Riyadh Senior Financial Partnerships Lead

Checkout; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Checkout.com is looking for a Senior Financial Partnerships Specialist in Riyadh to lead and grow our partnerships with Acquiring Banks, APMs and card networks. You will work with a regional team to execute the strategy, manage multiple projects, and contribute to a fast-growing payments platform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

You will handle negotiations, design processes to scale partnerships, and ensure close collaboration with internal teams across risk, product, and operations.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years experience in payments.
• Direct experience in payment processing, acquiring, or managing payment partnerships.
• Arabic language proficiency is mandatory.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial relationships with Acquiring Banks, APMs and grow Card Networks (including MADA).
• Drive expansion projects across geographies and payment methods.
• Negotiate favorable operational and commercial outcomes for Checkout.com.
• Design scalable partnership processes for growth.
• Collaborate with partner organization functions.
• Act as single point of contact for assigned partnerships.
• Develop and execute strategies to support growth with new products and market segments through partnerships.
• Craft win-win commercial agreements and go-to-market strategies with payment partners.
• Share payments industry knowledge with internal teams.

Skills

payments

acquiring

partnerships

data-driven

analytical

stakeholder management

Arabic language

Job description

Checkout.com is looking for a Senior Financial Partnerships Specialist in Riyadh to lead and grow our partnerships with Acquiring Banks, APMs and card networks. You will work with a regional team to execute the strategy, manage multiple projects, and contribute to a fast-growing payments platform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

You will handle negotiations, design processes to scale partnerships, and ensure close collaboration with internal teams across risk, product, and operations.