Head of Card & Network Partnerships, Managing Director

Position: Head of Card Payments & Network Partnerships, Managing Director
Managing Director role responsible for Card Payments and Network Partnerships for US Consumer Cards. This leadership role within the Value Cards, Lending and Commerce team leads Citi's network relationships and strategic partnerships with key players in payments, wallets, and open banking ecosystem. This Product Management Group Manager (MD) is a senior management level position accountable for sustained profitable growth in this area including strategy, innovation, relationship management and product commercialization.

This leader will be responsible for a broad range of employees, setting strategies and providing direction, leadership and budgetary management.

Responsibilities:

+ Define and execute moderate and long-term strategy forCardPayments and Network partnerships.

Directly manage and expand currentnetwork and embedded paymentspartnerships.

+ Working with network/wallets/PSPsand internal stakeholders to develop roadmap and capabilities for interchange optimization, approval rateimprovementsand fraud prevention.

+ Cultivate andmaintainrelationships with existing and emerging card processing and payment companies, with the aim of creatingnewproduct featuresfor US Consumer Cards.

+ Work with legal, ops, tech, product teams to develop partner pipelines, manage contract negotiation,launch roadmaps tocommercialize integrations and provideongoingvendor oversight.

+ Provide business development support on partnership opportunities on card benefits,commerceandvalue proposition.

+ Collaborate with various Citi teams (ventures, research, retail bank, services) on firm wide initiatives related to payments,open banking,commerce and fintech partnerships.

+ Serve as SME for cards ecosystem including networks, VAS, processors, wallet providers, acquirers across both credit and debit rails.

Engage with internal and external entities on legal/regulatory developments and act as Citi SMEcardpayments related disruptions.

+ Manage a team ofprofessionalstoaccomplishestablished goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g.performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions) as well as negotiate and make decisions on issues/activities having critical impact/influence on company revenues, capital, or business operations.

+ Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards

+ Playkey role as senior member of Value,Lending& Commerce Leadership team

Key Experiences and

Competencies:

+ Proven track recordon successfully leading business development,partnership sand product management

+ Direct experience incard processing,networksorcobrand relationships with broad understanding of the card ecosystem.

+ Priorexposure todigital payment acceptance, openbankingand/oragentic commerce

+ Demonstrated ability to build strong internal and externalrelationshipwith a broad set of stakeholders to common goals and outcomes.

Strong level of comfort leading successfully in matrixed environment

+ Strategic,analytical and systematic thinker whoconstantly challenges status quo and inspires the team to drive changes

+ 15+ years of relevant experience.
10+ years of managerial experience

Education:

+ Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

+ Master's degree preferred

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- ** Job Family Group:*
* Product Management and Development

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- ** Job Family:*
* Product Management

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- ** Time Type:*
* Full time

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- ** Primary

Location:

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* New York New York United States

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- ** Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:*
* $ - $

In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit  Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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* Please see the requirements listed above.

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