Card Partnerships & Alliances

The position holder will lead strategic partnerships and alliances that strengthen our card value proposition drive customer acquisition engagement usage and retention and deliver differentiated benefits and rewards Build and manage relationships with merchants lifestyle travel retail hospitality e-commerce and loyalty partners negotiating commercial terms and delivering impactful campaigns and customer programmes Work cross-functionally with Product Marketing Digital Legal Compliance Procurement and Operations teams to ensure effective execution while tracking performance ROI and partner contribution to optimise results

• Building partnerships with merchants lifestyle brands travel providers retail groups hospitality partners e-commerce platforms and loyalty providers
• Supporting card acquisition activation usage and retention campaigns
• Developing benefit platforms promotional offers rewards propositions and customer engagement programs
• Negotiating commercial terms partner agreements campaign mechanics and service-level expectations
• Managing partner relationships and ensuring timely campaign execution
• Working closely with product marketing digital legal compliance procurement and operations teams
• Tracking campaign performance customer uptake spend uplift ROI and partner contribution

• 5-7 years in partnerships alliances business development or marketing partnerships ideally within a card issuing business bank payment company fintech loyalty program or marketing agency
• Proven experience developing and managing partnerships across merchants lifestyle travel retail hospitality e-commerce and loyalty ecosystems including negotiating commercial terms agreements and campaign structures
• Strong understanding of card acquisition activation usage and retention with experience developing rewards benefits promotional offers and customer engagement programmes
• Experience managing end-to-end partnership campaigns and cross-functional delivery with the ability to track customer uptake spend uplift ROI and partner contribution
• Strong marketing communication skills including campaign messaging customer communications presentations and partner proposals
• Bilingual capability in Arabic and English GCC or KSA experience is a strong advantage particularly regional merchant partnerships banking campaigns or local customer engagement initiatives

• Bachelor s degree in Finance Economics Business Administration or a related field Master s preferred Previous experience within Banking Digital Payment amp Card solutions or the Fin Tech industry Regional experience including working in a faced-paced matrix organisation
• Mandatory
  
  Skills:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's preferred).Previous experience within Banking, Digital Payment & Card solutions, or the Fin Tech industry.
  
  Regional experience, including working in a faced-paced matrix organisation.
  
  Preferred
  
  Skills:
  
  The ability to analyse data, troubleshoot payment issues, optimize processes, and make data-driven decisions.
  
  Good understanding of payment systems, digital platforms, system workflows, security basics, and industry technologies.
  
  An understanding of regional regulations across financial services or payment networks.

• The ability to analyse data troubleshoot payment issues optimize processes and make data-driven decisions Good understanding of payment systems digital platforms system workflows security basics and industry technologies An understanding of regional regulations across financial services or payment networks