Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. Join us to build the digital economy of tomorrow.

Checkout.com is seeking a talented Manager of Financial Partnerships to join the adventure and support our rapid growth and expansion in the Americas.

Your main responsibility will be to manage and grow our partnership with card networks such as Visa and Mastercard, acquiring banks, and other payment providers. You will contribute to the development and execution of our strategy for such partnerships. 

Reporting to the Head of Financial Partnerships for the Americas, the successful candidate will be able to handle multiple projects and partnerships autonomously, have sufficient payments knowledge and experience to do so, and have a hands-on approach necessary in a fast growing start-up like ours. This is a great opportunity to contribute, learn and grow working on a broad range of projects in building a world-class payments infrastructure.

What You Will Be Doing

• Manage and grow card network and bank partnerships to develop and deliver payment solutions for merchants.
• Ensure existing processes are followed and deliverables are met by both sides in a partnership.  Design and develop new processes to scale those partnerships for growth, efficiency and performance improvement. 
• Collaborate effectively with various functions in the partner organization such as relationship management, business development, risk, compliance, product and operations across all levels.
• Effective internal cross-functional collaboration with product, risk, compliance, legal, finance, operations, sales and other teams.
• Develop and execute a best-in-class partnership management model.  Be the single point of contact internally and externally for assigned partnerships.  
• Use payments industry knowledge and experience to develop and execute strategies to support our growth with new products, services and market segments through partnerships.
• Craft and implement win-win commercial agreements and go-to-market strategies with payment partners.
• Leverage knowledge about the payments industry and partners’ capabilities to act as subject matter experts for internal teams.

• Minimum 5  years experience in payments.  
• Direct experience in payment processing, acquiring, or managing payment partnerships.
• Experience working with card networks for acquiring payment transactions is a strong plus. 
• A mix of operations, project management, and relationship management skill set.
• A strong sense of ownership to deliver business results with a focus on managing partner relationships.
• Strong collaborator and communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders across organizations internally and externally.
• Proficient in data analysis tools such as MS Excel or Google Sheets and presentation tools such as MS Powerpoint and Google Slides.  Comfortable working with large sets of data.  
• Data-driven, analytical and strategic in problem solving issues and identifying opportunities to drive growth and efficiency.
• Comfortable working across time zones and cultures in a globally distributed team.

New York City law requires Checkout.com to include in job postings a reasonable estimated salary range for this position. However, final salaries may vary subject to several factors, such as a candidate’s level, relevant experience, qualifications, skills and proficiency for the role. Please note that this information is provided for those in New York City only, and this role is open to candidates outside of New York City as well.

For regular full-time employees in New York City, the estimated base salary range is from 133,127.85 - 180,114.15 USD

Our competitive salaries are just one component of Checkout.com’s total compensation package. Additional benefits include: health, vision, dental insurance, 401k, vacation and sick and safe time, learning days and volunteer days.
To view more details of what you can look forward to, visit our careers page: https://www.checkout.com/careers.

Apply without meeting all requirements statement 

If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use. 

Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us. 

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.

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