Banking, Digital Payment & Card solutions, or FinTech.
• Regional experience in fast-paced matrix organisations.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic partnerships and alliances with merchants, lifestyle, travel, retail, hospitality, e-commerce and loyalty partners.
• Support card acquisition, activation, usage and retention campaigns.
• Develop benefit platforms, promotional offers, rewards propositions, and customer engagement programmes.
• Negotiate commercial terms, partner agreements, campaign mechanics and SLAs.
• Manage partner relationships and ensure timely campaign execution.
• Coordinate with product marketing, digital, legal, compliance, procurement and operations to deliver campaigns.
• Track campaign performance, customer uptake, spend uplift, ROI and partner contribution.

Skills

Partnerships & alliances

Business development

Marketing partnerships

Negotiation

Campaign management

Cross-functional collaboration

Arabic & English bilingual

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Admin, or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

The position holder will lead strategic partnerships and alliances that strengthen our card value proposition drive customer acquisition engagement usage and retention and deliver differentiated benefits and rewards Build and manage relationships with merchants lifestyle travel retail hospitality e-commerce and loyalty partners negotiating commercial terms and delivering impactful campaigns and customer programmes Work cross-functionally with Product Marketing Digital Legal Compliance Procurement and Operations teams to ensure effective execution while tracking performance ROI and partner contribution to optimise results

Core Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Building partnerships with merchants lifestyle brands travel providers retail groups hospitality partners e-commerce platforms and loyalty providers
• Supporting card acquisition activation usage and retention campaigns
• Developing benefit platforms promotional offers rewards propositions and customer engagement programs
• Negotiating commercial terms partner agreements campaign mechanics and service-level expectations
• Managing partner relationships and ensuring timely campaign execution
• Working closely with product marketing digital legal compliance procurement and operations teams
• Tracking campaign performance customer uptake spend uplift ROI and partner contribution

Knowledge and Experience

• 5-7 years in partnerships alliances business development or marketing partnerships ideally within a card issuing business bank payment company fintech loyalty program or marketing agency
• Proven experience developing and managing partnerships across merchants lifestyle travel retail hospitality e-commerce and loyalty ecosystems including negotiating commercial terms agreements and campaign structures
• Strong understanding of card acquisition activation usage and retention with experience developing rewards benefits promotional offers and customer engagement programmes
• Experience managing end-to-end partnership campaigns and cross-functional delivery with the ability to track customer uptake spend uplift ROI and partner contribution
• Strong marketing communication skills including campaign messaging customer communications presentations and partner proposals
• Bilingual capability in Arabic and English GCC or KSA experience is a strong advantage particularly regional merchant partnerships banking campaigns or local customer engagement initiatives

Mandatory Skills

• Bachelor s degree in Finance Economics Business Administration or a related field Master s preferred Previous experience within Banking Digital Payment amp Card solutions or the FinTech industry Regional experience including working in a faced-paced matrix organisation
• Mandatory Skills:Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's preferred).Previous experience within Banking, Digital Payment & Card solutions, or the FinTech industry.Regional experience, including working in a faced-paced matrix organisation.Preferred Skills:The ability to analyse data, troubleshoot payment issues, optimize processes, and make data-driven decisions.Good understanding of payment systems, digital platforms, system workflows, security basics, and industry technologies.An understanding of regional regulations across financial services or payment networks.

Preferred Skills

• The ability to analyse data troubleshoot payment issues optimize processes and make data-driven decisions Good understanding of payment systems digital platforms system workflows security basics and industry technologies An understanding of regional regulations across financial services or payment networks