Bank Payment Partnerships Manager - Europe
Core
Lead strategic bank partner relationships and drive direct access to payment schemes and central banks across Europe to expand payment rails and optimize global money movement.
Role type
Senior IC partnerships manager (payments infrastructure)
Builds
Direct connectivity to European payment schemes and central bank infrastructure
Domain
European payments infrastructure, transaction banking, and cross-border payments
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
European payments landscape expertise, transaction banking/cash management/FIG background, relationship management with executive teams, commercial negotiation, regulatory compliance (KYC), cross-functional product collaboration, data-driven decision making, operational process optimization
Preferred skills
Experience with specific European clearing mechanics (Elixir Express, CERTIS, RIX Instant), ability to navigate complex institutional hierarchies, technical bridge-building between bank requirements and engineering
Technologies
Elixir Express, CERTIS, RIX Instant
Responsibilities
Manage and optimize key relationships with banks and PSPs across Europe; negotiate commercial terms, pricing, and SLAs; own end-to-end process of acquiring direct connectivity to payment schemes and central banks; lead participation applications and project-manage integration milestones; coordinate cross-functionally to onboard partner institutions and make rails ready for engineering deployment; coach internal teams on regulatory reporting and payment exception automation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC