Commercial Manager, FinTech

ing operational friction, and enhancing overall partner satisfaction. This includes defining project scope, managing timelines, allocating resources, and ensuring successful execution.

• Operational Excellence: Drive the day-to-day operations for key payment partner accounts, ensuring seamless execution, proactive issue resolution, and continuous improvement.

• Advanced Analytics & Reporting: Develop, analyze, and present sophisticated reports on key performance metrics, providing actionable insights and strategic recommendations to senior leadership for commercial process enhancements and strategic initiatives.

• Team & Initiative Leadership: Take a leadership role on multiple secondary tasks within the FinTech Partnerships team, such as leading critical incident management protocols (including root cause analysis and post-mortem reporting), optimizing service administration (e.g., CRM strategy and implementation), or developing advanced stakeholder management frameworks (e.g., cross-functional alignment and knowledge sharing).

• Complex Incident Resolution: Lead the resolution of complex incidents with internal and external stakeholders, implementing robust tracking mechanisms, driving effective communication, and ensuring swift, comprehensive resolutions.

• Cross-Functional Optimization: Proactively identify, propose, and implement significant optimization opportunities by collaborating closely with senior cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Product, Legal, Finance, Treasury, Risk, and Compliance) to drive large-scale improvements.

• Strategic Liaison: Act as a critical liaison between internal and external stakeholders, providing strategic insights, mediating complex discussions, and driving measurable resolutions on high-priority topics.

Key Requirements:

• Experience: 8-10 years of progressive experience in a similar role with a strong preference for experience within the fintech or payment industry managing large, strategic accounts.

• Industry Expertise: Extensive prior experience working with PSPs, acquirers, wallets, banks or other fintech companies, demonstrating a deep understanding of the payment ecosystem and its intricacies.

• Analytical Acumen: Proven ability to analyze complex data sets, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable strategies and recommendations.

• Negotiation Experience: experience working with legal teams to draft, negotiate and sign contracts

• Project Management: Demonstrated success in leading and delivering complex projects with multiple stakeholders.

• Communication & Influence: Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build strong relationships at all levels, both internally across multiple stakeholders and externally.

• Problem-Solving: Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, capable of navigating ambiguity and driving solutions to complex challenges.

• Location: Amsterdam, with a hybrid work model requiring 2 days in the office per week.

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