Manager, Business Development - Digital Giant Segment

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Title and Summary

Manager, Business Development - Digital Giant Segment

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- Overview Market Development is looking for a Manager, Business Development, Digital Giant Segment to build, develop and manage the Digital Giant segment key strategic clients across the EEMEA markets. The primary objective of the role is developing the strategy and growing revenue in the segment across the region by identifying and pursuing opportunities with new or existing customers/markets, growing market share and deepening Mastercard’s regional footprint;

embedding multiple products, platforms, and capability bundles that drive innovation and stickiness. Developing and setting sales & commercial strategies aligned with geographies and segments including pipeline management and go to market at the segment level.

The ideal candidate is passionate about leveraging payments technology to digitally transform new and emerging sectors, digital innovation, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial and commercially astute mindset.

This role will be based in UAE

• In this high-profile, customer facing position, you will partner with the digital giants across EEMEA deepening our relationship with them across the key marketplace segment partners . Your focus will be on deal commercializing, doubling down on acceptance, VAS, portfolio optimization including revenue diversification with a strong bottom line focus.
• You will be the ‘owner’ of Mastercard’s relationship with your assigned accounts and accountable to build mutually aligned strategies and plans with your partners and execute on them by effectively leveraging the Mastercard organization
• You will be responsible for driving Mastercard revenue growth and be comfortable developing business cases including ROI analyses as well as leading responses to RFPs.
• You will dive into financial and payment related data to be grounded in facts to provide customer specific recommendations that drive value for partners and Mastercard.
• You will be the expert on your assigned partners and learn about Mastercard’s capabilities and be ready to provide insight into a digital giants business, thinking strategically and broadly.
• You will establish day to day and senior business relationships and work with partners to create roadmaps and through QBRs and daily interactions ensure alignment on strategy and execution on agreed projects.
• You will lead negotiations with partners and with internal stakeholders and develop terms sheets and contracts.
• Build, in cooperation and input by the region, roadmap & pipeline for ecosystem to accelerate growth and commercialization
• Entrepreneurial approach; ability to quickly understand business requirements and to translate them into potential business development opportunities
• Interpersonal and negotiation skills - extensive experience in communicating in international environment at senior management level.
• Account management experience - ability to understand customer’s need marketplace dynamics, industry trends and the competitive landscape.

• Must be capable of operating with high levels of empowerment and accountability
• Capable of operating at both a strategic and operational level
• Strong…