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Senior Manager, Financial Partnerships, Card Issuing & Acquiring, EMEA

UK - London💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-07 → 2026-09-27

Core

Building and managing strategic partnerships with global card networks and regional schemes to scale Airwallex's card issuing and acquiring businesses in EMEA.

Role type

Senior Manager, Financial Partnerships (Card Issuing & Acquiring)

Builds

Card issuing and acquiring business capabilities, new market entries, and strategic revenue streams

Domain

Fintech, Global Payments, Card Networks

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Strategic partnership management, Card network dynamics expertise, Commercial agreement structuring, Negotiation, Cross-functional collaboration, International market expansion, Regulatory coordination

Preferred skills

Fintech startup experience, New geography expansion, Merchant acquiring optimization, Industry thought leadership

Technologies

None

Responsibilities

Build partnerships with global card networks and local schemes; Facilitate market entry via network licensing and regulatory coordination; Execute strategic opportunities including co-marketing and revenue streams; Negotiate and structure partnership agreements; Represent the company at industry events; Collaborate with Product, Legal, Compliance, and Finance teams

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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