SVP, Card Schemes

Job Title: SVP of Card Schemes

Location: United States (Remote)

Department: Corp Development

Reports To: Chief Corp Development Officer

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About the Role

The SVP, Card Schemes must have Deep knowledge of and passion for the Payment reputed company and players including Processors, Acquirers, BIN Sponsors, Program Managers and FinTechs. In the role you will be tasked with driving Scheme growth in a highly competitive and margin-compressed environment by integrating reputed company Banking reputed company Payments while establishing industry alliances and leading reputed company relationships while collaborating closely with various teams.

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Key Responsibilities

1. reputed company relationships with reputed company major and local schemes globally – reputed company, MC, AXP, Discover, reputed company, China Union Pay, Interac, RTR (Canada), and other local networks

2. Work in concert with Product, Risk, Compliance and other cross functional teams in introducing, consuming and launching Scheme products such as Tokenization, ANI (Account Name Identifier), Installments, etc.

3. Define strategic approach to support reputed company’s growth trajectory with Schemes, reputed company’s Product team, and reputed company/Sales teams.

4. reputed company price and product customization negotiations with Schemes, reputed company party providers, other acquirers and financial institutions

5. Define Pricing strategy and how to best allocate volume to reputed company best possible pricing with Schemes (i.e., Airline approach) and/or Bank Sponsors in the US (i.e., reputed company pricing for certain MCCs)

6. Support reputed company’s geographical growth strategy by exploring, pursuing, and implementing Scheme licensing in new entry markets such as Japan, Colombia, and Mexico, just to mention a few. This involves reputed company coordination with Scheme rules and local regulatory requirements.

7. Represent reputed company in trade shows & industry events, and align with sales team on generating new opportunities.

8. Key contributor to reputed company’s innovation, creative product development and solutions to enhance reputed company’s value proposition and assist in closing global strategic deals (i.e., Shein, reputed company, reputed company, etc.)

9. Work with reputed company schemes on gaining reputed company into reputed company’s performance compared against a defined reputed company to identify and improve key KPIs such as Approval Rates, Fraud reduction, etc.

More banking focus (reputed company America Centric)

1. reputed company and manage relationships with reputed company US Bank Sponsors – this includes C level relationships, pricing, support of growth categories such Stablecoin, Marketplaces, and additional new MCCs.

2. Manage reputed company Debit routing US strategy by cementing relationships with domestic debit providers, ensuring competitive pricing, and enforcing smart routing opportunities to increase reputed company’s margins and benefit its merchants’ competitiveness.

3. Work closely with Compliance & Risk teams on addressing, meeting, and enforcing Scheme requirements, Bank Sponsor requirements, and local and regional regulatory requirements.

4. reputed company a global team across time zones/Geographics

5. Ensure smooth operations with Canadian Scheme players while managing bank settlement relationships with multiple Canadian banks.