Strategic Partnerships Executive at Interswitch

About the Job

• Responsible for the growth of Verve card scheme through strategic partnerships with entities in Nigeria, Africa and the Rest of World. Strategic partners include global merchants, processors, switches, resellers, consultants/enablers, government & corporates.

Responsibilities

• Identify, engage, sign-up/execute agreements, and manage strategic partners.
• Provide weekly reports on project(s) or engagement status for the existing strategic partnerships pipeline to the Team Lead, Strategic Partnerships.
• Extend existing Verve products to new markets (Africa) and manage strategic market expansion initiatives.
• Develop innovative products to deepen and grow the Verve scheme business.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide business support and guidance to project teams for onboarding and integration of strategic partners.
• Follow up with prospective strategic partners or initiatives to aid proper tracking and reporting of ongoing engagements.
• Support, research, and create strategies for rapid expansion of the Verve scheme.
• Conduct market research required to designate entities as strategic partners.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including (but not limited to):
  • Business Development
  • Technology
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Risk
  • Legal
  • Compliance
• Perform any other tasks as may be assigned by the Team Lead, Strategic Partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in a Business-related field.
• MBA (added advantage).
• French language proficiency (added advantage).

Experience:

• Must have 3 – 6 years working experience.
• At least 3 years experience in:
  • Corporate Banking
  • Electronic Banking
  • Transaction Banking
  • OR FinTech
• Experience closing deals with corporates (added advantage).
• Experience in Consulting or Telecoms (added advantage).
• Experience in Pan-African business engagements (added advantage).
• Experience in card issuance, acquiring, and payments projects (added advantage).