Scheme Relations Manager

Rapyd has unified payments, payouts and fintech on one worldwide platform, and we’re assembling the world’s best team to liberate global commerce. With offices in Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Singapore, Iceland, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and the U.S., the opportunities at Rapyd are limitless.

We believe in straight talk, quick decisions, strong execution and elegant solutions. Rapyd is where hard work pays off and careers take off. Join us and let’s build the future of fintech together.

Rapyd is a Visa acquirer and a principal member of Visa, Mastercard and Amex across the UK, Europe, LATAM, Israel, Hong Kong and Singapore. How Rapyd manages those scheme relationships — commercially, strategically and operationally — is a direct driver of how the business competes and grows.

This role sits inside the Collect & Issuing Business Unit and is Rapyd’s dedicated owner of scheme strategy, scheme relationships and scheme project management across Visa, Mastercard and Amex for both Issuing and Acquiring. You will be Rapyd’s primary point of contact with the schemes and the person who connects Rapyd’s commercial ambitions to what the schemes make possible.

You will report to the Senior Director of Commercial, Collect and have direct executive visibility to the General Manager of Collect & Issuing.

• Own and develop Rapyd’s scheme relationships across Visa, Mastercard and Amex, acting as the primary named point of contact with each scheme’s account teams
• Drive Rapyd’s commercial positioning within scheme programs, identifying and pursuing incentive, rebate and volume-linked opportunities
• Manage escalations with the schemes — knowing when to elevate, how to frame it, and what outcome to drive toward
• Lead waiver applications end-to-end, from building the case to managing approved waivers through to resolution

• Monitor scheme bulletins, rule changes and announcements across all active memberships and assess their relevance and impact on Rapyd’s business
• Translate incoming scheme mandates into clear, prioritize action items for internal stakeholders — particularly Product & R&D and Fin Ops — and track them through to delivery
• Identify commercial and product opportunities embedded within scheme changes before they become compliance deadlines

• Own the scheme project management function: coordinating cross-functional delivery of scheme-driven change across Product, Fin Ops, Operations, Risk and Compliance
• Maintain the scheme change calendar, own implementation deadline tracking, and ensure Rapyd’s commitments to the schemes are met
• Manage Rapyd’s participation in scheme working groups, pilots and programs

• Represent Rapyd in regular status meetings and Quarterly Business Reviews with Visa, Mastercard and Amex, alongside colleagues from Fin Ops
• Prepare Rapyd’s position ahead of these meetings, co-ordinate input from across the business, and own follow-up actions

• Work with Product and Fin Ops to define and maintain Rapyd’s BIN and CID structure across legal entities, ensuring it reflects current product capabilities, business requirements and geographic membership positions

Internally: the Senior Director of Commercial, Collect (your line manager), the General Manager of Collect & Issuing, and counterparts in Product & R&D, Fin Ops, Payment Operations, Comp Ops, and Risk.

Externally: account teams and program managers at Visa, Mastercard and Amex.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years in a scheme-facing role at an acquirer, issuer, PSP, or directly at a card scheme — with direct, named relationships at Visa and/or…