Senior Specialist, Financial Partnerships

TL;DR

Senior Specialist, Financial Partnerships (Payments): Manage and grow partnerships with card networks, acquiring banks, and payment providers to deliver payment solutions with an accent on partnership strategy, commercial negotiation, and scaling partnership operations. Focus on building a best-in-class partnership management model, solving payment-flow blockers, and coordinating cross-functional execution across geographies in a fast-growing environment.

Company

Checkout.com powers digital payments for global merchants through a worldwide network of transactions.

What you will do

• Manage and grow card network and APM partnerships to develop and deliver payment solutions for merchants.
• Drive expansion projects across geographies and payment methods in collaboration with the wider team.
• Negotiate operational and commercial outcomes while balancing internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure partnership processes and deliverables are met; design and develop new processes to scale partnerships for growth, efficiency, and performance.
• Collaborate with partner and internal functions (relationship management, business development, risk, compliance, product, and operations).
• Act as the single point of contact for assigned partnerships and develop strategies for growth via new products, services, and market segments.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in payments.
• Direct experience in payment processing, acquiring, or managing payment partnerships.
• Strong payments knowledge to identify and communicate potential blockers within the payment flow.
• Experience working with card networks or PSPs for acquiring payment transactions is a strong plus.
• Ability to combine operations, project management, and relationship management skills.
• Comfort working across time zones and cultures in a globally distributed team.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.
• High ownership and fewer blockers, with meaningful challenges from day one.
• Fast-moving environment focused on performance and continuous improvement.

Hiring process

• Application review and recruiter follow-up.
• Interviews to assess partnership, payments, and stakeholder management experience.

Location: Dubai