Specialist, Scheme Relationships

Company Description We’re Checkout.com . You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day. We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale. If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact. With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started. Checkout.com is seeking a talented Payment Partnerships Specialist to join the adventure and support our rapid growth and expansion in the Americas. Your main responsibility will be to manage key aspects of our partnerships with the card networks, such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover, along with payment providers that support our global payment rails. These partnerships are essential for Checkout to provide payment products and services to our merchants. What you will be doing: Partner with card networks and payment providers to develop and deliver payment solutions for merchants. Be the single point of contact for day-to-day operations internally and externally for assigned partnerships. Ensure existing processes are followed and deliverables are met by both sides in a partnership. Track performance metrics. Design and develop new processes to scale partnerships for growth, operational efficiency, and performance improvement. Leverage data analysis tools to track partnership performance, identify trends, and support data-driven decision-making. Collaborate effectively with various cross-functional teams such as Product, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Finance, Operations, Sales at all levels, in the partner organization as well as internally. Deal with complex issues and ambiguous situations; reduce them to their simplest expression and drive for clear outcomes. Act as subject matter experts on partner products and operations for our internal teams. Build relationships with and influence key stakeholders in partner organizations to advance Checkout’s goals and champion for our customers (merchants). Leverage partner relationships to identify, develop and execute strategies for new partnership initiatives. Qualifications Minimum 2-3 years experience in payment products, operations or managing payment partnerships. Experience working with card networks with proficiency in payment systems and flows is a strong plus. Organized, proactive, data-driven, analytical and strategic in problem solving issues and identifying opportunities to drive growth and efficiency. Proficient in data analysis tools such as MS Excel or Google Sheets and presentation tools such as MS Powerpoint and Google Slides. Comfortable working with large sets of data. Strong collaborator and communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders across organizations internally and externally. A strong sense of ownership to deliver business results with a focus on managing partner relationships. Comfortable working across time zones and cultures in a globally distributed team. Additional Information Bring all of you to work We create the conditions for high performers to thrive, through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one. Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity, and where your growth is in your hands. We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever…