Discover Financial Services

Senior Principal Relationship Management & Business Development
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📅 Date Posted

Feb 12, 2025

💼 Job Type

CONTRACTOR

📍 Location

London

💵 Rate

Unknown

Description

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine. Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description

What You’ll Do
- Support business development opportunities including, but not limited to, establishing new Issuing, Acquiring, Technology Usage, Network-to-Network and Digital Wallet partners across the EMEA region.
- The focus is on establishing new European Partners both Domestic Schemes and Digital Wallets, to utilize DGN’s Digital and Chip (D-PAS) Technologies and BIN ranges for Issuing payment products and to increase DGN’s acceptance coverage.
- Responsible for managing business development in one or more countries, regions or industries.
- Serves as the relationship manager for multiple complex partner relationships.
- Performs market analyses and business development activities to drive profitable sales volume.
- Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It
- Explore new partnership opportunities that drive acceptance and volume growth.
- Manage client portfolio to retain and grow existing business by exploring acceptance and volume growth.
- Drive internal processes including; development of communications, account management, approval requests and contract negotiations, compliance and risk management.
- Identify new network Partners: Research and profile potential target. Provide business insights to the DFS management based on the learning of the market, culture and potential organization. Present findings and opportunities to management.
- Assist in the introduction of Network Alliance & Wallet partnership concept; Global Card; Digital Payments; D-PAS technologies to potential partners as required.
- Actively participate in the business development cycle including internal review; initial pitch; project management coordination efforts among internal business units including legal; finance; risk & compliance; operations; pricing ; product & marketing etc., support business needs assist with planning modeling document preparation for client engagement & internal process management prepare executive summary & presentation for internal audience actively co-coordinate efforts with DFS Operations Risk Compliance Product International Acceptance Pricing Marketing teams support implementation support collaboration between Client DGN project manager DN/DCI operation team ensure successful implementation support Partner launch program/sign on Issuing Acquiring Banks where required assist provide marketing best practices Partner program act liaison between DFS internal teams Partner provide client support coordinate efforts International Acceptance Marketing Product teams providing acceptance where required top priority markets Partner product users actively participate workshops planning sessions ongoing technical operational meetings identify potential risks issues communicate appropriate internal channels timely manner develop mitigation resolution effectively communicate across internal units DFS Management keep track progress against plan provide status update Management.

Qualifications You’ll Need

The Basics
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration/Management/Finance/Marketing or related field
- Payments Relationship Management or Marketing experience
Technical expertise (i.e.; mobile payments vehicle commerce SRC payment chip technology IOT emerging technologies) supporting digital partners
In lieu of degree Payments Relationship Management or Marketing experience

Physical And Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee successfully perform essential functions position Reasonable accommodations may be made enable qualified individual disabilities perform essential functions position required federal state local laws:
Primarily remain stationary position Occasionally move about work environment complete major responsibilities job Primarily performed indoors office setting Ability operate office equipment such computer telephone printer calculator Ability communicate verbally Ability communicate written form "Travel up 50% time."

Bonus Points If You Have
Extensive business development experience within Payments industry
A solid understanding client engagement negotiation financial modelling project management
A good knowledge Card Mobile Payments Technologies International Domestic Card Schemes Issuing Acquiring Pricing Operations Policy Excellent people communication skills Ability carry out tasks meet deadlines minimum supervision Some project management skills required A good team player willing jump support team oriented goals objectives Multi-lingual could advantage

Discover will not sponsor transfer employment work visas this position Applicants must currently authorized work United Kingdom full-time basis.

Application Deadline
The application window this position anticipated close Feb 26 2025 We encourage apply soon possible The posting may available past date but not guaranteed What are waiting Apply today!

All Discover employees place customers very center our work To deliver our promises customers each us contribute every day culture values compliance risk management.

Discover is committed diverse inclusive workplace Discover is equal opportunity employer does discriminate basis race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability protected veteran status other legally protected status (Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision)

Discover complies federal state local laws applicable qualified individuals disabilities committed providing reasonable accommodations If require reasonable accommodation search position complete application/or participate interview please email [email protected] Any information provide regarding accommodation needs kept confidential will only used determine provide necessary accommodation Applicants must be 18 older time hire.

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