Senior Manager, Strategic Financial Partnerships

Company Description

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Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. We process payments for companies that shape the digital economy. Using flexible and scalable technology, we help businesses around the globe to boost acceptance rates, reduce processing costs, combat fraud, and turn payments into a major revenue stream. Headquartered in London, with 16 offices worldwide, Checkout.com is trusted by leading brands such as Sony, Shein, Sainsbury’s, Wise, Patreon, GE Healthcare, Rail Europe, and The Financial Times.
 

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.

Job Description

Checkout.com is seeking a talented payments partnerships manager to join the adventure and support our expansion in Brazil.  The role would be a Manager or Snr Manager depending on the candidate’s level of experience.

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

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.

How you'll make an impact

• Manage and grow card network and other payment partnerships to develop and deliver payment solutions for our merchants.

• Ensure existing processes are followed and deliverables are met by both sides in a partnership.  Design and develop new processes for new partnerships or to scale existing partnerships for growth, efficiency and performance improvement. 

• Collaborate externally with various functions in the partner organization such as relationship management, business development, risk, compliance, product and operations across all levels.

• Collaborate internally across various functions such as 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.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in payments.  

• Fluency in Portuguese language is mandatory

• 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, relationship management and commercial 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.

Additional Information

Hybrid Working Model

All of our offices globally are onsite 3 times per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). We’ve worked towards enabling teams to work collaboratively in the same space, while also being able to partner with colleagues globally. During your days at the office, we offer amazing snacks, breakfast, and lunch options in all of our locations.

 

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.

 

Take a peek inside life at CKO…

• Via our careers page 

• And our LinkedIn Life pages bit.ly/3OaoN1U 

• Via our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/checkout_com/

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.

Take a peek inside life at Checkout.com via

• Our Culture video https://youtu.be/BEwnpHuadSw
• Our careers page https://www.checkout.com/careers
• Our LinkedIn Life pages bit.ly/3OaoN1U  
• Our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/checkout_com/

Client-provided location(s): São Paulo, Brazil

Job ID: cc4d71f2-911c-4bc5-a134-5ea3b11d8807

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-01-30T09:11:04