Financial Partnerships Manager at Paystack

About the role

We are seeking a Financial Partnerships Manager to join our team in South Africa. In this role, you will take charge of cultivating and strengthening relationships with our key banking partners and card scheme partners. Your focus will be on crafting, expanding, andcontinually enhancing mechanisms to foster deeper connections with Paystack's financial partners, along with spearheading impactful programs that set Paystack apart in the South African market. This involves close collaboration with various cross-functional stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, and Risk, as well as engaging with Paystack leadership.The ideal candidate should demonstrate proficiency in partner management, strategic thinking in addressing business, product, andtechnical challenges, and the ability to build trust and influence others. A proactive attitude, adeptness at raising expectations in dynamic environments, and the ability to drive impact through ownership are essential attributes for success in this role.

Responsibilities: 

• Manage and setup Paystack's most critical banking and financial partnerships in South Africa, with a focus on driving the execution of joint initiatives and launching new product offerings to benefit Paystack merchants
• Own the banking partner plans, the overall economics, day to day operational excellence and be responsible for the drivingthe partnerships to successful outcomes for Paystack
• Leverage banking, treasury and payments industry knowledge to craft thoughtful partnership and product strategies withtransaction banks, lenders, capital markets, central banks and schemes
• Gather inputs from and coordinate with internal cross-functional stakeholders (including risk, compliance, product,finance, treasury) on creation and execution of partner strategy
• Help find, identify and cultivate relationships with champions within our partner financial institutions, educate them aboutPaystack's value proposition, understand their needs, and execute deals that address those needs and support our 
• Leverage significant industry experience to educate and help internal teams compose our holistic bank led strategy and toadvance that strategy with banking partners
• Monitor of the changing Banking landscape and proactively advise Paystack on product opportunities that couldbe demonstrated, optimizing or replacing existing products

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement

What it takes to succeed at this role

• 8+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, corporate development or related field
• Experience negotiating commercial deals with partners, including scaling such deals across multiple partners
• Exceptionally strong communication skills, in both verbal and written form, and ability to influence stakeholders across awide variety of functions, including at executive levels
• Technical acumen, especially an ability to understand product strategy and use this understanding to define requirements forscaling products through financial partnerships
• Experience developing partnership strategies and identifying, sourcing, and analysing new partnership opportunities
• Strong agency, can handle ambiguity in a fast-moving organisation, and thrives on a high level of autonomy andresponsibility

Preferred qualifications

• 5+ years of experience related to financial institutions, financial data aggregators, payments, card networks or other high-growth technology companies on platform or product partnership efforts