Director, Network Strategy and Partnerships at Mastercard

• The Director, SA, Network Strategy and Partnerships is responsible for growing the share of switched transactions and enriching them with our services in the Southern African division. The position reports into the Market Development SA and works very closely with Regional Lead of Network Solutions MEA.
• This role will support relations with domestic switches and third party processors in SA division as an expert.

Role

• Serve as the expert for the domestic switching and processing segments to identify and understand the opportunities, challenges and potential partner priorities to establish mutually beneficial partnerships/commercial relationships.
• Work closely with account managers of these customers as well as the larger teams of products and services to achieve objectives
• Provide continual and timely education to the broader team.
• Develop a country and division level strategy for switched transactions with account managers
• Prioritize business development efforts and sell-in strategies to support short, medium and long term objectives.