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Senior Partnership Manager Payments
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · Amersfoort, Netherlands
Experience
Senior · 5+ years
Job description
The Senior Partnership Manager Payments - Card Schemes & Banks is the external face of Translink within the payments ecosystem, building and maintaining strategic relationships with Visa, Mastercard, banks and other payment parties.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Amersfoort, Netherlands
- Languages
- Dutch – fluent, English – fluent
- Pay
- EUR 7,000 – 8,000 / month
What you'll do
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with Visa, Mastercard, Dutch banks, issuers and other relevant payments parties.
- Act as first point of contact for external stakeholders and represent Translink in strategic and substantive discussions.
- Develop a clear partnership strategy and multi-year agenda for cooperation with card schemes and banks.
- Track developments in international payments, scheme rules and market standards and translate them into impact and concrete actions.
- Conduct substantive and commercial negotiations on terms, costs, services and joint improvement initiatives.
- Connect external market developments with internal technical, financial and data-driven insights.
- Advise management and board on opportunities, risks, dependencies and developments within the payment ecosystem.
- Ensure alignment between Product, Finance, Risk, Legal, Operations, IT and external partners in complex payments and scheme compliance projects.
- Contribute to further professionalization and possible organizational development of payment activities within Translink.
What we're looking for
- At least 5 years of relevant work experience in payments, banking, fintech, strategic partnerships, business development or relationship management.
- Demonstrable experience with parties such as card schemes, banks, issuers, acquirers, payment networks or other organizations in payments.
- Knowledge of topics such as scheme rules, scheme economics, fees, incentives and developments in international payments.
- Experienced in managing complex relationships and negotiations at senior level.
- Able to translate market developments, financial interests and substantive issues into clear proposals and concrete results.
- Communicates convincingly with both substantive experts and senior management and external board members.
- Organizationally sensitive, analytical and independent, able to get people on board without formal hierarchy.
- Excellent command of both Dutch and English.
- A completed hbo or wo degree, preferably with a background in business administration, economics, finance, commercial economics or similar.
- Knowledge of card schemes, issuing, acquiring and how international payments work.
Benefits
- A pleasant office environment with good workspaces.
- An informal, open and helpful working atmosphere.
- Hybrid working by agreement, with room for balance between work and private life.
- A home-working arrangement to set up a comfortable workspace at home.
- Access to the GoodHabitz online learning environment for continuous development.
- Option to lease an (electric) bicycle for private and commuting use.
- Salary between €7,000 and €8,000 per month depending on experience, based on a 40-hour week.
- A choice budget of 6.94% of salary, averaging €500 per month.
- 8% holiday allowance, travel expenses and a good pension scheme.
- The position is for at least 32 hours per week.
How to get hired
- 1Apply quickly; questions can go to recruiter Gertjan van Swieten.
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About Translink
Vrij bewegen is ons motto.
Translink is a fun, challenging workplace with a dynamic, versatile environment and a high pace of development.
Mission
Every day 6.5 million Dutch people check in to travel by public transport.
Key facts
- Every day 6.5 million Dutch people check in to travel by public transport.
- With the introduction of new payment options under the OVpay flag, Translink has come closer to the broader financial sector.
- Checking in and out with a bank card requires good coordination with banks.
Partners & customers
VisaMastercardNederlandse banken
What they value
- Collaboration, Agility and Self-direction are our core values.